10 Latest News, Blogs, Tips, and Reviews that I find Interesting and Useful:
1. Richard Stallman on the state of GNU, 25 years on
25 years after Stallman first set the GNU project in motion, what have these ideals achieved, and what can we do to ensure the future of free software?
More @ TechRadar
2. Why It's Time for Steve Jobs and Apple to Split
Is Steve Jobs dying? Larry Ellison thinks so — the prospect reportedly moved the Oracle CEO to tears. A Gizmodo source thinks his "health is rapidly declining." For Apple, it could be good news.
More @ Valleywag
3. Google blogging in 2008
This is our 368th post of the year on the main Google blog, which is 23% more than in 2007. In addition to more posts, we are thrilled to know that we have many more readers now — 78% more, to be exact.
More @ Googleblog
25 years after Stallman first set the GNU project in motion, what have these ideals achieved, and what can we do to ensure the future of free software?
More @ TechRadar
2. Why It's Time for Steve Jobs and Apple to Split
Is Steve Jobs dying? Larry Ellison thinks so — the prospect reportedly moved the Oracle CEO to tears. A Gizmodo source thinks his "health is rapidly declining." For Apple, it could be good news.
More @ Valleywag
3. Google blogging in 2008
This is our 368th post of the year on the main Google blog, which is 23% more than in 2007. In addition to more posts, we are thrilled to know that we have many more readers now — 78% more, to be exact.
More @ Googleblog
4. Automated wire cutter and stripper
5. Obama Moves to Counter China With Pentagon-NASA Link
President-elect Barack Obama will probably tear down long-standing barriers between the U.S.’s civilian and military space programs to speed up a mission to the moon amid the prospect of a new space race with China.
More @ Bloomberg.com
6. 30GB Zunes Killing Themselves In Droves
The internet is awash with reports that the 30GB Zune is committing suicide across the planet. Not just one of them, either. It seems that some weird bug is simultaneously causing the music players to kill themselves, like lemmings leaping from a cliff.
More @ WiredBlog
7. Tech Jobs May Increase Despite Economic Trends
The outlook for IT jobs in 2009 may not be as bad as some observers suggest. While some indicators and surveys are showing some declines in tech jobs, none predict a precipitous drop. In fact, a federal economic stimulus package may even add IT positions.
More @ PCWorld.com
President-elect Barack Obama will probably tear down long-standing barriers between the U.S.’s civilian and military space programs to speed up a mission to the moon amid the prospect of a new space race with China.
More @ Bloomberg.com
6. 30GB Zunes Killing Themselves In Droves
The internet is awash with reports that the 30GB Zune is committing suicide across the planet. Not just one of them, either. It seems that some weird bug is simultaneously causing the music players to kill themselves, like lemmings leaping from a cliff.
More @ WiredBlog
7. Tech Jobs May Increase Despite Economic Trends
The outlook for IT jobs in 2009 may not be as bad as some observers suggest. While some indicators and surveys are showing some declines in tech jobs, none predict a precipitous drop. In fact, a federal economic stimulus package may even add IT positions.
More @ PCWorld.com
8. Aerial7 Graffiti Headphones One Pacifier Short of a Personal Rave
9. Revised Slackware keeps it simple
At a time when new and buggy features cloud basic computer functions, it's refreshing to see a new release of a distro like Slackware that stays true to its core philosophy. Slackware has an unfair reputation of being a distro only for experienced users. Granted it doesn't sport many graphical configuration tools, but it balances that with stability and speed.
More @ Linux.com
10. Top 15 Tips Designed To Save You Time
Some of us seem to have all work and no play, and what free time we have is never free, it is lost to endless hassle and mindless tedium’s. So why not take time into your own hands by making it work for you for a change?
More @ ListVerse
At a time when new and buggy features cloud basic computer functions, it's refreshing to see a new release of a distro like Slackware that stays true to its core philosophy. Slackware has an unfair reputation of being a distro only for experienced users. Granted it doesn't sport many graphical configuration tools, but it balances that with stability and speed.
More @ Linux.com
10. Top 15 Tips Designed To Save You Time
Some of us seem to have all work and no play, and what free time we have is never free, it is lost to endless hassle and mindless tedium’s. So why not take time into your own hands by making it work for you for a change?
More @ ListVerse
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