July 16, 2008 by alikat.

lifehacker.com

"If you’re a free software lover who’s concerned about your privacy and the limitations of DRM, you don’t want an iPhone. Amidst Apple’s iPhone advertising blitz helped along by positively bubbly media coverage, the Free Software Foundation calls out the dark sides of the new iPhone."

Read the rest of the article and form your own judgment.

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July 8, 2008 by alikat.

betterexplained.com

“Originally, the Pareto Principle referred to the observation that 80% of Italy’s wealth belonged to only 20% of the population.

More generally, the Pareto Principle is the observation (not law) that most things in life are not distributed evenly. “

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June 18, 2008 by alikat.

I don’t know about you, but I’ve been having a rough time getting through Mozilla web site to download the newly released  Firefox 3 browser. It seems that, I’m not the only one going through Firefox download day blues though.

Erik Larkin from pcworld.com  reported that according to Mozilla their servers are getting hit by 14,000 downloads per minute. [So at 7.8 MB the total bandwidth used would be 106.64 GB per min!].

 read Erik’s article

Update: I was able to download Firefox 3 from downloads.com without any problems. At the time, their download counter said 13,955,885 downloads.

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June 9, 2008 by alikat.

Mozilla co has set up a web site for users to pledge to download the latest version of Firefox browser, Firefox 3, on it’s release date. The goal is setting the record for most software downloads in 24 hours.

Download Day 2008

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May 26, 2008 by alikat.

news.bbc.co.uk

The Mars Phoenix lander touched down in the far north of the Red Planet, after a 680 million-km (423 million-mile) journey from Earth. The probe is equipped with a robotic arm to dig for water-ice thought to be buried beneath the surface. read more

Phoenix Mars Lander (NASA)

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May 17, 2008 by alikat.

news.bbc.co.uk

“Microsoft has launched WorldWide Telescope, a free tool that stitches together images from some of the best ground- and space-based telescopes.

Collections include pictures from the Hubble and Spitzer telescopes, as well as the Chandra X-Ray Observatory.

The web-based tool also allows users to pan and zoom around the planets, and trace their locations in the night sky.” read the article from the BBC

WorldWide Telescope web site

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May 13, 2008 by alikat.

www.pangea.org

The first ever Pangea Day was held on May 10, 2008. check out the highlights here.

About Pangea Day

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May 8, 2008 by alikat.

www.google.com

Join the recovery efforts mobilizing around the world to assist cyclone victims in Myanmar. Your donation to either of these organizations (UNICEF and “Direct Relief International”) will help survivors of the cyclone and other natural disasters rebuild their communities, and their lives:

www.google.com/myanmarcyclone

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May 8, 2008 by alikat.

news.bbc.co.uk

Chinese climbers bearing the Olympic flame have reached the summit of Everest, the world’s highest mountain.

Chinese television showed the team of climbers, carrying special high-altitude torches, reaching the summit at 0920 local time (0120 GMT).

Huddled in the snow they unfurled flags and cheered for the cameras.

watch the video

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May 8, 2008 by alikat.

www.webware.com

These are the 100 best Web 2.0 applications, chosen by Webware readers and Internet users across the globe. Over 1.9 million votes were cast to select these Webware 100 winners: see the list

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