Open source: ten years old and growing
Ten years ago, Bruce Perens made what would be a move with huge repercussions, when he published what he called the Open Source Definition. That definition has helped hundreds of…
You can re-name the GLAST space telescope for NASA
NASA is asking for suggestions from the peoples of Earth on a new name for its Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope.
NASA astronauts inspecting Atlantis for damage
When Atlantis lifted off on Thursday, February 7, 2008, three pieces of debris were seen falling off of the external tank. Today, Friday, flight day two, the STS-122 astronauts are…
Expedition to track down extreme living creatures
Antarctica is filled with tiny organisms that love conditions too extreme for most other living thing. And a team of international scientists is looking for more of them at Lake…
Review: Mass Effect Who would have thought, Conversation > Guns?
The latest Role Play Game from Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic and Jade Empire creators BioWare have divided critics and players alike with their latest opus for the…
Femtocell frenzy in Barcelona
The CEO of femtocell maker Ubiquisys said last week that The femtocell market is moving at an astonishing speed. Judging by the number of announcements pouring out ahead…
Firefox update addresses multiple flaws
As expected, Firefox 2.0.0.12 has been released to fix the directory traversal flaw discovered last month (content/view/16394/53/).
Spreading FUD on broadband regulation
In the doublespeak of telecommunications politics no compelling case to regulate ADSL means it might be imminent and it is unlikely there is a need to regulate…
Google, IBM, Microsoft, VeriSign, Yahoo! join OpenID board
Google, IBM, Microsoft, VeriSign, and Yahoo! have joined the board of the OpenID Foundation, the organisation set up to facilitate access to multiple online services with a single username and…
Google provides self-service collaboration
Google has put a new spin on ad hoc collaboration with Google Apps Team Edition.