Newslinx

• Lift off for £1bn UK space project - TG Daily
  Sun, 08 Dec 2013
  The London-based Inmarsat company launches the first spacecraft in a new £1bn global telecommunications network.
  
• Open Source is the Next Focus on Facebook's Agenda - LinuxToday News
  Sat, 07 Dec 2013
  

  Tech Zone: Facebook is not only developing in-house resources for Android.

  
  
• How to stitch photos together on Linux - LinuxToday News
  Sat, 07 Dec 2013
  

  Xmodulo: In this tutorial, I will explain how to stitch photos together on Linux. For that, I am going to use panoramic photo stitching software called Hugin.

  
  
• Convert and Manage Your eBook Library with Calibre 1.14 - LinuxToday News
  Sat, 07 Dec 2013
  

  Softpedia: The latest build of Calibre, 1.14, is not one of the biggest releases, but it does bring a couple of very interesting features and a number of changes that will persuade you to upgrade.

  
  
• IBM, Mirantis Launch OpenStack Benchmarking Tool - LinuxToday News
  Sat, 07 Dec 2013
  

  Talkin' Cloud: Rally is a testing and benchmarking tool that measure OpenStack performance when running various enterprise workloads.

  
  
• Zorin OS 7 Released - A Ultimate Linux Desktop with Windows 7 Feel - LinuxToday News
  Sat, 07 Dec 2013
  

  Tecmint: Based on Ubuntu Linux which is the most popular Linux desktop across the globe, Zorin OS is trying to influence Windows users.

  
  
• WSJ: Apple e-book judge is 'a disgrace to the judiciary' - CNN -- Tech News
  Fri, 06 Dec 2013
  News Corp's Wall Street Journal calls for Judge Denise Cote's ouster.
  
• Samsung and Philips raided by EU - TG Daily
  Fri, 06 Dec 2013
  Samsung and Philips are among several consumer electronics companies raided by the European Commission over suspected breaches of competition rules.
  
• When will Facebook be added to S&P 500? - CNN -- Tech News
  Fri, 06 Dec 2013
  Facebook is one of the largest U.S. companies by market value, and investors are hungry to know when it will join the market's most closely-tracked index.
  
• Grindr's performance issues could doom its relationships - CNN -- Tech News
  Fri, 06 Dec 2013
  One app's downtime is another's opportunity.
  
• VIDEO: 'Feeling' virtual objects in mid-air - TG Daily
  Fri, 06 Dec 2013
  Spencer Kelly finds out how ultrasound can give virtual objects a tactile sensation.
  
• VIDEO: Christmas tablets reviewed - TG Daily
  Fri, 06 Dec 2013
  BBC Click's Marc Cieslak looks at the tablet market, explains the different systems and reviews three devices.
  
• Android app caught sharing ID data - TG Daily
  Fri, 06 Dec 2013
  Millions of Android users have been "deceived" by a developer who covertly gathered personal data, says the US Federal Trade Commission.
  
• New X-Men film, Apocalypse, for 2016 - TG Daily
  Fri, 06 Dec 2013
  Fox announces that the next film in the franchise will be called Apocalypse and will be released in cinemas in May 2016.
  
• Warning over rare metals in gadgets - TG Daily
  Fri, 06 Dec 2013
  Modern technology is too reliant on rare materials whose scarcity could drastically set back innovation, a report warns.
  
• NatWest services hit by cyber attack - TG Daily
  Fri, 06 Dec 2013
  A deliberate attempt to disrupt services at NatWest left some customers struggling to access online banking on Friday.
  
• VIDEO: The minute before we knew - TG Daily
  Fri, 06 Dec 2013
  #BBCtrending looks at the intense activity on social media in the 60 seconds before Nelson Mandela's death was officially announced by South African President Jacob Zuma.
  
• No time for shopping? A robot can do it for you - CNN -- Tech News
  Fri, 06 Dec 2013
  How one startup hopes to reinvent the act of gift-giving.
  
• Samsung reattempts botched update - TG Daily
  Fri, 06 Dec 2013
  Samsung has started again to roll out an update to its Galaxy S3 smartphone, weeks after a botched attempt angered users.
  
• 'Gran Turismo 6' $300 million launch focuses on PS3 - CNN -- Tech News
  Fri, 06 Dec 2013
  Sony's Gran Turismo racing franchise celebrates its 15th anniversary with sales of 70 million copies and revenue of over $2.5 billion, but is ignoring the PS4 (for now).
  
• Air Force's mysterious space plane nears 1 year In orbit - Fox News
  Fri, 06 Dec 2013
  The U.S. Air Force's mysterious X-37B space plane is nearing a major milestone — one year of travel in Earth orbit, performing duties in support of long-term space objectives.
  
• Comcast purchase of Time Warner Cable looks more and more unlikely - CNN -- Tech News
  Fri, 06 Dec 2013
  It appears unlikely that Comcast would be able to acquire all of Time Warner Cable. If it makes a bid at all, it would more likely be for just part of the company, with Charter Communications getting the rest.
  
• Why Emily White's move to Snapchat is unsurprising - CNN -- Tech News
  Fri, 06 Dec 2013
  The Instagram exec has always been drawn to a challenge. Snapchat just happens to be the newest one on her list.
  
• Up-and-Coming Open Source Projects for the Enterprise - LinuxToday News
  Fri, 06 Dec 2013
  

  ITBusinessEdge: In this slideshow, we take a look at some of the hottest up-and-coming open source projects of interest to the enterprise from around the world.

  
  
• Ask a science teacher: What makes the colors in fireworks? - Fox News
  Fri, 06 Dec 2013
  There is much chemistry and physics in fireworks; the color of fireworks, for one thing, is all in the chemicals. Your basic fireworks have been around for hundreds of years.
  
• Google's Eric Schmidt wants a ban on Amazon drones - CNN -- Tech News
  Fri, 06 Dec 2013
  Warns that the technology can be used to spy on -- and record -- your private activities.
  
• Major US winter storm spotted from space - Fox News
  Fri, 06 Dec 2013
  The West and Midwest have gotten a harsh blast of winter thanks to a powerful storm that blanketed a large swath of the country.
  
• Why is China targeting the moon -- and should NASA as well? - Fox News
  Fri, 06 Dec 2013
  Americans from Buzz Aldrin to president Barack Obama say it’s a waste of time to put men back on the moon -- so why are foreign countries like China so eager to take that one small step?
  
• The Worst (And Best) Company Name Changes - CNN -- Tech News
  Fri, 06 Dec 2013
  As Dow Chemical rethinks its identity, it should consider: a name change is sometimes more trouble than it's worth.
  
• SteamOS on your TV with Jetpack - LinuxToday News
  Fri, 06 Dec 2013
  

  Linux User & Developer: SteamOS installed on the new Jetpack may be a possibility, allowing for a hidden, mounted Steam Machine behind your TV.

  
  
• Linux Mint 16 OEM Has Been Officially Released - LinuxToday News
  Fri, 06 Dec 2013
  

  Softpedia: It is based on Ubuntu 13.10 (Raring Ringtail), uses Linux kernel 3.8, and includes the Cinnamon 2.0 and MATE 1.6 desktop environment.

  
  
• Fixing the Nexus 5: with a new version of Android, Google tackles the camera - LinuxToday News
  Fri, 06 Dec 2013
  

  The Verge: The update rolling out over the next few days is designed to fix the buggy, inconsistent camera on what is otherwise one of the best Android phones on the market.

  
  
• Alien planet 11 times bigger than Jupiter found in bizarre, massive orbit - Fox News
  Fri, 06 Dec 2013
  An enormous alien planet — one that is 11 times more massive than Jupiter — was discovered in the most distant orbit yet found around a single parent star.
  
• Someone bought a $100,000 Tesla with Bitcoins - CNN -- Tech News
  Fri, 06 Dec 2013
  The things you can buy with the digital currency Bitcoin continues to grow, from sandwiches to fine art -- and now expensive cars.
  
• Twitter adds first female board member - CNN -- Tech News
  Thu, 05 Dec 2013
  Former Pearson and Economist CEO Marjorie Scardino named to the Twitter board.
  
• Microsoft disrupts ZeroAccess botnet - TG Daily
  Thu, 05 Dec 2013
  Microsoft and law enforcement agencies disrupt ZeroAccess, one of the world's largest botnets responsible for millions in fraud losses.
  
• How not to get hacked - CNN -- Tech News
  Thu, 05 Dec 2013
  A spy virus stole millions of passwords. Here's how to keep your password secure.
  
• Icahn's 'missile' at Apple was more like a love note - CNN -- Tech News
  Thu, 05 Dec 2013
  He cut his buyback demand from $150 billion to $50 billion and gave Apple a year to do it.
  
• Ford: Mulally not leaving for Microsoft - CNN -- Tech News
  Thu, 05 Dec 2013
  Microsoft shares sank after a Ford board member said Alan Mulally is not leaving the company anytime soon. That dampens investor hopes that Mulally would succeed Steve Ballmer as Microsoft CEO.
  
• The one move that might put Uber in the fast lane - CNN -- Tech News
  Thu, 05 Dec 2013
  The on-demand, mobile app-based transportation service has enjoyed tremendous growth. Its new financing platform promises to press the pedal even closer to the metal.
  
• In a game of chicken with Apple, Icahn blinked - CNN -- Tech News
  Thu, 05 Dec 2013
  Talk is cheap.
  
• Virgin joins Formula E racing series - TG Daily
  Thu, 05 Dec 2013
  Virgin is to enter a team for the first FIA Formula E electric racing car championship, which gets out of the grids next year.
  
• Prison no bar to Facebook updates - TG Daily
  Thu, 05 Dec 2013
  Several prisoners awaiting trial in a notorious political murder case seem to be updating their Facebook pages from jail, it's reported.
  
• Mummy mystery: Multiple tombs hidden in Egypt's Valley of Kings - Fox News
  Thu, 05 Dec 2013
  Multiple tombs lay hidden in Egypt's Valley of the Kings, where royalty were buried more than 3,000 years ago, awaiting discovery, say researchers working on the most extensive exploration of the area in nearly a century.
  
• UK paves way for driverless cars - TG Daily
  Thu, 05 Dec 2013
  The UK government wants to make Britain a world leader in developing autonomous vehicles.
  
• MIT researchers devise world’s toughest tongue twister - Fox News
  Thu, 05 Dec 2013
  A nonsense string of words devised by MIT researchers investigating speech errors and brain functions proved so difficult that no test subjects could repeat the phrase -- clearly marking it as the world’s toughest tongue twister.
  
• VIDEO: NSA 'tracking' millions of mobiles - TG Daily
  Thu, 05 Dec 2013
  Almost five billion mobile phone location records are logged by the NSA every day, reports the Washington Post.
  
• Could hi-tech make cyclists safer? - TG Daily
  Thu, 05 Dec 2013
  How new tech aims to make cycling safer
  
• Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos' secretive Blue Origin company test-fires rocket engine - Fox News
  Thu, 05 Dec 2013
  The secretive private spaceflight company Blue Origin founded by billionaire Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos has successfully test-fired a new engine for commercial rockets that may one day help launch astronauts and cargo into orbit.
  
• Orphaned mountain lion kittens given new home at zoos - Fox News
  Thu, 05 Dec 2013
  A trio of two-month-old mountain lions are headed to zoos after California wildlife officials scooped them up last week following their mother’s death and nursed them back to health.
  
• Private company plans US's first controlled moon landing in 40 years - Fox News
  Thu, 05 Dec 2013
  A U.S. spacecraft hasn’t made a controlled landing on the moon since Apollo 17 left the lunar surface on Dec. 14, 1972. That’s about to change.
  
• Wife 'live-tweets' husband's death - TG Daily
  Thu, 05 Dec 2013
  A US woman live-tweeted reports of a fatal car crash, only to find out her husband had been killed in the accident, according to US media.
  
• Bitcoin trade ban for Chinese banks - TG Daily
  Thu, 05 Dec 2013
  Chinese financial regulators have banned the nation's banks from handling transactions involving the Bitcoin virtual currency.
  
• JP Morgan in cyber hack warning - TG Daily
  Thu, 05 Dec 2013
  JP Morgan Chase is warning 465,000 holders of pre-paid cash cards issued by the US bank that their personal data may have been hacked.
  
• NSA 'tracking' millions of mobiles - TG Daily
  Thu, 05 Dec 2013
  The movements of hundreds of millions of mobile users are being tracked by the NSA every day, reveals the Washington Post.
  
• VIDEO: Cashing in on Paul Walker's death - TG Daily
  Wed, 04 Dec 2013
  #BBCtrending investigates how some users of social media have used the death of movie star Paul Walker, as an opportunity to raise their profile and make money.
  
• VIDEO: Israeli firms woo foreign investors - TG Daily
  Wed, 04 Dec 2013
  Israel's high tech companies are in London to woo European investors.
  
• How IBM bypasses bureaucratic purgatory - CNN -- Tech News
  Wed, 04 Dec 2013
  An in-house crowdfunding platform lets employees evaluate each other's ideas -- and fund them with IBM's money.
  
• Next-generation USB is reversible - TG Daily
  Wed, 04 Dec 2013
  The group of companies that develop the USB cable announce that a forthcoming generation will be able to be plugged either way round into computer sockets.
  
• VIDEO: Drone surveillance in DR Congo begins - TG Daily
  Wed, 04 Dec 2013
  The UN mission in Democratic Republic of Congo has started to deploy unarmed surveillance drones to monitor rebel activity near the forested borders with Rwanda and Uganda.
  
• VIDEO: The fuel cell under Al Gore's London HQ - TG Daily
  Wed, 04 Dec 2013
  A fuel cell has been fitted in the basement of a new development off Regent Street in London.
  
• Apple completes key China Mobile deal - report - CNN -- Tech News
  Wed, 04 Dec 2013
  Apple and China Mobile have reportedly inked a long-anticipated deal that should make buying an iPhone easier for hundreds of millions of Chinese.
  
• 2 million Facebook, Gmail and Twitter passwords stolen in massive hack - CNN -- Tech News
  Wed, 04 Dec 2013
  Read full story for latest details.
  
• 'The Wolverine' director James Mangold embraces technology - CNN -- Tech News
  Wed, 04 Dec 2013
  "I don't know a single filmmaker who doesn't admire what's going on on Netflix or on cable."
  
• Google ramps up plan to make robots - TG Daily
  Wed, 04 Dec 2013
  Google reveals it has taken over seven robotics companies and is hiring staff to develop products as part of a team led by its former Android chief.
  
• Launch of world's biggest 'ship' - TG Daily
  Wed, 04 Dec 2013
  The world's biggest vessel takes to the water for the first time in South Korea.
  
• Drones 'vulnerable to flying hack' - TG Daily
  Wed, 04 Dec 2013
  A security researcher says he has found a way to hijack a popular brand of drones by launching a Raspberry Pi-equipped aircraft of his own.
  
• VIDEO: Webscape: Curate your own fine art - TG Daily
  Fri, 29 Nov 2013
  Kate Russell reviews a site which allows you to curate your own fine art, plus other sites and apps.
  
• VIDEO: World's largest 3D printing factory - TG Daily
  Wed, 27 Nov 2013
  Click's Jen Copestake visits the world's largest 3D printing factory in Eden Prairie, Minnesota.