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Linux Education in America: Inspiration from Russia?

technologynewsnetwork — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 12:04:52 +0000

The reason that the Russian announcement is funny boils down to the perception over the years that Russia equates to totalitarianism, whilst here in America we’re all about Freedom and innovation. Yet our educational system — the very underpinnings of how we’re growing out future technological talent, is based upon the inversion of what one…

FeedHub Launches – Individualized RSS Feed Service

technologynewsnetwork — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 12:04:44 +0000

FeedHub launches today at DEMOfall. It creates an “individualized RSS feed” that aims to filter relevant posts from a set of feed sources. FeedHub will discover new memes for you and learn “meme weights” by noticing which posts you click on and interact with.

Coolest Tech Jobs: Driving the Mars Rover

technologynewsnetwork — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 12:02:40 +0000

Imagine driving your car to work by sitting in your chair in front of your home computer. If you can imagine this, then maybe you can understand what it’s like to be one of NASA’s Mars rover drivers.

NASA says “Men on Mars” by 2037

technologynewsnetwork — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 12:02:33 +0000

Missions to the moon and Mars, amid a renewal of global interest in space exploration, are at the top of the agenda for the 2,000 space scientists, astronauts, satellite manufacturers and launchers who gathered in Hyderabad.

solar panels under $1 per watt

technologynewsnetwork — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 12:02:02 +0000

A cheaper way to make solar panels has been developed in Colorado.

Americans Can Go Without Sex Longer Than The Internet, Study Finds

technologynewsnetwork — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 12:00:07 +0000

A survey of about 1,000 Americans showed that the Internet has become such an essential part of their every-day lives that 28% said they spend less time socializing with friends because of it. And 20% said they spend less time having sex because they’re too busy online, according to a study by advertising agency JWT.

First U.S. GPL lawsuit to settle out of court

technologynewsnetwork — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 12:00:03 +0000

The first U.S. GPL-related lawsuit appears to be headed for a quick out-of-court settlement. Device-maker Monsoon Multimedia admitted today that it has violated the GPLv2 (GNU General Public License version 2), and said it will release its modified BusyBox code in full compliance with the license.

KDE 4 beta 2 Screenshots Gallery

technologynewsnetwork — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 11:59:58 +0000

A screenshots gallery about KDE 4 beta 2 and some other nice features.

Linux File System Layout [PIC]

technologynewsnetwork — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 11:59:25 +0000

the complete Linux File System Layout represented in an image, quite helpful to remember files locations

Why Public Schools shoud use Linux

technologynewsnetwork — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 11:58:09 +0000

1. Its free (schools could save thousands)

2. It runs on an 8 year old PC (which most schools still use!)

3. Openoffice can open all type of documents

4. Easy, customizable interface

5. Security features that make you wonder why you even used windows

6. It can run windows applications too, and not many games (a big plus for some schools)

7. Small learning curve for students

8. Firefox

9. Supporting the Open-Source Community

I seriously don’t understand why schools don’t do this. If your school needs a PC lab, buy a whole bunch of Pentium 3 computers (or even Pentium 2) and run Ubuntu. It comes with almost everything a school computer needs. Kids in public school won’t know how to modify the system in any way and its completely safe to use.