Several powerful open source software frameworks aim to bring mapping and geolocation capabilities to the Linux platform. Ars takes a look at this emerging technology and how it is being used in several popular desktop applications.
Colin Montgomerie has been named Europe’s captain for the 2010 Ryder Cup at Celtic Manor.
Virgin America is suing a company that allegedly created a phony ad, making it look like Virgin was trying to profit from the US Airways crash. Virgin claims Adrants Publishing posted an ad on its website, Adrants.com, showing a photo of the jet planted in the Hudson River, with the caption, “The Hudson Crash: Just One More Reason to Fly Virgin.”
bowman9991 submitted a story that ought to make even the most stone hearted amongst you cry. He says “Travis Wright, one of the writers behind Eagle Eye, has been working on a sequel to Ridley Scott’s Sci-Fi classic Blade Runner. Script proposals have explored the nature of the off-world colonies, what happens to the Tyrell Corporation in the wake of its founder’s death, and what would become of Rachel. Travis said he intends to write a script “with or without anyone’s blessings.” Director Ridley Scott appears interested in a sequel too. At Comic-Con in 2007 Ridley said, “If you have any scripts, you know where to send them.” It’s doubtful he’ll have time anytime soon though. He’s already stated his next two science fiction films will be an adaptation of Aldous Huxley’s Brave New Word with Leonardo DiCaprio and an adaptation of Joe Haldeman’s The Forever War.”
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Only a select few have conquered the Seven Summits, a grueling challenge that involves climbing the tallest peak of every continent. They’ve seen the spectacular mountain-top views firsthand, and now you get a chance to soak in the scenery too as we go on a whirlwind tour of images captured by these exceptional mountaineers.
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Red Kettle campaign raises 000
Nova News Now – 11 hours ago by Carla Allen/The Vanguard By Carla Allen Approximately 000 was raised through the Salvation Army’s Red Kettle campaign to assist over 200 applicants, including 170 families. Shelter open for those needing escape from freezing night air Tucson Citizen YWCA Feeling Time Pinch Saskatoonhomepage.ca Post-Bulletin – Mississauga – Evening Observer – KHBS/KHOG 40/29 all 13 news articles |
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US mulls clicks for cameraphones
Register – 5 hours ago By John Oates • Get more from this author Dumb law of the day comes from the US where consideration is being given to making it illegal to sell cameraphones which do not make a click noise when a still picture is taken. *click!* New Bill Aims to Force Cell Camera Sounds, Protect Children PC World Congressman wants to ban silent camera phones CNET News Techtree.com – TechRadar UK – guardian.co.uk – DigitalJournal.com all 34 news articles |
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Snowfall Threat Closes Schools
Washington Post – 5 hours ago Latest Area Weather: Visit The Post's online weather page for the latest data, forecasts, Capital Weather Gang blog posts and more. Forecasters expect Washington snow to be light Seattle Post Intelligencer Updated: Winter Storm Watch Expanded To Entire Tri-State MSNBC Boston Globe – Effingham Daily News – Annapolis Capital – 93.1 WIBC Indianapolis all 697 news articles |
MojoKid writes “Today Western Digital is announcing their WD20WEADS drive, otherwise known as the WD Caviar Green 2.0TB. With 32MB of onboard cache and special power management algorithms that balance spindle speed and transfer rates, the WD Caviar Green 2TB not only breaks the 2 terabyte barrier but also offers offers an extremely low-power profile in its standard 3.5″ SATA footprint. Early testing shows it keeps pace with similar capacity drives from Seagate and Samsung.”
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mattnyc99 writes “This next week marks the anniversary of three sad days in NASA’s history: three astronauts died in a capsule fire testing for Apollo 1 exactly 42 years ago today, then the Challenger went down 23 years ago tomorrow, followed by the Columbia disaster six years ago this Super Bowl Sunday. Amidst all this sadness, though, too many average Americans take our space program for granted. Amidst reconsiderations of NASA priorities from the Obama camp as the Shuttle nears retirement, then, the brilliant writer Chris Jones offers a great first-hand account in the new issue of Esquire — an impassioned argument against the impending end of our manned space program. In which camp do you fall: mourner or rocketeer?”
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