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• All About Jobs and Hiring in Linux Land
  on Oct 24, 2011 in Technology Business Linux Job
  "Most developer jobs require current knowledge of non-open software," said blogger Barbara Hudson, "but it's a safe bet to say that most jobs are not 'open' jobs. ... The most reliable way to get a job that uses open source exclusively is to create y...
• Will Microsoft Get Lucky With Yahoo?
  on Oct 24, 2011 in Technology Yahoo Microsoft
  Microsoft may have been "lucky," as CEO Steve Ballmer put it, that its 2008 bid to buy Yahoo for $47 billion fell through. But what he might have really meant was that now, Microsoft may be able to scoop up Yahoo for a fraction of that sum, a venture...
• Are Windows PCs already falling to smartphones and tablets?
  on Oct 24, 2011 in Technology SmartPhone Tablets Windows PC
  Summary: Many of us see personal technology moving from Windows PCs to Android smartphones, Apple iPads and other tablets, but has it actually already happened? According to Download.com, Windows is failing fast. When I look into my technology cryst...
• A Jam-Packed, Reality-Augmenting Key to the Sky
  on Oct 24, 2011 in Technology Mobile Android Google
  SkyView uses the iPhone's compass and gyroscope, along with the camera, to reveal on an "augmented reality" screen that shows and identifies what's in the sky in the direction the camera is pointing. While SkyView works best at night when the stars a...
• Scientists Have Fun With Quantum Levitation
  on Oct 24, 2011 in Technology Science
  So, has the technology finally arrived that will permit the manufacturing of genuine Marty McFly hoverboards? Don't hold your breath. Despite researchers' intriguing work in quantum levitation, hoverboards won't be showing up on store shelves anytime...
• Amigakit Brings The Amiga Into The 21st Century With New X1000
  on Oct 24, 2011 in Technology Hardware
  Amiga, Amiga… why does that name sound familiar? Ah yes, that Amiga. A strong early competitor in the PC wars, Commodore’s influential and graphics-heavy OS was unfortunately more or less made extinct by Windows by the early 90s. Yet a core group...
• Sencha Launches Mobile HTML5 Cloud, Sencha.io
  on Oct 24, 2011 in Technology Sencha Mobile HTML 5 Cloud Computing
  Javascript Web app framework provider Sencha is today announcing the public beta launch of Sencha.io, its new HTML5 mobile cloud service. The service will allow Sencha app developers to build “shared experiences” in the browser, without having to...
• An artificial 'super skin' for androids
  on Oct 24, 2011 in Technology Android Google
  Summary: Stanford researchers have developed a stretchable, transparent skin-like sensor that could have applications in prosthetic limbs, robotics, and touch displays. Credit: Steve Fyffe, Stanford News Service The wrinkle-smoothing wonder of Botox...
• Google looking to build European high-speed fiber network
  on Oct 24, 2011 in Network Technology Google
  Summary: After an experimental trial in the U.S., a Google executive hinted that Europe could be the next home for a high-speed fiber network.The Wall Street Journal reports that Google senior vice president David Drummond said on Friday that the se...
• Weapon of Ice Destruction: A Snowball Launching Crossbow
  on Oct 24, 2011 in Technology Science
  There was a time when all a man needed for a good snowball fight was dry gloves and some fresh powder. These days you need to step up your game, with weapons specifically engineered for winter warfare like this crossbow designed to hurl balls of snow...

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