Ubuntu Tips n Tricks

Monday, August 30, 2010

Weekly Ten (8-30-2010)

Posted: 30 Aug 2010 08:06 AM PDT

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

1. Massive solar storm to hit Earth in 2012 with 'force of 100m bombs'

Astronomers are predicting that a massive solar storm, much bigger in potential than the one that caused spectacular light shows on Earth earlier this month, is to strike our planet in 2012 with a force of 100 million hydrogen bombs.
More @ YahooNews

2. Hackers blind quantum cryptographers

Quantum hackers have performed the first 'invisible' attack on two commercial quantum cryptographic systems. By using lasers on the systems — which use quantum states of light to encrypt information for transmission — they have fully cracked their encryption keys, yet left no trace of the hack.
More @ Nature.com

3. Tracking the signal of emerging technologies
Last week the words of science fiction writer William Gibson ran rampant over the Twitter back channel at the inaugural NASA IT Summit when a speaker quoted his observation that "The future is here. It's just not evenly distributed yet."
More @ OreillyRadar

4. Hacking a code-protected hard disk

More @ HackaDay

5. Intel to Acquire Infineon's Wireless Division
The acquisition of Infineon's wireless division could help Intel grow faster in the high-volume smartphone market, where the company has minimal presence. Most smartphones today carry chips designed by rival Arm, and Intel has had its eye on the smartphone market as the volume of chips for mobile devices outpaces traditional CPUs that go into PCs.
More @ PCWorld

6. LHC computing grid pushes petabytes of data, beats expectations

The LHC isn't simply the most powerful particle accelerator ever created. Handling the huge amounts of data it produces has required the creation of one of the biggest computer grids on the planet.

More @ ArsTechnica

7. The Tragic Death of Practically Everything

Wired Editor in Chief Chris Anderson is catching flack for the magazine's current cover story, which declares that the Web is dead. I'm not sure what the controversy is. For years, once-vibrant technologies, products, and companies have been dropping like teenagers in a Freddy Krueger movie.

More @ Technologizer

8. LG's 31-inch OLED prototype to slice through IFA

More @ Engadget

9. How To Set Up A USB-Over-IP Server And Client With Ubuntu 10.04

This tutorial shows how to set up a USB-over-IP server with Ubuntu 10.04 as well as a USB-over-IP client (also running Ubuntu 10.04). The USB/IP Project aims to develop a general USB device sharing system over IP network.
More @ HowToForge

10. 8 Ways to Ensure Human Survival

Recently, renowned physicist Stephen Hawking announced that if humans didn't want to face extinction, our only option is to abandon planet Earth. In addition to the threats most species face, we humans also have the capability to destroy ourselves and/or our planet with thermonuclear weapons.
More @ Listverse