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| Posted: 03 Jan 2011 05:36 AM PST  Latest News, Blogs, Tips, and Reviews that I find Interesting and Useful: 1. Wikipedia Raises $16 Million to Remain Ad-Free The Wikimedia Foundation announced this morning that it has reached its goal of $16 million in record time, more than doubling the $7.5 million the organization raised in 2009. More @ ReadWriteWeb 2. The Chess Master and the Computer In 1985, in Hamburg, I played against thirty-two different chess computers at the same time in what is known as a simultaneous exhibition. I walked from one machine to the next, making my moves over a period of more than five hours. More @ NYBooks 3. Google: Your new phone carrier? From robot cars to wind farms, Google's expansive ambitions have taken it into some surprising corners of the tech field. Here's another it could tackle: Becoming your telephone company. More @ CNN.com 4. Lego pinhole camera 5. Windows Phone 7 piracy materializes with FreeMarketplace A proof-of-concept application, FreeMarketplace, that allows any Windows Phone 7 application to be downloaded and installed free of charge has been developed. Though Marketplace applications are protected by DRM, FreeMarketplace removes the protection, enabling the applications to be used without charge. More @ ArsTechnica 6. Linuxy Hopes, Dreams and Resolutions for 2011 Now that New Year's Eve is almost upon us once again, there seems little to do with 2010 but bid it a fond farewell and set our sights on what's to come. More @ LinuxInsider 7. An iPhone Lover's Take On The Nexus S There's a scene in Iron Man 2 in which Justin Hammer (Sam Rockwell) shows off the mechanical soliders he has been working on — his would-be "Iron Man-killers". Unfortunately, while they may look somewhat impressive, his machines malfunction and the demo goes horribly awry. More @ TechCrunch 8. Windows and Mac OS X make it onto the Cr-48, look great in matte black 9. For Commercial Software Firms in 2011, Open Source is Ripe for Picking While our recent roundup of 2010's biggest open source events emphasized the fact that two large, public U.S. companies focused primarily on open source--Sun Microsystems and Novell--lost their independence, 2011 promises to be the year that open source takes on massive appeal to commercial software companies and entrepeneurs who want to build companies. More @ OStatic 10. 15 Science Factlets You Don't Know Now that we are fully settled into the New Year, it is time to refresh our brains with another list of fascinating factlets. These mini-facts are all science based and, for the most part, should be news to most readers. Let's get the New Year off to a good start with some learning!  |
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