10 Latest News, Blogs, Tips, and Reviews that I find Interesting and Useful:
1. Boldly Going Nowhere
IT’S a birthright proffered by science and prophesied by “Star Trek,” “Battlestar Galactica” and a thousand other space operas: We’re destined to go to the stars. Our descendants will spread beyond this nondescript solar system and seek adventure and bumpy-headed pals in the stellar realms.
More @ NYTimes.com
2. Wanted: Computer hackers ... to help government
General Dynamics Information Technology put out an ad last month on behalf of the Homeland Security Department seeking someone who could "think like the bad guy." Applicants, it said, must understand hackers' tools and tactics and be able to analyze Internet traffic and identify vulnerabilities in the federal systems.
More @ Tech.Yahoo.com
3. URL Shorteners – the herpes of the web
With the proliferation of social media services the use if URL shorteners has escalated to a point that you can’t turn around without another one popping up. Everyone and their brother it seems whants to be a copycat Web 2.0 service and what easier one to pick that some silly assed URL shortener.
More @ TheInquisitr
IT’S a birthright proffered by science and prophesied by “Star Trek,” “Battlestar Galactica” and a thousand other space operas: We’re destined to go to the stars. Our descendants will spread beyond this nondescript solar system and seek adventure and bumpy-headed pals in the stellar realms.
More @ NYTimes.com
2. Wanted: Computer hackers ... to help government
General Dynamics Information Technology put out an ad last month on behalf of the Homeland Security Department seeking someone who could "think like the bad guy." Applicants, it said, must understand hackers' tools and tactics and be able to analyze Internet traffic and identify vulnerabilities in the federal systems.
More @ Tech.Yahoo.com
3. URL Shorteners – the herpes of the web
With the proliferation of social media services the use if URL shorteners has escalated to a point that you can’t turn around without another one popping up. Everyone and their brother it seems whants to be a copycat Web 2.0 service and what easier one to pick that some silly assed URL shortener.
More @ TheInquisitr
4. 3D Printing at home
5. New discoveries turn up in betas of Apple's iPhone 3.0 software
Developer sources familiarizing themselves with betas of Apple's iPhone 3.0 software have uncovered a handful of additional tweaks and improvements to the system in recent weeks, including changes to Safari's window handling, new battery status indicators and notification preferences, as well as the advent of data detectors in certain apps.
More @ AppleInsider
6. Twitter Worm-Writer Gets a Gig
An Oregon-based Web application developer Friday confirmed he has hired the teenager who admitted attacking Twitter with several different worms last weekend.
More @ PCWorld.com
7. Running Ubuntu On Windows XP With Portable Ubuntu
Portable Ubuntu for Windows is an Ubuntu system running as a Windows application. All Ubuntu applications appear as a window on the Windows desktop, and you can even copy&paste between Ubuntu and Windows applications (in both directions).
More @ HowToForge
Developer sources familiarizing themselves with betas of Apple's iPhone 3.0 software have uncovered a handful of additional tweaks and improvements to the system in recent weeks, including changes to Safari's window handling, new battery status indicators and notification preferences, as well as the advent of data detectors in certain apps.
More @ AppleInsider
6. Twitter Worm-Writer Gets a Gig
An Oregon-based Web application developer Friday confirmed he has hired the teenager who admitted attacking Twitter with several different worms last weekend.
More @ PCWorld.com
7. Running Ubuntu On Windows XP With Portable Ubuntu
Portable Ubuntu for Windows is an Ubuntu system running as a Windows application. All Ubuntu applications appear as a window on the Windows desktop, and you can even copy&paste between Ubuntu and Windows applications (in both directions).
More @ HowToForge
8. LEGO MP3 player: another brick in your kid's wall of sound
9. Tart, Funny, Smart, Insightful, Whiny: Linux Today Reader Comments
One of the best parts of Linux Today is the reader comments. Sometimes they outshine the so-called "professionals." They make me laugh, they make me go "Hmmm, good stuff", and sometimes I'm puzzled why folks even bother to post some things.
More @ LinuxToday
10. 20 Greatest Sci-Fi Movies of the 90s
What follows is a selection of the best from the 1990s. On the plus side, at least half of the movies that made the cut were not big-budget blockbusters. And like the 1980s, some of the best sci-fi movies were Japanese anime. Notable and deliberate omissions: Apollo 13 (it’s sci-FACT, not sci-fi); the fun and quirky Being John Malkovich (fantasy, not sci-fi); Total Recall (more dumb than good); and Independence Day.
More @ ListVerse
One of the best parts of Linux Today is the reader comments. Sometimes they outshine the so-called "professionals." They make me laugh, they make me go "Hmmm, good stuff", and sometimes I'm puzzled why folks even bother to post some things.
More @ LinuxToday
10. 20 Greatest Sci-Fi Movies of the 90s
What follows is a selection of the best from the 1990s. On the plus side, at least half of the movies that made the cut were not big-budget blockbusters. And like the 1980s, some of the best sci-fi movies were Japanese anime. Notable and deliberate omissions: Apollo 13 (it’s sci-FACT, not sci-fi); the fun and quirky Being John Malkovich (fantasy, not sci-fi); Total Recall (more dumb than good); and Independence Day.
More @ ListVerse
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