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| Posted: 15 Feb 2011 01:54 AM PST  1. London Stock Exchange in historic Linux go-live The London Stock Exchange has successfully set into live trading a new matching engine based on Novell SUSE Linux technology, following successful last-step setup procedures on Saturday. More @ ComputerworldUK2. Giant Ring of Black Holes Just in time for Valentine's Day comes a new image of a ring -- not of jewels -- but of black holes. This composite image of Arp 147, a pair of interacting galaxies located about 430 million light years from Earth, shows X-rays from the NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory (pink) and optical data from the Hubble Space Telescope (red, green, blue) produced by the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, Md. More @ NASA.gov3. 2011 could be dream year for tech-toy lovers A stunt car powered by light. Check. A table-top version of a popular iPhone game. Check. A battery-powered sweet-talking boyfriend doll. Check. More @ Reuters4. The CIA's amazing bots 5. The Importance of Net Neutrality Although I remain a huge admirer of Lawrence Lessig, I am ashamed to admit that I never fully understood the importance of net neutrality until last week. Mr. Lessig described network neutrality in these urgent terms in 2006. More @ CodingHorror6. 6 Survival Tips for Nokia and Microsoft Nokia on Friday announced it was putting the decade-old Symbian operating system to rest, and future Nokia phones will ship with Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 software. More @ Wired7. Apple's next iPhone could have 4-inch screen with next-gen A5 processor A pair of reports coming out of the Far East on Tuesday claim that Apple is looking to expand the screen on at least one version of the next-generation iPhone to 4 inches, while also adding an upgraded A5 chip processor to its smartphone offerings and an enhanced version of the A4 to the second-generation iPad. More @ AppleInsider8. NXTBee enables long-distance wireless for Mindstorms NXT, funny little RC cars 9. Nine traits of the veteran Unix admin Last week I briefly departed from reality, thanks to the inexplicable actions of the CRTC, but this week, I'm off the drugs and back on terra firma -- sort of. Anyway, to celebrate my return to the land of the sane, I thought I'd tick off a few hallmarks of veteran Unix admins, so you have a better chance of spotting these rare, beautiful creatures in the wild. More @ InfoWorld10. Top 15 Movies You Can't Find on DVD In the early 2000s, DVD technology gradually overtook VHS as the most popular consumer format for playback of prerecorded video. Interestingly, the 2005 American crime film, A History of Violence, has the distinction of being the final major Hollywood motion picture released on VHS. More @ Listverse |
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