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Shiny Mandriva Linux 2009 Walkthrough and First Impressions
junauza.com — The latest and as they say one of the most ground-breaking versions of Mandriva Linux has been released as scheduled. Mandriva Linux 2009 is jam-packed with exciting new features and innovations that will try to cater everyone’s desktop needs. I had fun with Mandriva 2008, so I was really looking forward to this latest release.More… (Linux/Unix)
Screen Actors Guild to go on Strike?
variety.com — SAG will possibly strike in November. The writers' strike affected the entire entertainment industry, and this would certainly rattle the industry just as much, if not more.More… (Arts & Culture)
McCain, Palin, GOP Nitwits
nytimes.com — The G.O.P. has masked the terrible consequences of much that it has stood for over the decades. Now the mask has slipped.More… (Political News)
A Brief History of Controllers: A & B
gangles.ca — There’s always been a minor niggle at the back of my mind when I played the Nintendo DS. “They’ve got it backwards,” I thought. A speedy investigation showed that my memory was a little foggy, and that the answer was significantly more interesting than that.More… (Gaming Industry News)
This week in Apple: New notebooks, new writers, and more Woz
arstechnica.com — This week's top Apple news revolved, unsurprisingly, around Apple's recently-announced Special Event. Also on top this week were leaked MacBook photos, iPhone security, comments from Woz about the iPod, and a new addition to our team.More… (Apple)
Amazing photo of Milky Way like you've never seen it before
dailymail.co.uk — It looks like a lunar landscape but this remarkable photograph actually shows our Milky Way and the planet Jupiter in all their glory - viewed from a cave in America's Utah desert. The spiral galaxy, which cannot be seen with the naked eye, was captured using a 35mm camera and 50mm lens on a tripod with a 30-second exposure.More… (Space)
"He Lied" About Bill Ayers?
newsweek.com — McCain cranks out some false and misleading attacks on Obama's connection to a 1960s radical.More… (US Elections 2008)
Then the Orangutans Came Calling….
rd.com — Willie Smits is on a mission to save the endangered orangutan. It's a straight vine from its survival to ours.More… (Pets & Animals)
Parah Salin (Pic) view!
Australian man (and Digg user) 'Rickrolls' MTV
theage.com.au — At last count, Astley had an astonishing 99.98% of the 20 million votes cast on MTV's online poll — but the washed-up warbler's nomination is no bizarre error: MTV has simply been "Rickrolled".More… (Music)
Super Cells to Power Cyborgs
dailygalaxy.com — Cyborgs are moving out of science-fiction and into the real world. With an increasing number of first world citizens suddenly turning up missing limbs, due to some mysterious and definitely non-oil-related reason, and advances in man-machine interface technology it's time to think about how we're going to power artificial additions to the body.More… (General Sciences)
IRL Pokemon view!
Microsoft Sues DHL After Train Dumps 21,600 Xboxes
pcworld.com — Microsoft is suing U.S.-based cargo-delivery service DHL Express for allegedly losing 21,600 Xbox game consoles because of a train derailment in Texas, according to court documents.More… (Microsoft)
Fallout 3: All versions Gold
news.filefront.com — Bethesda announced today that Fallout 3, has gone gold for all formats and will be arriving on store shelves and online October 28 in North America, October 30 in Europe and Australia, and just in time for trick or treat on October 31 in the UK.More… (Gaming Industry News)
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