Fedora Project Hires New Leader
The Fedora Project has hired a new leader from the community. Having not worked at Red Hat hiring Paul Frields shows, once again, how committed Red Hat is to fostering community and Open Source.
Archive for January 13, 2008
SteveNote Expo game: only you can get Jobs prepped for Macworld keynote
With CES in the books, banners flying up and rumors running rampant, only one thing could be on the horizon: Steve’s Macworld 2008 keynote. Unfortunately, it seems he’s a bit short on time, and needs you to access a totally awesome web-based game to help round up garb, VIPs and top-secret gear before taking the stage.
Walmart.com canceled my pre-order for Smash Bros. Wii - WTF?
It seems that Wal-Mart is not honoring the $19.82 price they advertised on their site for the Super Smash Bros.Wii pre-order. I just got an e-mail saying that I canceled my order!!! Well, let me tell you, I DID NOT cancel my order. Wal-Mart did!! WTF!?!? Is this fair??
KDE 4.0: Rough, but Ready For Action
The KDE development community officially announced the much-anticipated release of KDE 4.0 this morning. This new version of the open source desktop environment represents a daring leap forward for the project and includes many radical deviations from the previous KDE 3.5.x series.
Dublin Cancels Free Citywide WiFi: “Illegal under Euro Law.”
A plan to provide free wireless broadband throughout Dublin has been abandoned.
Dublin City Council has decided the plan would be contrary to EU law on state aid, as well as not financially possible.
The 5 Most Embarassingly Terrible Wii Games of 2007
The biggest problem with any “worst of” list lies in its writer’s lack of personal experience. You deserve not to be patronized with a list of supposedly putrid games that are merely below average. OMGNintendo hunted down and played as many Wii games as they could find over the last year, so that they could deliver this definitive list. Enjoy!
Review: Eee laptop PC shreds the rules
From the Seattle Post-Intelligencer a review of the Eee PC laptop from a reporter who is more intelligencer than most. “Asustek Computers Inc. went ahead and broke the rules with the Eee PC. And we should all be thankful. A scrappy, aggressively priced two-pound notebook with a surprisingly broad set of features, Eee is a no-brainer purchase…”
Another GameSpot Reviewer Decides To Leave
Long time video game reviewer Alex Navarro, a frequent contributor to GameSpot’s podcast The HotSpot and go-to video review narrator, will be leaving the site, according to the site’s Editorial Director Ricardo Torres.
It Takes 7 Hrs and 51 Mins to Get From “Here” to “There”
Only Google would know that
UK education agency says no to Vista, Office 2007
UK education agency Becta has released its final report on Vista and Office 2007 adoption. The takeaway: schools should largely avoid Microsoft’s two flagship products, with some caveats.
Hydrogen beast is closing in on the Milky Way
It’s large, it’s fast, and it’s heading toward the Milky Way. Less than 40 million years from now, a giant cloud of hydrogen gas, clocked at 250 kilometers per second, will smash into our home galaxy, likely setting off a huge burst of star formation.
Worst Contextual Ad Mess Up of All-Time!
This one defies description. You’ve got to see it to believe it.
