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| Posted: 13 Dec 2010 02:58 AM PST  Latest News, Blogs, Tips, and Reviews that I find Interesting and Useful: 1. High-tech war games help save lives Virtual life is around us every day, from online communities to simulation in computer games. It's fun, but it's also useful. More @ CNN.com 2. VGA Given 5 Years to Live VGA, or video graphics array, has been with PCs almost since the get-go, but an agreement between AMD and Intel may spell doom for the technology within five years. More @ TechNewsWorld 3. Cloud computing: the latest chapter in an epic journey On Tuesday, we announced a number of updates to Chrome and Chrome OS. For me, these announcements were among the most important of my working life—demonstrating the real power of computer science to transform people's lives. More @ Googleblog 5. Apache quits Java governance group in protest of Oracle abuses The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) announced today that it is resigning from the executive committee of the Java Community Process (JCP), the governance body responsible for managing standards related to the Java programming language. More @ ArsTechnica 6. Has progress been made in fighting DDoS attacks? As the distributed denial-of-service attacks spawned by this week's WikiLeaks events continue, network operators are discussing what progress, if any, has been made over the past decade to detect and thwart DoS attacks. More @ NetworkWorld 7. Chrome OS's Secret Influence When Google gave the first demos of its ChromeOS-based PC this week, there were only a couple of mentions of the new feature that's going to have the greatest impact on Web-based apps, or Web access of any kind, really, during the next few years: offline storage. More @ PCWorld 9. Microsoft and Facebook: What could have been (but will not be) A Microsoft exec confirmed this week what was already reported (by author David Kirkpatrick earlier this year) — namely, that CEO Steve Ballmer made a serious offer to buy Facebook, but was rebuffed by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. More @ ZDNetBlog 10. 10 Animals With Incredible Eyes According to scientists, eyes evolved around 540 million years ago as simple light detecting organs. Today, vision is the most important sense for many animals, humans included, and they have became incredibly varied and complex. More @ Listverse  |
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