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Monday, June 14, 2010

Weekly Ten (6-14-2010)

Posted: 14 Jun 2010 04:48 AM PDT

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

1. Once Just a Site With Funny Cat Pictures, and Now a Web Empire

Mr. Huh, a 32-year-old entrepreneur, first became aware of I Can Has Cheezburger, which pairs photos of cats with quirky captions, after it linked to his own pet blog. His site immediately crumbled under the resulting wave of visitors.
More @ NYTimes

2. Boldly going nowhere: Nasa ends plan to put man back on Moon
Nasa has begun to wind down construction of the rockets and spacecraft that were to have taken astronauts back to the Moon — effectively dismantling the US human spaceflight programme despite a congressional ban on its doing so.
More @ TimesOnline

3. Kicking around search trends for the World Cup
If you're a certain type of sports fan, you've been waiting four years to get to June 11, 2010—the kick-off of the World Cup and 30 days of football (soccer to some of us) madness, with 64 matches played by 32 teams from around the world.
More @ Googleblog

4. Toddler android

More @ HackaDay

5. Apple would rather remove app than leave open-source license
Games, both free and paid, are perennial favorites in mobile app stores. So it was no surprise that GNU Go — the free, GNU-based version of the ancient and popular game of Go — was available as a free download in the Apple iTunes store. Until recently.
More @ NetworkWorld

6. Safari 5 tested: Chrome, Opera still have JavaScript edge
Apple released the latest major version of its Web browser, Safari 5, earlier this week. Along with several new features—one of them somewhat controversial—the update was said to pack a number of performance improvements, including DNS pre-fetching and optimizations to Safari's Nitro JavaScript engine.
More @ ArsTechnica

7. Android and iOS: Neck and Neck With Plenty of Road Ahead
Even though iPhone OS -- now iOS -- had a head start on Android, Google's mobile platform has developed fast, and now the two are quite close to each other in terms of power and functionality. Aside from sales numbers, how do the two platforms differ, how are they the same, and what does the future hold for this rivalry?
More @ LinuxInsider

8. Steampunk Arduino Watch tells time, plays Breakout, thrills the world

More @ Engadget

9. Python Language Upgrade Slithers Toward Final Release
Python 2.7, the last in the legacy Python 2.x dynamic language line, moved closer to general availability earlier this month when developers of the language put out a release candidate.
More @ PCWorld

10. 10 Cases of Appropriate Technology
The goal of Appropriate Technology (AT) is to increase the standard of living for the developing world without condescension, complication, or environmental damage. Typical AT inventions are more labor intensive, require fewer resources, and use low cost or readily available materials wherever possible.
More @ Listverse