10 Latest News, Blogs, Tips, and Reviews that I find Interesting and Useful:
1. How sand is transformed into silicon chips
The deserts of Arizona are home to Intel's Fab 32, a $3billion factory that's performing one of the most complicated electrical engineering feats of our time.
More @ TechRadar
2. Billionaire club in bid to curb overpopulation
Some of America’s leading billionaires have met secretly to consider how their wealth could be used to slow the growth of the world’s population and speed up improvements in health and education.
More @ TimesOnline
3. Wine: Can't Live With It, Can't Live Without It
Should the Linux faithful go on the wagon and give up Wine entirely? Canonical CEO Mark Shuttleworth seemed to imply as much when he said in a recent Q&A that "the free software ecosystem needs to thrive on its own rules." Yet he also said that both Wine and native Linux ports "play an important role."
More @ LinuxInsider
The deserts of Arizona are home to Intel's Fab 32, a $3billion factory that's performing one of the most complicated electrical engineering feats of our time.
More @ TechRadar
2. Billionaire club in bid to curb overpopulation
Some of America’s leading billionaires have met secretly to consider how their wealth could be used to slow the growth of the world’s population and speed up improvements in health and education.
More @ TimesOnline
3. Wine: Can't Live With It, Can't Live Without It
Should the Linux faithful go on the wagon and give up Wine entirely? Canonical CEO Mark Shuttleworth seemed to imply as much when he said in a recent Q&A that "the free software ecosystem needs to thrive on its own rules." Yet he also said that both Wine and native Linux ports "play an important role."
More @ LinuxInsider
4. USB GPS
5. Faster is better on Google Suggest
Today, we're introducing more features to Google Suggest to help you make your searches even faster. These features are rolling out gradually, so you should be able to see them soon.
More @ Googleblog
6. Apple said building $1 billion server farm
A "state official" has told the Charlotte Observer that a bill nearing approval that would bend tax rules for a single, unnamed company are actually meant to accommodate a specific Apple project, which might otherwise be located in another state.
More @ AppleInsider
7. YouTube Yanks Thousands of Porn Videos
YouTube has removed thousands of pornographic videos from its servers following a coordinated attack which succeeded in uploading a catalogue of inappropriate clips to the video-sharing site.
More @ PCWorld
Today, we're introducing more features to Google Suggest to help you make your searches even faster. These features are rolling out gradually, so you should be able to see them soon.
More @ Googleblog
6. Apple said building $1 billion server farm
A "state official" has told the Charlotte Observer that a bill nearing approval that would bend tax rules for a single, unnamed company are actually meant to accommodate a specific Apple project, which might otherwise be located in another state.
More @ AppleInsider
7. YouTube Yanks Thousands of Porn Videos
YouTube has removed thousands of pornographic videos from its servers following a coordinated attack which succeeded in uploading a catalogue of inappropriate clips to the video-sharing site.
More @ PCWorld
8. HTC's Warhawk and Fortress are AT&T's Touch Diamond2 and Pro2
9. Wolfram Alpha a Google Killer? Not... Supposed... To... Be
I'm getting tired of reading about whether Alpha is a Google-killer. I've seen Stephen Wolfram's presentations a couple of times; he's quite careful to say that it isn't. There's a fundamental difference that many people out there are just missing. Google is a search engine. Alpha looks like a search engine, but it isn't; it's all about curated data, and the analysis of that data.
More @ OreillyRadar
10. Another 10 Fascinating Facts That Are Wrong
We put a lot of trust in our teachers - as pupils we trust that they know what they are talking about, and as parents we trust that they are educating our children. But unfortunately (and no doubt unintentionally) many of our teachers repeat the same myths that they were taught.
More @ Listverse
I'm getting tired of reading about whether Alpha is a Google-killer. I've seen Stephen Wolfram's presentations a couple of times; he's quite careful to say that it isn't. There's a fundamental difference that many people out there are just missing. Google is a search engine. Alpha looks like a search engine, but it isn't; it's all about curated data, and the analysis of that data.
More @ OreillyRadar
10. Another 10 Fascinating Facts That Are Wrong
We put a lot of trust in our teachers - as pupils we trust that they know what they are talking about, and as parents we trust that they are educating our children. But unfortunately (and no doubt unintentionally) many of our teachers repeat the same myths that they were taught.
More @ Listverse
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