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Getting priorities right

linuxhaxor.net

 

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2009 Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix

formula1.com

“The waiting is finally over. On Sunday in Melbourne, 20 drivers will blast away from the Albert Park grid to begin their campaigns to become 2009 world champion.”

2009 season changes

The Australian Grand Prix Preview

 

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Japan: Blurring the line between bullets and trains

latimes.com

“It’s not enough that trains run on time in Japan — they’ve got to break land records. In 2025, the country plans to be traveling by rail at 310 mph.” read the article

Unveiling the "Sixth Sense," game-changing wearable tech

ted.com

“Sixth Sense is a wearable device with a projector that paves the way for profound interaction with our environment. Imagine "Minority Report" and then some.”

Watch the demo by Dr. Pattie Maes at ted.com

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Explore. Dream. Discover.

 “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. “

- Mark Twain

President Obama Takes Question from 3rd Grader at Town Hall in CA

Teens capture images of space with £56 camera and balloon

telegraph.co.uk

“Proving that you don’t need Google’s billions or the BBC weather centre’s resources, the four Spanish students managed to send a camera-operated weather balloon into the stratosphere.” more

See their pictures on Flikr

The Net’s Mid-Life Crisis

onthemedia.org

“The basic architecture of the Internet hasn’t changed since it was conceived 40 years ago. But what was once the playground of wonks is now the main staging area for the global economy and open to an array of security vulnerabilities. Brooke Gladstone, from NPR’s On the Media, talks with Internet experts who ponder a vexing conundrum: adjustments that increase security simultaneously hamper innovation.”

Follow this link to read the interview or listen to it.

Free Internet Radio


Cisco serves up Unified Computing push

Cisco finally unveiled its plans to get into the data centers/servers market by introducing Cisco Unified Computing System.  read the story on cnet.com

Other Links:

- Overview of UCS on Cisco.com (flash format).

- David Lawler, Cisco’s VP of platform product marketing, gives a technology overview of UCS.