Submission + - Steve Jobs: 1955-2011 (go.com)
Noryungi writes: Steve Jobs has passed away. It's now the front page of Apple. More at ABC News. RIP, Steve.
Submission Summary: 0 pending, 84 declined, 18 accepted (102 total, 17.65% accepted)
Submission + - Apache Foundation to manage Open Office (zdnet.com)
Noryungi writes: Despite some licensing problems between the LGPL and the Apache License, it seems Oracle has decided to spin off Open Office and donate it to the Apache Software Foundation. While this is probably due to a lack of interest from Oracle, it is nevertheless good news and may even open the door to a merge of Libre Office and Open Office.
Submission + - 8.9 Quake hits Japan. (yahoo.com)
Noryungi writes: One the biggest Earthquake to hit Japan within the past 20 years is going on.
There are report of 10m-high tsunami off the coast.
There are report of 10m-high tsunami off the coast.
Submission + - 1977 Star Wars computer graphics (toplessrobot.com)
Noryungi writes: The interestingly named "Topless Robot" has a real trip down memory lane: how the computer graphics of the original Star Wars movie were made. The article points to thisYouTube video of a short documentary made by Larry Cuba, the original artist, explains how he did it. In 1977. Computer graphics and Star Wars: what could be better?
Submission + - Google announces the Google Chrome OS 1
Noryungi writes: It's official: Google is announcing the Google Chrome OS. Fast, secure, targeted at x86 and ARM CPUs and "netbook"-class computers, the Chrome OS will simply be the Chrome browser running on a Linux kernel. It will be designed to get a user on the Internet in a few seconds and will be open-sourced later this year.
Submission + - Installing Mac OS X on an ... eeePC?
Noryungi writes: Wired has posted a wiki entry on how to install Mac OS X on an Asus eeePC. I am still picking my jaw off the floor. I have to try that on my little machine, just for the geek factor!
Submission + - Blackberry "spy" software released
Noryungi writes: "Maybe the French were onto something after all. It turns out that there is a software able to spy on Blackberries, and record voice conversations and all messages (emails or SMS text message) that transit through the portable devices. Of course, the software has to be installed by the owner of the Blackberry, but it would not be surprising to find out that someone has found a way to silently auto-install that software on RIM devices."
Submission + - Dying of plastic overdose in the Pacific?
Noryungi writes: "This amazing, and scary, article talks about the discovery of a zone of the Pacific Ocean — twice the size of Texas — that is dying because of the plastic brought there by the current. Since this particular area is also a high pressure zone, plastic stays trapped and slowly poison all forms of life. The pictures are scary as heck."
Submission + - OpenBSD founder slams OLPC, Red Hat, Marvell
Noryungi writes: Theo DeRaadt, the founder of OpenBSD, has made public an email sent to OLPC and Red Hat. In this email, he strongly condemns the willingness of both Red Hat and OLPC, who signed an NDA with Marvell in order to user this company's WiFi chips in the OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) project. Choice quote: "It is clear that your choices are not about opening up Marvell, but simply commercially expedient and hurtful to our common cause [open source]."
Submission + - Slackware 11 has been released!
Noryungi writes: Yes, after more than a year, Slackware finally went to version 11! Slackware, the oldest Linux distribution still in operation -- after more than 13 years -- is still one of the best and most stable version of Linux out there. Go order it!!
Submission + - Giant insects invading Germany
Noryungi writes: It seems the alien invasion of the Earth has just started! Giant insects have been spotted roaming the German countryside!! Let the "I, for one, welcome our new giant insectoid overlords!" joke contest begin!
Submission + - No one is in charge of finding Bin Laden
Noryungi writes: Well, it's been 5 years since 9/11, and it seems no one, in the US Government, is tasked with finding Bin Laden.
Choice quote:
Remember: this is five years after 9/11. The incompetence of the current United States administration never ceases to amaze me.
Choice quote:
Today, however, no one person is in charge of the overall hunt for bin Laden with the authority to direct covert CIA operations to collect intelligence and to dispatch JSOC units. Some counterterrorism officials find this absurd. "There's nobody in the United States government whose job it is to find Osama bin Laden!" one frustrated counterterrorism official shouted. "Nobody!"
Remember: this is five years after 9/11. The incompetence of the current United States administration never ceases to amaze me.
