Cody Taylor

An anonymous reader writes “Space Shuttle Atlantis has finally caught up with the Hubble Space Telescope after following it for several hours. The ‘link up’ between the Space Shuttle and Hubble was a very delicate one as the two were flying through space at 17,200 MPH, 300 miles above the Earth’s surface. The robotic arm of the shuttle grappled the telescope at 1:14 PM EDT today. The telescope will be latched to a high-tech lLzy Susan device known as the Flight Support System for the duration of the servicing work.”

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The cloud-based service Ubuntu One goes into the public beta phase. Through this, computers can be synchronized via online memory. As of yet, Canonical is withholding details.

A stealth bomber is frozen in time as it breaks the sound barrier during a test flight above the Californian desert.

In one of RIAA’s high profile cases the Free Software Foundation backed defendant Joel Tenenbaum, much to the dislike of the music industry lobby. John Sullivan, Operations Manager at the FSF explains in a guest post why they think these cases impact not just music, but also free software and its technology.

Red Laser, which has just hit the iTunes App Store, is the ultimate iPhone barcode scanner, which works just like one of those red-laser scanners at the checkout (hence the name.)

We take a look at some of the most creatively recycled chairs out there. There is no argument that some of these may not be the most comfortable ones to sit on, but there is also no denying the genius of their designers in thinking of new ways to add function to these objects.

Canonical is preparing to launch Ubuntu One, a new Web service that will offer cloud synchronization and collaboration features. Ars gives you a detailed hands-on look at the service and some of the underlying technology.