Newslinx

• 5 super-cool supercomputers - CNN -- Tech News
  Mon, 17 Jun 2013
  The Chinese reclaimed the top spot on June's 'Top500' fastest supercomputers list with a system almost twice as fast as any other.
  
• UK ISPs reject default porn filters - TG Daily
  Mon, 17 Jun 2013
  The UK's net suppliers have rejected calls for default opt-out pornography filters to be applied to UK networks.
  
• Google to tackle child abuse images - TG Daily
  Mon, 17 Jun 2013
  Google has announced a plan to do more to tackle online images depicting the sexual abuse of children.
  
• What data Apple does and doesn't share with the cops - CNN -- Tech News
  Mon, 17 Jun 2013
  In the space of six months Apple received 4,000 to 5,000 law enforcement requests.
  
• Samsung's kitchen ambition - CNN -- Tech News
  Mon, 17 Jun 2013
  Can the Korean electronics giant pull a smartphone-like win in the home?
  
• Netflix to debut original 'Shrek' series as part of DreamWorks deal - CNN -- Tech News
  Mon, 17 Jun 2013
  Shrek is coming to the small screen, as part of a deal Netflix struck to air original DreamWorks content.
  
• VIDEO: Sony and Microsoft in console wars - TG Daily
  Mon, 17 Jun 2013
  As Sony and Microsoft go into battle with their new consoles at the gaming expo E3, Marc Cieslak gets a front line view.
  
• Creating Peer.fm: Interview with Developer Ryan Lester - LinuxToday News
  Mon, 17 Jun 2013
  

   The Power Base: We talk with SpaceX developer Ryan Lester about the past, present, and future, of his GPLv3 licensed music service Peer.fm.

  
  
• Seeking Surveillance Safe Search Engines - LinuxToday News
  Mon, 17 Jun 2013
  

   FOSSforce: I don't really care what they find about me, but I just don't think they have the right to do that

  
  
• Red Hat, SolidFire: SSD Storage for OpenStack Cloud - LinuxToday News
  Mon, 17 Jun 2013
  

   The VAR Guy: It's been a big week for solid-state device (SSD) storage and the channel.

  
  
• VIDEO: Google: 'We pay tax required by law' - TG Daily
  Mon, 17 Jun 2013
  Scott Rubin, Communications Director, Google has been asked about Google's tax arrangements and said that his company pays what is "required by law".
  
• A Wireless Speaker That Offers More Listening Choices - NY Times -- Technology News
  Mon, 17 Jun 2013
  The Minx Air 200 wireless speaker from Cambridge Audio delivers big sound while allowing users to personalize their listening experiences.
  
• Apple e-book antitrust case: Final four days - CNN -- Tech News
  Mon, 17 Jun 2013
  The DOJ will rest its case. Apple will present its defense. Summations on Thursday.
  
• Body-double: lifelike android demoed at Global Futures conference - Fox News
  Mon, 17 Jun 2013
  

  An extremely humanlike robot made a public appearance June 15 at the Global Futures 2045 International Congress, a futuristic conference focused on the technological singularity

  
  
• Report: School district scanned children's eyes for bus program without permission - Fox News
  Mon, 17 Jun 2013
  

  A series of behind-the-scenes mistakes by educators in a Florida school district led to children’s biometric information being culled without their parents’ permission, TheLedger.com reported.

  
  
• Google stock split closer to reality - CNN -- Tech News
  Mon, 17 Jun 2013
  It has been more than a year since Google announced a bizarre stock split -- which would allow the company to issue more shares. The move got held up due to a legal battle, but the split is finally closer to reality after Google settled a case with shareholders this weekend.
  
• Sonar image appears to be Amelia Earhart's plane, expert says - Fox News
  Mon, 17 Jun 2013
  

  A sonar anomaly that researchers suspect might possibly be the wreckage of Amelia Earhart's aircraft is a straight, unbroken feature uncannily consistent with the fuselage of a Lockheed Electra, new analysis of the sonar imagery captured off a remote Pacific island has revealed.

  
  
• China builds world's fastest supercomputer for the 2nd time, beating out US machine - Fox News
  Mon, 17 Jun 2013
  China has built the world's fastest computer for a second time, beating the U.S.'s Titan machine.
  
• Telegrams no more. Stop. India to send world's last message July 14 - Fox News
  Mon, 17 Jun 2013
  

  144 years after Samuel Morse sent the first telegram in Washington, the world’s final telegram will be sent in India on July 14, 2013.

  
  
• China retakes supercomputer crown - TG Daily
  Mon, 17 Jun 2013
  A China-based supercomputer has been ranked the world's fastest, offering nearly double the processing speeds of the US's most powerful system.
  
• Did Google and Yahoo help get government snooping off the ground? - CNN -- Tech News
  Mon, 17 Jun 2013
  The search giants collaborated with the feds after 9/11 on an electronic intelligence program.
  
• Apple discloses US data requests - TG Daily
  Mon, 17 Jun 2013
  Apple publishes details about data requests from US officials following revelations about the Prism surveillance programme.
  
• University creates sperm bank for honeybees - Fox News
  Mon, 17 Jun 2013
  

  There's a lot of buzz at Washington State University over work to develop the first sperm bank for honeybees.

  
  
• New Samsung phone too fast for US networks - Fox News
  Mon, 17 Jun 2013
  

  Today’s 4G too slow for you? Samsung plans to release a variant of is Galaxy S4 phone with 4G LTE Advanced technology, promising up to double the speed.

  
  
• Who's iWatching? Apple reveals NSA requests for data - Fox News
  Mon, 17 Jun 2013
  

  Apple says it received between 4,000 and 5,000 requests from U.S. law enforcement for customer data for the six months ended in May.

  
  
• The 'unbeatable' air hockey robot - TG Daily
  Sun, 16 Jun 2013
  Japanese engineers have built a robot that can play air hockey better than humans.
  
• At long last, Microsoft Office comes to the iPhone - CNN -- Tech News
  Sun, 16 Jun 2013
  Over the past few years, Microsoft has been inching closer to making Office available on any device. By launching its Office Mobile for iPhone app on Friday, Microsoft is just about there.
  
• Windows Blue Blues, Symantec Kernel Confusion & More... - LinuxToday News
  Sun, 16 Jun 2013
  

  FOSS Force: We thought last week was the week for leaked government secrets on government spying. Nope.

  
  
• Trans-US solar plane reaches Dulles - TG Daily
  Sun, 16 Jun 2013
  A solar powered plane aiming to cross the US lands at Washington Dulles airport, completing the fourth leg of the coast-to-coast endeavour.
  
• VIDEO: Can 'geek parties' save you money? - TG Daily
  Sun, 16 Jun 2013
  As part of the Tech Know series, BBC News visits a Restart Party in London, where people are invited to bring objects in need of repair.
  
• Wanna confess your sins? There's an app for that - Fox News
  Sun, 16 Jun 2013
  

  A Roman Catholic prelate from Wisconsin will become the first priest to log on to a soon-to-debut smartphone application that seemingly renders the good ole’ fashioned church bulletin as outmoded as medieval indulgences.

  
  
• Scientists moving 15-ton magnet from New York to Chicago - Fox News
  Sun, 16 Jun 2013
  

  Scientists on Long Island are preparing to move a 50-foot-wide electromagnet 3,200 miles over land and sea to its new home at the U.S. Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Illinois. The trip is expected to take more than a month.

  
  
• Take a Screenshot and Edit Them in Ubuntu Desktop with Hotshots - LinuxToday News
  Sun, 16 Jun 2013
  

  Ubuntu Portal: Hotshots is an alternative to screenshot applications like Shutter, is lighter and brings such attractive features can capture specific windows or only capture a specific area included a tool to easily edit the captured images.

  
  
• CRUX PPC 3.0 released - LinuxToday News
  Sun, 16 Jun 2013
  

  Cruxppc.org: CRUX PPC 3.0 is now available.

  
  
• Flashify Sends Web Sites Between Android Browsers - LinuxToday News
  Sun, 16 Jun 2013
  

  Life Hacker: Android bafflingly doesn't include browsers in web pages' share menus, so Flashify essentially corrects this issue.

  
  
• Open-source game developers have the power to sink mega conferences like E3 - LinuxToday News
  Sat, 15 Jun 2013
  

  UpStart: Here's some of what's coming in the next six months.

  
  
• Google beams internet from balloons - TG Daily
  Sat, 15 Jun 2013
  Google is launching an experiment to beam the internet to remote areas of the world from near space balloons.
  
• Researcher To Open-Source Tools For Finding Odd Authentication Behavior - LinuxToday News
  Sat, 15 Jun 2013
  

  Dark Reading: Rather than watching for communications between infected systems and command-and-control servers, companies can detect stealthy malware when it attempts to spread.

  
  
• Apple video: Changing the world, one app at a time - CNN -- Tech News
  Fri, 14 Jun 2013
  Four iPad and iPhone apps that will melt your heart.
  
• The DOJ's last best chance in the Apple e-book case has passed - CNN -- Tech News
  Fri, 14 Jun 2013
  If the government couldn't nail Eddy Cue -- and it didn't -- how's it going to win?
  
• Scrabble app changes anger players - TG Daily
  Fri, 14 Jun 2013
  Online Scrabble players are angered by changes made to a mobile version of Scrabble since its takeover by EA
  
• Video game controllers need innovation - CNN -- Tech News
  Fri, 14 Jun 2013
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• Cyberattacks hit Iran's Gmail users as election begins - CNN -- Tech News
  Fri, 14 Jun 2013
  Phishing campaigns spike on eve of Iranian election.
  
• Q&A: Moving an iPhoto Library - NY Times -- Technology News
  Fri, 14 Jun 2013
  If you find your Mac filling up with all the new pictures you have been adding to the iPhoto program, you can save some space by moving the iPhoto Library to an external drive — but back everything up first.
  
• Cloud schools offer new education - TG Daily
  Fri, 14 Jun 2013
  Educators at the TEDGlobal conference in Edinburgh outline their vision for future learning.
  
• VIDEO: Webscape: Marathon app - TG Daily
  Fri, 14 Jun 2013
  Kate Russell reviews the best websites and apps including one which can help you run a marathon
  
• Zimbabwe hackers hit ANC website - TG Daily
  Fri, 14 Jun 2013
  Opponents of President Robert Mugabe target the website of South Africa's governing ANC, accusing it of backing Zimbabwe's leader.
  
• Airbus A350 completes maiden flight - TG Daily
  Fri, 14 Jun 2013
  The newest aircraft from European planemaker Airbus, the A350, successfully completes its maiden flight from Toulouse.
  
• Microsoft and Sony are at each other's throats - CNN -- Tech News
  Thu, 13 Jun 2013
  The console makers are going head-to-head for new consumers for the first time.
  
• Eddy Cue: Apple's star witness in the e-book antitrust trial - CNN -- Tech News
  Thu, 13 Jun 2013
  Cue was at the center of what the DOJ calls an illegal scheme to fix the price of e-books.
  
• Apple's Eddy Cue takes the stand in e-book antitrust trial - CNN -- Tech News
  Thu, 13 Jun 2013
  Hammered by the DOJ on the effect of higher e-book prices on consumers.
  
• What Hearsay Social CEO Clara Shih regrets - CNN -- Tech News
  Thu, 13 Jun 2013
  Clara Shih says true success is finding ways to empower others.
  
• U.K. should probe Google's tax affairs: report - CNN -- Tech News
  Thu, 13 Jun 2013
  The U.K. should launch a full investigation into Google to ensure it is complying with tax law, a committee of lawmakers said Thursday.
  
• Yahoo mulls ads based on influence - TG Daily
  Thu, 13 Jun 2013
  Yahoo files a patent suggesting it could charge marketers different rates according to the social influence score of the consumers they want to target.
  
• LinkedIn: How it's changing business (and how to make it work for you) - CNN -- Tech News
  Thu, 13 Jun 2013
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• US Navy ditches capital letters rule - TG Daily
  Thu, 13 Jun 2013
  The US Navy is upgrading its systems so staff do not have to write messages using only capital letters.
  
• Nintendo sticking to its strategy despite soft sales - CNN -- Tech News
  Thu, 13 Jun 2013
  Since the days of the Nintendo 64, the masses have flocked to Nintendo's systems on the strength of its games.
  
• The AL13 Is an Aluminum Case With No Screws to Lose - NY Times -- Technology News
  Thu, 13 Jun 2013
  Aluminum cases for the iPhone are often assembled using minuscule screws that are easy to lose or snap. The AL13 case from Designed by M avoids that problem by using a sliding frame to lock an iPhone into its case.
  
• Q&A: Protecting a PC From Spam and Spoofs - NY Times -- Technology News
  Thu, 13 Jun 2013
  Spam messages coming from a friend's e-mail account could be caused by a virus, a hacker or another malicious source.
  
• Would a smartphone 'killswitch' deter thieves? - CNN -- Tech News
  Thu, 13 Jun 2013
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• Clegg reassured over Prism claims - TG Daily
  Thu, 13 Jun 2013
  The deputy PM is convinced the way UK agencies get people's phone and web data is "proportionate", following claims about UK access to a US monitoring programme.
  
• Patch offers needle-free injections - TG Daily
  Thu, 13 Jun 2013
  A skin patch that can deliver vaccine effectively and cheaply has been shown off at the TEDGlobal conference.
  
• Twitter to reveal racists' info - TG Daily
  Thu, 13 Jun 2013
  Twitter will have to reveal the names of users posting anti-Semitic and other racist messages after a Paris court refused to consider the firm's appeal.
  
• Flying bike for easier commutes - TG Daily
  Thu, 13 Jun 2013
  Researchers in the Czech Republic have unveiled a 95kg (210lb) remotely-controlled flying bicycle that can hover a few metres above ground.
  
• Q&A: Keeping Control Over Your Facebook Timeline - NY Times -- Technology News
  Wed, 12 Jun 2013
  Facebook's privacy settings let you control who can post comments and photos to your Timeline, as well as who can see those posts.
  
• Tip of the Week: Go Offline With Google Maps for Android - NY Times -- Technology News
  Wed, 12 Jun 2013
  The Google Maps app for Android has an offline mode that lets you store maps on your phone for those times when you can't get a data-network connection.
  
• Q&A: Making New Playlists on the iPod Classic - NY Times -- Technology News
  Wed, 12 Jun 2013
  It may lack the touch-friendly software of newer iPod models, but the iPod Classic can still create playlists without a computer connection.
  
• Tip of the Week: Force Yourself to Stop Wasting Time - NY Times -- Technology News
  Wed, 12 Jun 2013
  If you can't help wandering onto your favorite time-wasting sites during the work day, you can get free or inexpensive software to keep you more focused.
  
• Facebook adds support for hashtags - TG Daily
  Wed, 12 Jun 2013
  Facebook is adding support for clickable hashtags to help users keep track of popular topics on the network, a move experts say may boost ad sales.
  
• A Homing Beacon for Your Key Chain - NY Times -- Technology News
  Wed, 12 Jun 2013
  Stick-N-Find, a Bluetooth beacon that is used with a phone, lets you home in keys or other easily lost objects.
  
• Visions of the future of flying - TG Daily
  Wed, 12 Jun 2013
  A concept aircraft of the future has been shown off at the TEDGlobal conference in Edinburgh.
  
• Sony retains the upper hand at E3 - TG Daily
  Tue, 11 Jun 2013
  Microsoft's Xbox One gets muted reception at E3 expo in Los Angeles
  
• Old favourites in new Nintendo games - TG Daily
  Tue, 11 Jun 2013
  The return of Nintendo characters Mario, Bayonetta, Donkey Kong and Pokemon is announced in a video stream from the E3 gaming exhibition.
  
• Great Sound, and Easy on the Wallet - NY Times -- Technology News
  Tue, 11 Jun 2013
  Sol Republic recently introduced a line of low-priced in-ear headphones called Jax, which run about $40.
  
• PS4 set to be cheaper than Xbox One - TG Daily
  Mon, 10 Jun 2013
  Sony has revealed that it plans to sell the PlayStation 4 for £349, making it £80 cheaper than Microsoft's Xbox One launch price.
  
• Q&A: Finding a Long-Lost Web Site - NY Times -- Technology News
  Mon, 10 Jun 2013
  The Internet Archive Wayback Machine has been collecting and preserving past and present Web sites since 1996, and can be used for both research and amusement.
  
• An iPad 5 Case Hints at Design Changes - NY Times -- Technology News
  Mon, 10 Jun 2013
  The new iPad 5 case from Gumdrop hints at design changes of the as-yet-unannounced iPad.
  
• TEDGlobal welcomes robot cockroaches - TG Daily
  Mon, 10 Jun 2013
  The Technology, Entertainment and Design conference opens in Edinburgh this week with suitable off-the-wall technology.
  
• Xbox One launch and price revealed - TG Daily
  Mon, 10 Jun 2013
  Microsoft has announced the global launch date and price for its new Xbox One console at the start of the E3 games expo in Los Angeles.
  
• First look at E3's big video games - TG Daily
  Mon, 10 Jun 2013
  A first look at some of the big name video games making news at the E3 expo in Los Angeles.
  
• EA takes steps to stop being 'hated' - TG Daily
  Mon, 10 Jun 2013
  Frank Gibeau, president of labels at video games giant EA, explains how his firm plans to restore its image with the launch of new consoles.
  
• App Smart Extra: Learning to Unlock Your Inner Matisse - NY Times -- Technology News
  Fri, 07 Jun 2013
  The app stores have plenty of learn-to-draw apps — for adults and children.
  
• Q&A: Experimenting With Gmail Labs - NY Times -- Technology News
  Fri, 07 Jun 2013
  Gmail Labs, those inventive little optional features that can enhance Google's mail program, are experimental and may be unreliable at times.
  
• Tip of the Week: Blog More Efficiently on Tumblr - NY Times -- Technology News
  Thu, 06 Jun 2013
  Sharing content on the blogging platform Tumblr is being made easier by a collection of Tumblr's own tips and tricks as well as third-party browser add-ons.