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Submission + - Linux Mint 17.1 Cinnamon and MATE editions released (linuxscreenshots.org)

Submitted by linuxscreenshot
linuxscreenshot writes: The team is proud to announce the release of Linux Mint 17.1 'Rebecca' MATE. Linux Mint 17.1 is a long term support release which will be supported until 2019. It comes with updated software and brings refinements and many new features to make your desktop even more comfortable to use. Linux Mint 17.1 MATE edition comes with two window managers installed and configured by default: Marco (MATE's very own window manager, simple, fast and very stable); Compiz (an advanced compositing window manager which can do wonders if your hardware supports it). Among the various window managers available for Linux, Compiz is certainly the most impressive when it comes to desktop effects. Screenshots can be found here.

Submission + - The Driverless Future: Buses, Not Taxis (humantransit.org)

Submitted by jfruh
jfruh writes: Driverless vehicles are coming. The question is: what form will they take? Uber's management has suggested that, rather than owning our own private autonomous, cars, we'll all be glad to pay Uber by the trip for a private ride in one. But an Italian consultant working on experimental driverless vehicles in Europe thinks that the future will lie with automated buses, because diverless cars, 'may be able to go and park themselves out of harm’s way, they may be able to do more trips per day, but they will still need a 10 ft wide lane to move a flow of 3600 persons per hour ... their advantages completely fade away in an urban street, where the frequent obstacles and interruptions will make robots provide a performance that will be equal, or worse than, that of a human driver, at least in terms of capacity and density.'

Submission + - The EU has a plan to break up Google (theverge.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Google has been the target of repeated anti-trust scrutiny in Europe over the last decade. Today Financial Times is reporting that the European parliament is on the verge of taking even more drastic steps, preparing a plan that would call for the break up of the search giant, specifically the "unbundling [of] search engines from other commercial services."

Submission + - Mozilla's 2013 Report: Revenue Up Just 1% to $314M, Again 90% Came From Google

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Mozilla has released its annual financial report for 2013, and the numbers hint as to why the organization signed a five-year deal with Yahoo, announced by the duo on November 19. Revenue increased just 1 percent, and the organization’s reliance on Google stayed flat at 90 percent. The total revenue for the Mozilla Foundation and its subsidiaries in 2011 was $163 million, and it increased 90.2 percent to $311 million for 2012. Yet that growth all but disappeared last year, as the total revenue moved up less than 1 percent (0.995 percent to be more precise) to $311 million in 2013. 85 percent of Mozilla’s revenue came from Google in 2011, and that figure increased to 90 percent in 2012. While the 90 percent number remained for 2013, it’s still a massive proportion and shows Mozilla last year could not figure out a way to differentiate where its money comes from.

Comment Re:The meaning of random (Score 2) 654

by uneasyrider-taicho (#34971550) Attached to: Greenland Ice Sheet Melts At Record Rate In 2010
I fail to understand why people engage in so much debate, yet throw common sense out the window. How could any sane person say that it's a waste to spend money and time trying to change the world economic and industrial model to a more sustainable system that manages to avoid pumping pollutants into the environment?

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