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| Posted: 15 Mar 2010 04:47 AM PDT  10 Latest News, Blogs, Tips, and Reviews that I find Interesting and Useful:1. Programming Is the New Literacy Already, various thinkers about the future have proposed a number of candidates for the designation "twenty-first-century literacy." That is, what are the key skills humans must possess in order to be considered literate? More @ Edutopia 2. Mario Goes Open-Source with Arduino The open-source Arduino electronics platform has received a ton of attention from the hardware enthusiast community. And one more follower is joining the fray--Mario himself. The mustachioed plumber of console video game fame has been converted into an eight-by-eight LED matrix by Carnegie Mellon University student Chloe Fan. More @ PCMag.com 3. Forbidden Fruit: Microsoft Workers Hide Their iPhones The iPhone is made, of course, by Microsoft's longtime rival, Apple Inc. The device's success is a nagging reminder for Microsoft executives of how the company's own efforts to compete in the mobile business have fallen short in recent years. What is especially painful is that many of Microsoft's own employees are nuts for the device. More @ WSJ.com 4. Steam powered tank 5. All Hail Our Benevolent Corporate Overlords After reading Electronics Manufacturers Use US Legal System to Thwart Hardware 'Hacks' I was all set to type a fiery response, but Linux Today readers beat me to it. In a nutshell, the tech industry is accelerating its attacks on our rights to do what we want with our own property. More @ LinuxToday 6. Biking directions added to Google Maps Whenever I meet someone who finds out that I work on the directions team for Google Maps, the first question I'm asked is often "So when's Google Maps going to add biking directions?" We're big biking fans too, so we've been itching to give you a concrete answer. I don't want to keep the good news a secret any longer, so the answer is: right now! More @ Googleblog7. Ubuntu Dumps the Brown The jury is still out on Ubuntu's new color scheme, but there seems to a consensus on the one it just replaced: awful. If Ubuntu wanted companies to take it seriously, it should never have made its "prime product offering look like the artwork from a pumpkin pie box," said Slashdot blogger Barbara Hudson. More @ LinuxInsider8. The Diamond iPad 9. 7 Common Targets of Stealth Threats Most of us are rightfully wary of downloading and running programs that have no pedigree, or of performing day-to-day operations as an administrative user. But with each passing year, new security threats march in to eclipse the old -- many of them not getting their share of attention until it's too late. More @ PCWorld10. Top 10 Most Terrifying Natural Disasters in History Natural disasters cause fascination in everyone – as is apparent from the enormous amounts of press coverage that they give – Haiti being a good example of this. We all fear the day that we might be caught in one, and perhaps that is the reason for our fascination. This list looks at ten of the most terrifying natural disasters ever. More @ Listverse |
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