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Monday, June 7, 2010

Weekly Ten (6-7-2010)

Posted: 07 Jun 2010 02:19 AM PDT

10 Latest News, Blogs, Tips, and Reviews that I find Interesting and Useful:

1. Why A Good Memory Is Bad For You
In recent years, a small revolution has occurred in the study of animal foraging patterns. Various new ways have emerged to track and record the movement of animals over relatively long periods and computer scientists have developed models that do a good job of reproducing this behaviour for many living things.
More @ TechnologyReview

2. Designing The "World Of Programming" Infographic
Information graphics (or infographics) are used to display information in ways that are more creative than plain old text. These days, they surround us in the media, published works, road signs and manuals. Lately, the Internet has been flooded with infographics on various topics, ranging from science and technology to society and culture. In this article, we'll look at the process of designing an infographic about programming.
More @ SmashingMagazine

3. Linaro nonprofit aims to fight ARM Linux fragmentation
A group of hardware companies have formed a new nonprofit organization called Linaro with the aim of funding collaborative mobile Linux development. The group is building a mobile technology stack that could potentially reduce the complexity of building ARM-powered mobile devices with the open-source Linux operating system.
More @ ArsTechnica

4. 3D Printed MakerBot

More @ HackaDay

5. "Hackers" at 25
Steven Levy wrote a book in the mid-1980s that introduced the term "hacker" -- the positive connotation -- to a wide audience. In the ensuing 25 years, that word and its accompanying community have gone through tremendous change. The book itself became a mainstay in tech libraries.
More @ OreillyRadar

6. Gizmodo Banned from WWDC
In a bit of news from the "go-figure" department, Gizmodo is reporting that Apple has refused to answer its request to attend the company's big Worldwide Developers Conference keynote this Monday.
More @ PCMag

7. The Teo Netbook Hits the Road
The nice folks at ZaReason, which is one of my favorite independent Linux OEM vendors, restored my faith in netbooks by sending me their tough Teo to review. Then they generously agreed to an extended loan so I could take it on vacation and really put it through its paces.
More @ LinuxToday

8. Lian Li's T1 Mini-ITX Spider case shakes it real good at Computex

More @ Engadget

9. Yahoo Goes All In With Facebook
Tomorrow Yahoo will announce a relaunch of Yahoo Profiles and their "all in" integration with Facebook Connect, including on the Yahoo home page. We've all known deep integration with Facebook was coming, but until now it wasn't clear exactly how deeply Yahoo would go.
More @ TechCrunch

10. 10 Films Portraying Genius
Genius is defined as a person having a natural capacity of intellect. Many movies portray these individuals, with their individual skills, whether it is mathematics, science, art or music. Here are 10 films which brilliantly portray 10 different "versions" of genius in modern cinema.
More @ Listverse