Newslinx

• 3D print your own invisibility cloak - Fox News
  Sat, 25 May 2013
  Invisibility cloaks made of plastic can now be created at home using 3D printers, researchers show.
  
• Lost Apollo 11 moon dust found in storage - Fox News
  Sat, 25 May 2013
  Vials of moon dust brought back to Earth by the first men on the moon have been found inside a lab warehouse in California after sitting in storage unnoticed for more than 40 years.
  
• Error blacklists Russian 'Facebook' - TG Daily
  Fri, 24 May 2013
  Russia's most popular social network, VKontakte, is temporarily blacklisted by mistake - and some users find it blocked.
  
• Bercow's McAlpine tweet libellous - TG Daily
  Fri, 24 May 2013
  Sally Bercow says she is "surprised and disappointed" after the High Court rules a tweet she published about Tory peer Lord McAlpine was libellous.
  
• BBC abandons £100m digital project - TG Daily
  Fri, 24 May 2013
  The BBC is to close its Digital Media Initiative, with director general Tony Hall saying it had "wasted a huge amount of licence fee payers' money".
  
• Sex education struggles with porn - TG Daily
  Fri, 24 May 2013
  In an age when "extremely violent and sadistic imagery is two clicks away", school sex education is struggling to keep pace, suggests a study.
  
• VIDEO: Xbox One 'is still a gaming console' - TG Daily
  Fri, 24 May 2013
  Mark Istook reports on Microsoft's new approach and hears how the company still believes its new device is still primarily a gaming console.
  
• How easy is it to hack a smart meter? - TG Daily
  Fri, 24 May 2013
  How easy is it to hack a smart meter?
  
• Version 2.5 of Moodle Online Learning Platform Arrives - LinuxToday News
  Fri, 24 May 2013
  

  OSTATIC: In the growing world of online learning, Moodle has carved out a niche for itself.

  
  
• From subversive to mainstream: Looking back on 18 years with Linux - LinuxToday News
  Fri, 24 May 2013
  

  ZDNet: It's funny to look back on my personal history with Linux and remember how subversive and alternative it once was.

  
  
• Ubuntu: Bumblebee, Optimus and Multi-Monitor Support - LinuxToday News
  Fri, 24 May 2013
  

  Pinehead.tv: Some integrated devices have less than stellar support and even the proprietary binary graphics drivers have left something to be desired.

  
  
• Salesforce Nabs Open Source Database Guru for War on Oracle - LinuxToday News
  Fri, 24 May 2013
  

  WIRED: The grudge match between Oracle CEO Larry Ellison and his former protege Marc Benioff, the CEO of Salesforce.com, has reached legendary proportions in recent years.

  
  
• 62 Open Source Replacements for Popular Financial Software - LinuxToday News
  Fri, 24 May 2013
  

   Datamation: Open source financial software for personal financial management, small business accounting, enterprise resource planning and more.

  
  
• Is Google Code In Trouble? No More Open Source Downloads For You - LinuxToday News
  Fri, 24 May 2013
  

  InternetNews: From the 'Don't Download This' file:

  
  
• Second RBS apology for app glitch - TG Daily
  Fri, 24 May 2013
  RBS has apologised for the second time in two months after customers were unable to login to their accounts through their mobile phone app.
  
• Facebook for Android: 10 Tips for Power Users - LinuxToday News
  Fri, 24 May 2013
  

  Mashable: Here are a few tricks we use to keep up with Facebook pals on the go.

  
  
• Web-like analytics are coming to brick-and-mortar stores - CNN -- Tech News
  Fri, 24 May 2013
  A company called Placed is applying some of the methods used online to the real world.
  
• Did Microsoft stretch the truth in tablet ads? - CNN -- Tech News
  Fri, 24 May 2013
  Apple's defenders count the errors in Microsoft's anti-iPad ads.
  
• Why Waze is a hot takeover target - CNN -- Tech News
  Fri, 24 May 2013
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• Horace Dediu has four questions for Apple's Tim Cook - CNN -- Tech News
  Fri, 24 May 2013
  In advance of Cook's appearance at D11 next week, a deep dive into Apple's business.
  
• Automattic nears Tumblr valuation - CNN -- Tech News
  Fri, 24 May 2013
  WordPress.com parent company raises $50 million.
  
• New Apple TV ad series: Every day, more people ... - CNN -- Tech News
  Fri, 24 May 2013
  First, take photos. Second, enjoy their music. What's next?
  
• Online appeal unearths old web page - TG Daily
  Fri, 24 May 2013
  A public appeal for help to recover the very first web page has unearthed a relic from 1991.
  
• Amazon reveals fan fiction platform - TG Daily
  Fri, 24 May 2013
  Fan fiction authors will be able to publish and sell some titles in the US via new e-book platform Kindle Worlds.
  
• Faltering Facebook phone is delayed - TG Daily
  Fri, 24 May 2013
  Social networking giant postpones the launch of its "Facebook phone" after negative feedback and disappointing sales.
  
• U.S. judge in e-book trial says Apple is likely to lose - CNN -- Tech News
  Fri, 24 May 2013
  It doesn't start until June 3, but the judge is already working on a draft of her decision.
  
• FCC hopes to avoid 'end of world' for cell phones - CNN -- Tech News
  Fri, 24 May 2013
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• VIDEO: New app lets users text and walk - TG Daily
  Fri, 24 May 2013
  Mobile technologies have changed the way we work and communicate - but the very fact we use them on the move can cause serious accidents.
  
• Glow-in-the-dark cockroach among top 10 new species - Fox News
  Fri, 24 May 2013
  

  A glowing cockroach, a monkey with a blue behind and a meat-eating sponge snagged spots on a list of top 10 new species named in 2012, scientists announced Thursday.

  
  
• Online game servers full of security holes - Fox News
  Fri, 24 May 2013
  

  It's bad enough that hackers could compromise multiplayer servers for a number of popular first-person shooters, but it's potentially even worse that they could use the same knowledge to infiltrate the U.S.

  
  
• Microsoft Xbox One 'a let down,' says Steven Butts of IGN - Fox News
  Fri, 24 May 2013
  

  Microsoft’s Xbox 360 is an all-in-one solution for playing games, watching TV and doing everything in between. But does the device work for gamers, who were once its core market? Maybe, maybe not.

  
  
• OpenMandriva Picks Name, Releases Alpha - LinuxToday News
  Fri, 24 May 2013
  

   OStatic: OpenMandriva beat out other contenders such as Moondrake, OpenMDV, Lomax, and ROMA.

  
  
• NASA puts Cape Canaveral space shuttle launch pad up for lease - Fox News
  Fri, 24 May 2013
  

  NASA on Thursday posted a “For Lease” sign on one of its space shuttle launch pads, as it continues to downsize and revamp the Kennedy Space Center following the program’s retirement.

  
  
• Ashton Kutcher says the media messed up Twitter - Fox News
  Fri, 24 May 2013
  Actor and tech investor Ashton Kutcher, was on hand at CTIA 2013 to discuss his views on the mobile industry and social networking.
  
• Q&A: Monitoring Multiple iTunes Downloads - NY Times -- Technology News
  Fri, 24 May 2013
  Apple's iTunes 11 program moves the Downloads icon to a new location.
  
• Stephen Hawking gets superhero treatment in new comic - Fox News
  Fri, 24 May 2013
  Living legend Stephen Hawking has already achieved superhero status in the eyes of many science geeks, and now his ideas are being honored in comic book form
  
• ReKonq Gaining Chrome Extension Support, Still Sponsored By Blue Systems - LinuxToday News
  Fri, 24 May 2013
  

   The Power Base: Boon or bust? It's unclear to us how many KDE users prefer ReKonq over Firefox or Chrome

  
  
• Court battle for EA over game faces - TG Daily
  Thu, 23 May 2013
  A former college football player has won the right to sue Electronic Arts for using his likeness without permission.
  
• Inside Amazon's tax fight - CNN -- Tech News
  Thu, 23 May 2013
  Fortune goes behind Amazons tax war.
  
• Twitter bumps up log-in security after hacks - CNN -- Tech News
  Thu, 23 May 2013
  After well-publicized hacks, Twitter is giving users the ability to add a two-step security process to their logins.
  
• JLo's new gig: Verizon retailer - CNN -- Tech News
  Thu, 23 May 2013
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• Amazon's "Kindle Worlds" lets fan fiction writers sell their stories - CNN -- Tech News
  Thu, 23 May 2013
  Fan fiction, in which aficionados of existing books and movies write characters into new storylines, has long been popular fodder on Internet forums -- but stories based on copyrighted works are essentially impossible to sell. Amazon wants to change that with its new "Kindle Worlds" program.
  
• Google acquires kite-power firm - TG Daily
  Thu, 23 May 2013
  Google has acquired a US start-up that generates power using turbines flying on robotic tethered kites.
  
• Can Microsoft's Kinect finally deliver for gamers? - CNN -- Tech News
  Thu, 23 May 2013
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• PayPal is bullish on Bitcoin - CNN -- Tech News
  Thu, 23 May 2013
  President David Marcus tells Fortune why he embraces digital currency, how he thinks the trend will play out, and when Americans can reasonably expect to go wallet-less.
  
• Study finds for first time frogs and other amphibians declining around US at alarming rate - Fox News
  Thu, 23 May 2013
  A new study has determined for the first time just how quickly frogs and other amphibians are disappearing around the United States, and the news is not good.
  
• Mind Control: World's first 3D printed object created using brain waves - Fox News
  Thu, 23 May 2013
  

  A Chilean tech company has laid claim to creating the first physical object using the power of the mind.

  
  
• Apple, Android and a truckload of watermelons - CNN -- Tech News
  Thu, 23 May 2013
  Looking at market share vs. profit share every which way to Sunday.
  
• Ashton Kutcher: 'Media @&$#%! Twitter up' - CNN -- Tech News
  Thu, 23 May 2013
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• 6 things you don't know about the Xbox One. (Really) - CNN -- Tech News
  Thu, 23 May 2013
  What you can and can't do with the new Microsoft device.
  
• Jon Stewart on Tim Cook, Apple's taxes, and the subcommittee - CNN -- Tech News
  Thu, 23 May 2013
  "Who are those people? What is the opposite of a Genius Bar?"
  
• J-Lo to create Latino mobile shops - TG Daily
  Thu, 23 May 2013
  A chain of mobile phone stores aimed specifically at the Latino market is to be opened by singer and actress Jennifer Lopez
  
• BBC shows off 'script-changing' radio - TG Daily
  Thu, 23 May 2013
  A radio that has the ability to alter scripts and other content depending on its location and other factors is being developed by the BBC.
  
• VIDEO: Have mechanical clocks' time passed? - TG Daily
  Thu, 23 May 2013
  Marc Cieslak discovers how far time has come since the tower containing Big Ben was built
  
• The iPad is getting a major upgrade - CNN -- Tech News
  Thu, 23 May 2013
  Users are flocking to a new email program.
  
• Tip of the Week: Touring the Library of Congress Digital Collections - NY Times -- Technology News
  Thu, 23 May 2013
  The Web site of the Library of Congress offers a huge collection of digitized American history, all free to browse.
  
• Ecuador satellite space crash fears - TG Daily
  Thu, 23 May 2013
  Space engineers in Ecuador are trying to establish if the country's only satellite has been damaged in a crash with space debris.
  
• Twitter boosts security after hacks - TG Daily
  Thu, 23 May 2013
  Micro-blogging site Twitter says it is bringing in a two-step login for users to beef up security following recent high-profile breaches.
  
• VIDEO: Projecting an immersive experience - TG Daily
  Wed, 22 May 2013
  Click's Spencer Kelly looks at how projectors and computers are being used to create immersive experiences.
  
• Insanely durable smartphone ... from Caterpillar? - CNN -- Tech News
  Wed, 22 May 2013
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• Hewlett-Packard shares jump 12% - TG Daily
  Wed, 22 May 2013
  Hewlett-Packard shares leap in after-hours trading, despite quarterly results showing a seventh consecutive fall in sales.
  
• Q&A: Paying Extra for Phone Freedom - NY Times -- Technology News
  Wed, 22 May 2013
  Skipping the carrier subsidy and paying full price for an unlocked smartphone may cost more up front, but frees up those who want to buy inexpensive local service plans when traveling internationally.
  
• Backlash over Xbox pre-owned games - TG Daily
  Wed, 22 May 2013
  Microsoft faces a backlash from some gamers after it emerges the company may charge a fee to play pre-owned games on its new Xbox One console.
  
• Gif inventor says pronounce it 'Jif' - TG Daily
  Wed, 22 May 2013
  The inventor of the Gif image format says it should be pronounced Jif, despite what the Oxford English Dictionary says.
  
• US report warns on China IP theft - TG Daily
  Wed, 22 May 2013
  The theft of US intellectual property is "unprecedented" and costing billions, a US report says, pointing to China as the main culprit.
  
• Couple's £163,000 phone bill shock - TG Daily
  Wed, 22 May 2013
  A couple who own an electrical firm had a shock when they received a mobile phone bill for £163,000, then fought for months to have the debt cleared.
  
• A Fitting Screen Protector for the iPhone 5 - NY Times -- Technology News
  Wed, 22 May 2013
  Trü Protection is trying to simplify the process for applying screen protectors to the iPhone 4 and 5 with a mounting system intended to automatically align a phone and a screen protector.
  
• Earbuds Designed for Women, Not in Pink - NY Times -- Technology News
  Wed, 22 May 2013
  The audio company Koss is making headphones for women that are one-third smaller than men's.
  
• VIDEO: Developers turn to indie games - TG Daily
  Tue, 21 May 2013
  Games developers are turning their focus towards indie games designed for smart phones or tablets, rather than traditional consoles.
  
• VIDEO: Apple chief hits back in tax row - TG Daily
  Tue, 21 May 2013
  CEO Tim Cook has spoken out in defence of Apple, after a Senate committee accused the company of using "a complex web of offshore entities" to avoid paying billions of dollars in US income taxes.
  
• App Adds Smartphone Features to a GPS - NY Times -- Technology News
  Tue, 21 May 2013
  Garmin’s Nuvi GPS now links to the iPhone using an app to add functions to the GPS. But some of those added functions cost extra, and some may not be worth the expense.
  
• Q&A: Protecting Your Mail Account - NY Times -- Technology News
  Tue, 21 May 2013
  A few simple precautions can help keep your e-mail account safer from intruders.
  
• Power and Protection in One Case - NY Times -- Technology News
  Mon, 20 May 2013
  MyCharge has introduced the Freedom 2000, a battery case for the iPhone 5 that provides power via a tethered Lightning connector.
  
• VIDEO: Yahoo to buy Tumblr for £700m - TG Daily
  Mon, 20 May 2013
  Tumblr, the blogging site set up by a 20 year old only six years ago, has been bought by the internet giant Yahoo for more than £700 million.
  
• VIDEO: Wikipedia founder on Yahoo's Tumblr deal - TG Daily
  Mon, 20 May 2013
  The BBC talks to Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales about Yahoo's acquisition of Tumblr, in a $1.1bn deal.
  
• VIDEO: Creative brains map a smarter future - TG Daily
  Mon, 20 May 2013
  New York University's Tisch School of the Arts explores the use of today's communications technologies - and how they might enhance people's lives tomorrow.
  
• Q&A: Getting Passes for Passbook - NY Times -- Technology News
  Mon, 20 May 2013
  You do not need a special iOS app to get coupons, tickets and other digital documents that work with Apple's Passbook electronic wallet.
  
• Skullcandy Cuts the Cord, and Offers Better Sound - NY Times -- Technology News
  Mon, 20 May 2013
  At $180, the Plyr1 wireless gaming headset from Skullcandy is more expensive than rivals, but it does offer a few advantages.
  
• App Smart Extra: Apps for Editing Photos - NY Times -- Technology News
  Fri, 17 May 2013
  Some simple photo apps can turn ordinary photos into quirky works of art -- converting images into colored bubbles or warping them like a funhouse mirror.
  
• VIDEO: 'Internet is world devoid of empathy' - TG Daily
  Thu, 16 May 2013
  Former LulzSec hacker Jake Davis, who has received a 24 month sentence for computer hacking, talks to Newsnight's Susan Watts about his time as part of the group.
  
• Kobo’s New E-Reader Is Sharp, but Maybe Not Sharp Enough - NY Times -- Technology News
  Wed, 15 May 2013
  Kobo has produced what it said is the highest resolution e-ink reader, the $170 Aura HD. But how does it match up to other e-ink devices?
  
• Q&A: Closing (or Merging) Two LinkedIn Accounts - NY Times -- Technology News
  Wed, 15 May 2013
  If you find yourself with two LinkedIn accounts, you can close one and move your connections to the other account.
  
• Cellphone Case Helps to Alleviate Wi-Fi Woes - NY Times -- Technology News
  Tue, 14 May 2013
  Absolute Technology recently introduced Linkase, a $50 cellphone case for the iPhone 5 that uses electromagnetic waveguide technology to enhance the Wi-Fi signal.
  
• Tip of the Week: Customize the Windows 8 Start Screen - NY Times -- Technology News
  Tue, 14 May 2013
  The look of Microsoft's Windows 8 Start screen can be rearranged to match personal preferences.