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Monday, December 27, 2010



Weekly Ten (12-27-2010)

Posted: 27 Dec 2010 05:43 AM PST

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


1. Gadgets Bring New Opportunities for Hackers
Researchers at Mocana, a security technology company in San Francisco, recently discovered they could hack into a best-selling Internet-ready HDTV model with unsettling ease.
More @ NYTimes

2. Raising a healthy gamer: seven tips for parents
If you're a parent, or a soon-to-be parent, the noise about gaming and children can be deafening. Video games turn kids into killers. Video games are addictive. Video games get in the way of learning.
More @ ArsTechnica

3. Dashing through the snow... with NORAD and Google
Every Christmas Eve, children all over the world ask themselves—and their parents—questions about Santa's magical journey. How does Santa visit so many children in one night? Will he eat the cookies I left out? How does he fit all those presents into his sleigh?
More @ Googleblog

4. Didn't See The Lunar Eclipse, Make One!

More @ HackaDay

5. So You Want to Be a Computer Programmer...
For as long as you can remember, computers and electronics fascinated you. Your future as a computer programmer seemed fated by the timing of your entry into adulthood.
More @ Gizmodo

6. 2011: The Year Android Explodes! Killing Innocent Women, Children, And iPhone Users
The top headlines today got me thinking back to 2008. Back then, I was writing for VentureBeat, and we used to talk quite a bit internally about iPhone versus Android.
More @ TechCrunch

7. Reaching the pinnacle: truly open web services and clouds
Free software in the cloud isn't just a nice-sounding ideal or even an efficient way to push innovation forward. Opening the cloud also opens the path to a bountiful environment of computing for all. Here are the steps to a better computing future.
More @ OreillyRadar

8. Cambridge developing 'mind reading' computer interface with the countenance of Charles Babbage

More @ Engadget

9. The Tablet OS Wars: There Will Be Blood
Apple may have had a head start in smartphones, but the Android OS has proven it can quickly catch up in market share. Will the same be true in tablets?
More @ LinuxInsider

10. Top 10 Greatest Benefits of Capitalism
While likely to be a very controversial list, we are in the middle of one of Capitalism's favorite seasons: Christmas, so it seems fitting to publish it on Christmas Eve.
More @ Listverse

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