Information Week carries a story about the British Education authorities deciding against upgrading their network of schools to Windows Vista and Office 2007. They cite cost and 'unclear benefits' as reasons and are looking at free Open Source alternatives such as OpenOffice.org, which is near equivalent and in many ways ...
Now if there is one thing I can appreciate in a fellow human being, it is geekiness. This guy is very talented and has used his Nintendo Wii controller for some nifty and very useful consumer tech applications. Head over to his site and watch the awesome videos of what ...
The Register has a story about a 14-year old Polish boy who used a modified tv remote to derail the public tram rail system. Now there is genius in the making there, hope it gets channelled appropriately by the adults who has influence over the course his life takes.
"He studied ...
tgdaily has an interesting story up about scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory that has found a way to increase the efficiency factor in converting heat into electricity.
In contrast to previous silicon nanowire-based converters, researchers have used what they describe as “rough” silicon nanowires. The material is created in a ...
This is an older post from last year November, but still relevant and on-topic, so I will share it here. The post analyzes the qualities of a good programmer, someone who has a real passion for the code and the technology and how it works...
It’s not as easy as it ...
