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| Posted: 04 Oct 2010 03:08 AM PDT  Latest News, Blogs, Tips, and Reviews that I find Interesting and Useful: 1. Dear Mom and Dad: Thanks for Teaching Me Unix This week, I went to a Women In Tech panel at TechCrunch Disrupt SF, and the arguments got pretty heated. One of the points raised — for what feels like the millionth time — was that young girls aren't as encouraged to get advanced math/sciences/programming education, which very likely influences the large gender ratio in the tech startup industry. More @ Mediaite 2. Microsoft sues Motorola, citing Android patent infringement Microsoft has announced a lawsuit against Motorola, alleging that several of the mobile company's Android devices infringe on nine of its patents. The software giant is suing in US District Court in Washington, and is also bringing a complaint before the International Trade Commission (ITC). More @ ArsTechnica 3. A galaxy of your own Last December, we wrote about our immersive Google Earth environment, Liquid Galaxy: eight 55-inch LCD screens showing Google Earth in a unified, surround view. More @ Googleblog 5. What Steve Jobs Learned in the Wilderness The saga of Steven P. Jobs is so well known that it has entered the nation's mythology: he's the prodigal who returned to Apple in 1997, righted a listing ship and built it into one of the most valuable companies in the world. More @ NYTimes 6. Do Boobytrapped Websites Capture Readers? Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results (Albert Einstein). Boobytrapped websites don't capture readers, they chase them away. So why do advertisers get increasingly obnoxious? More @ LinuxToday 7. If Web 1.0's Kryptonite Was the Bust, Web 2.0 Kryptonite Was the Grind There were two surreal moments for me at Disrupt last week. The first was during the SV Angels Party when Hammer was dancing. It wasn't just because MC-Freaking-Hammer was doing to Hammer dance in a tux and nerd glasses in front of me. More @ TechCrunch 9. Despite Busts, Zeus Trojan Still Threatens Despite high-profile busts in the U.S. , U.K. and Ukraine of cybercriminals using ZeuS malware to steal from online accounts, ZeuS will evolve and remain an effective theft tool for a long time, security experts say. More @ PCWorld 10. Top 10 Countries That Censor The Internet The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has registered that in several countries in Asia and the Middle East, information is submitted to censorship by their governments. In some cases, the dictatorships or totalitarian regimes restrict the access to this media and impose prison penalties for uploading any "misleading" information to personal webpages. More @ Listverse  |
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