HAVANA (AFP) – Cuba has launched its own version of the open-source software Linux, dubbed Nova, steering clear of licensing spending required by giants like Microsoft, a state media outlet said Thursday.
“Now Cuba has its own tool to move various institutions along toward open-source software,” said the newspaper Juventud Rebelde (Rebel Youth), noting that Nova [...]
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12 Feb
NASA scoops up Twitter award for Mars ‘tweets’ (AFP)
WASHINGTON (AFP) – It’s not exactly the Oscars but at least the acceptance speeches were short. Awards for the best feeds on Twitter, the popular micro-blogging service which allows users to send short messages of 140 characters or less, were handed out at a ceremony in New York on Wednesday night.
The winners of the “Shorty [...]
5 Feb
JuicyCampus, home to nasty school gossip, dries up
By JUSTIN POPE, AP Education Writer Justin Pope, Ap Education Writer – 46 mins ago
Critics hoped the better angels of human nature would kill off the popular campus gossip site JuicyCampus.com. Some prosecutors were trying to use the law to do the trick.
In the end, the site’s much-criticized founder insisted he was merely the latest victim of [...]
5 Feb
Different Directions: Online mapping services are changing
February 4, 2009 2:15 PM PST
Posted by Don Reisinger
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been using online mapping services more often to figure out which is best for me in a pinch.
But now that I’ve completed my research of the four major services–Google Maps, Live Search Maps, MapQuest, and Yahoo Maps–I’ve come to a staggering [...]
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