Newslinx

• NASA moon landing engineer John C. Houbolt dies at 95 - Fox News
  Sat, 19 Apr 2014
  John C. Houbolt, an engineer whose contributions to the U.S. space program were vital to NASA's successful moon landing in 1969, has died. He was 95.
  
• For Red Hat, it's RHEL and then???? - LinuxToday News
  Sat, 19 Apr 2014
  

   NetworkWorld: As Red Hat basks in the glory of making more than a billion dollars off a free open source project, some are questioning where the company will go after RHEL.

  
  
• Pixel Piracy, A Pirate Sandbox Sim Gains Better Linux Support, Yarrrr! - LinuxToday News
  Sat, 19 Apr 2014
  

   GamingOnLinux: Pixel Piracy already has a Linux version out for a while now, but they have just realised a patch they have been working on for some-time fixing start-up issues for Linux & Mac, yarrr maties, land ahoy!

  
  
• Six Clicks: Linux Mint tips and tricks - LinuxToday News
  Sat, 19 Apr 2014
  

   ZDnet: Want to get the most out of Linux Mint, one of the most popular of the Linux desktops? Then read on!

  
  
• HMRC 'plans to share personal data' - TG Daily
  Sat, 19 Apr 2014
  Taxpayers' personal financial data could be shared with private firms and researchers, Revenue & Customs says, despite concerns over privacy and security.
  
• Satya Nadella needs more to fix Microsoft - CNN -- Tech News
  Fri, 18 Apr 2014
  Office for iPad move is a symbolic victory for Nadella's Microsoft, but the company is still weighed down by many of the same old issues.
  
• Babajob.com, a site to help people find jobs, takes off in India - CNN -- Tech News
  Fri, 18 Apr 2014
  The Bangalore-based mobile job posting startup started by Microsoft Research veteran Sean Blagsvedt wants to pull Indians out of poverty.
  
• VC investment hits a 13-year high - CNN -- Tech News
  Fri, 18 Apr 2014
  Venture capitalists invested $9.5 billion last quarter, the highest total since the dotcom doom's waning days.
  
• GNOME 3: It's time to let go of the past - LinuxToday News
  Fri, 18 Apr 2014
  

   EyeOnLinux: No Linux desktop, including Unity, has generated more heated arguments than GNOME 3.

  
  
• Icehouse: New OpenStack cloud arrives - LinuxToday News
  Fri, 18 Apr 2014
  

   ZDnet: Icehouse, the newest version of the leading open source cloud OpenStack, is now ready for users.

  
  
• Memo to tech startups: If you want money, raise it now - CNN -- Tech News
  Fri, 18 Apr 2014
  The frothy fundraising market may dry up soon.
  
• Can Zoosk be the Netflix for online dating? - CNN -- Tech News
  Fri, 18 Apr 2014
  Zoosk, an independent online dating service that filed for IPO this week, seeks to cover all the bases with its wide array of features. For users, that may be a bit too much.
  
• How many iPads did Apple sell last quarter? - CNN -- Tech News
  Fri, 18 Apr 2014
  Second most important source of revenue is holding steady at roughly 20% of total sales.
  
• Pop-up shops are becoming more permanent - CNN -- Tech News
  Fri, 18 Apr 2014
  In brand strategy, short-term retail may not be so temporary after all.
  
• The market for marketing software is accelerating rapidly - CNN -- Tech News
  Fri, 18 Apr 2014
  Revenue for marketing automation software is set to triple by 2020 -- and it's a fight for supremacy between Marketo, Eloqua and Silverpop.
  
• US facing increased threats to its space interests, report says - Fox News
  Fri, 18 Apr 2014
  The United States faces increased threats to its space program as adversaries develop measures to combat satellite reconnaissance, a new report says.
  
• Ubuntu chases after Red Hat with OpenStack and Docker bundles - LinuxToday News
  Fri, 18 Apr 2014
  

  InfoWorld: With the release of Ubuntu 14.04 on Thursday, Canonical is attempting to further define how it stands out from enterprise-centric distributions.

  
  
• SpaceX launch to International Space Station successful - Fox News
  Fri, 18 Apr 2014
  A fresh load of supplies is finally on its way to the International Space Station.
  
• How to Play Torrent Video File Using VLC Media Player in Ubuntu and Derivatives - LinuxToday News
  Fri, 18 Apr 2014
  

  Ubuntu Portal: Torrent-video-player is a very simple app that uses vlc media player as player, which allows you to watch streaming videos directly from a torrent video file.

  
  
• More ways to spin the top command - LinuxToday News
  Fri, 18 Apr 2014
  

   ITworld: The top command is one of the most useful commands for getting a quick glimpse into how your Unix server is performing, but stopping there might mean that you're missing out on a lot of interesting options.

  
  
• LADEE, NASA's moon-orbiting robot, crashes down as planned - Fox News
  Fri, 18 Apr 2014
  NASA's robotic moon explorer, LADEE, is no more.

  Flight controllers confirmed Friday that the orbiting spacecraft crashed into the back side of the moon as planned, just three days after surviving a full lunar eclipse, something it was never designed to do.
  

• Red Hat CEO Outlines Linux Growth Strategy - LinuxToday News
  Fri, 18 Apr 2014
  

  eWEEK: Jim Whitehurst takes aim at Linux rivals and explains that growth is coming from new workloads, not migrations.

  
  
• Ancient puppy paw prints found on Roman tiles - Fox News
  Fri, 18 Apr 2014
  The paw prints and hoof prints of a few meddlesome animals have been preserved for posterity on ancient Roman tiles recently discovered by archaeologists in England
  
• After 13 years of waiting, big news in world's longest experiment - Fox News
  Fri, 18 Apr 2014
  In what is surely one of the most gripping experiments currently underway, scientists in Australia have been watching a beaker containing pitch, a tar derivative, since 1927.
  
• Nadella: Microsoft needs a 'data culture' - CNN -- Tech News
  Thu, 17 Apr 2014
  In anticipation of walking the walk, Satya Nadella has begun talking the talk.
  
• How many iPhones did Apple sell last quarter? - CNN -- Tech News
  Thu, 17 Apr 2014
  The analysts' estimates range from 34 million to nearly 43 million. Average: 38.2 million.
  
• Google's ad prices are down. So what? - CNN -- Tech News
  Thu, 17 Apr 2014
  Despite alarmist coverage following its earnings miss, this tech giant is doing just fine.
  
• Neil Young goes for high-quality music with Pono - CNN -- Tech News
  Thu, 17 Apr 2014
  "Every time I listened to my music on an MP3 player, I had to turn it off."
  
• Virgin apologises for email glitch - TG Daily
  Thu, 17 Apr 2014
  Virgin Media apologises after some of its customers received hundreds of unwanted emails because of a distribution list error.
  
• German media boss criticises Google - TG Daily
  Thu, 17 Apr 2014
  In an open letter to Google's Eric Schmidt the boss of German publishing firm Axel Springer says it is afraid of the search giant.
  
• BBC and Sky experience fault on iOS - TG Daily
  Thu, 17 Apr 2014
  The BBC and Sky's video-on-demand apps simultaneously experience a fault on iPhones and iPads that prevents TV shows from streaming.
  
• Primary care startup One Medical raises $40 million, plans more clinics - CNN -- Tech News
  Thu, 17 Apr 2014
  With luxury offices and extra time and communication with doctors, One Medical Group is triaging patient care, one pain point at a time.
  
• Lavabit loses contempt appeal - TG Daily
  Thu, 17 Apr 2014
  A US appeals court upholds a contempt of court ruling against the secure email service provider Lavabit used by whistleblower Edward Snowden.
  
• Google shares fall on ad concerns - TG Daily
  Thu, 17 Apr 2014
  Shares in Google fall 5% despite reporting first-quarter profit of $3.45bn in response to worries over future income from advertising.
  
• 10 Questions: Marcus Nelson, co-founder and CEO, Addvocate - CNN -- Tech News
  Thu, 17 Apr 2014
  On making little bets, reinventing the mundane, and asking others for help.
  
• Kim Dotcom wins back cars and cash - TG Daily
  Thu, 17 Apr 2014
  Kim Dotcom, the multimillionaire founder of closed file-sharing site Megaupload, has won back cars, cash and property seized in a January 2012 raid.
  
• AUDIO: Google 'not meeting expectations' - TG Daily
  Thu, 17 Apr 2014
  Larry Magid, technology analyst for CNET, discusses the fall in Google's shares.
  
• Cheating apps, websites flourish in France - CNN -- Tech News
  Thu, 17 Apr 2014
  The Internet has reduced the burden to start a business -- including for those that help people cheat in relationships.
  
• Selling globally is child's play - TG Daily
  Thu, 17 Apr 2014
  The tech making e-commerce easier for small firms
  
• Astronomers discover most 'habitable,' Earth-like planet yet - Fox News
  Thu, 17 Apr 2014
  Astronomers have discovered what they say is the most Earth-like planet yet detected — a distant, rocky world that's similar in size to our own and exists in the Goldilocks zone where it's not too hot and not too cold for life.
  
• Northern California bat population declining amid drought conditions - Fox News
  Thu, 17 Apr 2014
  A rescue organization says it is receiving an unusually high number of reports of dead or dying bats at this time of year as drought conditions grip Northern California.
  
• Tiny land-dwelling carnivore evolved into huge vegetarians - Fox News
  Thu, 17 Apr 2014
  The earliest ancestor of land-dwelling plant eaters has been found, a new study reports, and there's a surprising fact about the beastie: it was a meat lover.
  
• Modern sharks are sleeker, faster than their ancestors, fossil find suggests - Fox News
  Thu, 17 Apr 2014
  Sharks turn out to be more modern and sleek than anyone had ever imagined, given a new study that negates a prior theory that today’s sharks are “living fossils,” changing little over time.
  
• Weibo Chairman on IPO: 'We're here for the long term' - CNN -- Tech News
  Thu, 17 Apr 2014
  The Chinese social networking startup priced low but traded up.
  
• 3 best podcast apps for easy listening - CNN -- Tech News
  Thu, 17 Apr 2014
  Read full story for latest details.
  
• Ousted Yahoo exec gets $58 million golden parachute - CNN -- Tech News
  Thu, 17 Apr 2014
  Former chief operating officer Henrique de Castro left Yahoo with an severance package worth $58 million.
  
• VIDEO: Searching for metaphorical results - TG Daily
  Thu, 17 Apr 2014
  How alternative search engines produce different results plus websites and apps reviewed.
  
• VIDEO: The quest to perfect digital pianos - TG Daily
  Thu, 17 Apr 2014
  Click meets Joe Ierardi, a man who is trying to create the most realistic sounding piano synthesiser.
  
• This digital marketing startup is growing rapidly - CNN -- Tech News
  Thu, 17 Apr 2014
  Outside Philadelphia, the digital marketing company Monetate has grown from two employees to 220 in just six years.
  
• Google stock sinks as mobile struggles continue - CNN -- Tech News
  Wed, 16 Apr 2014
  Read full story for latest details.
  
• New street lights design cuts bills - TG Daily
  Wed, 16 Apr 2014
  Switching to LED street lights is cutting maintenance bills in Jersey and could increase pedestrian safety, it is claimed.
  
• Cyborg glasses express fake emotions - TG Daily
  Wed, 16 Apr 2014
  A Japanese researcher creates glasses that show computer-generated eyes that express emotions so that the wearer does not need to bother.
  
• Men 'giving up' books to go online - TG Daily
  Wed, 16 Apr 2014
  A new study finds men prefer to watch film adaptations than read the original book, with 30% admitting they have not read a book since school.
  
• VIDEO: Cyborg glasses mimic eye gestures - TG Daily
  Wed, 16 Apr 2014
  A Japanese researcher shows off glasses that display computer-generated eyes, which express emotions to save their wearer the effort.
  
• VIDEO: Is ZTE's choosy strategy working? - TG Daily
  Wed, 16 Apr 2014
  ZTE has decided to pass over investing in areas where returns aren't likely to be high - its results later will show how its new strategy is paying off.
  
• VIDEO: Will Jelly repeat Twitter's success? - TG Daily
  Wed, 16 Apr 2014
  Biz Stone discusses his new social app Jelly which he hopes will encourage people to help each other out.
  
• MtGox exchange put in administration - TG Daily
  Wed, 16 Apr 2014
  The Bitcoin exchange MtGox has been placed in administration by a Japanese court and it is expected that bankruptcy proceedings will be started.
  
• Hard-disk firm warns of data breach - TG Daily
  Wed, 16 Apr 2014
  French hard-disk maker LaCie warns that shoppers' credit cards details and logins may have been stolen from its store over a one-year period.
  
• First Heartbleed 'hacker' arrested - TG Daily
  Wed, 16 Apr 2014
  A 19-year-old Canadian citizen is charged with hacking into the Canada Revenue Agency's website, becoming the first arrest in relation to the Heartbleed security breach.
  
• Galaxy S5 fingerprint sensor hacked - TG Daily
  Wed, 16 Apr 2014
  German security researchers say that a spoof fingerprint can be used to unlock Samsung's new handset and steal money.
  
• Tencent brings Candy Crush to China - TG Daily
  Wed, 16 Apr 2014
  China's internet giant Tencent will launch the popular Candy Crush game on the mainland in partnership with the game's creator King Digital Entertainment.
  
• Bungie 'fires' Halo games composer - TG Daily
  Wed, 16 Apr 2014
  The composer of the music featured in the original Halo video games says his job has been "terminated without cause" by developer Bungie.
  
• Heartbleed may 'slow' web speeds - TG Daily
  Tue, 15 Apr 2014
  The struggle to fix problems caused by the Heartbleed bug could make web browsing speeds slow to a crawl, warns net monitoring firm Netcraft.
  
• Yahoo shares jump despite profit fall - TG Daily
  Tue, 15 Apr 2014
  Shares in the struggling internet search giant Yahoo surge 9%, despite first-quarter profits falling 20%.
  
• AUDIO: Google buys high-altitude drone firm - TG Daily
  Tue, 15 Apr 2014
  Internet giant Google has bought high-altitude drone firm Titan Aerospace for an undisclosed sum.
  
• Privacy fears over FBI database - TG Daily
  Tue, 15 Apr 2014
  A facial recognition database being built by the FBI could contain over 52m images by 2015 causing concern to privacy campaigners
  
• AUDIO: Woman's £2600 Neil Diamond mobile bill - TG Daily
  Mon, 14 Apr 2014
  A phone user has been charged £2600 for downloading a Neil Diamond album abroad.
  
• VIDEO: Sensors to prevent pain for amputees - TG Daily
  Mon, 14 Apr 2014
  Researchers at the University of Southampton have developed three-directional pressure sensors which they say could prevent dangerous sores for thousands of patients
  
• VIDEO: Firm creates drone fitted with Taser - TG Daily
  Wed, 09 Apr 2014
  Spencer Kelly meets the team behind a drone which can fire 80,000 volts of electricity through a wired dart.