The Geeks discuss news, and take calls, using the burka analogy more than once.
Well-known exoplanet researcher Michel Mayor today announced the discovery of the lightest exoplanet found so far. The planet, “e”, in the famous system Gliese 581, is only about twice the mass of our Earth. The team also refined the orbit of the planet Gliese 581 d, first discovered in 2007, placing it well within the habitable zone, where liquid water oceans could exist. These amazing discoveries are the outcome of more than four years of observations using the most successful low-mass-exoplanet hunter in the world, the HARPS spectrograph attached to the 3.6-metre ESO telescope at La Silla, Chile.
Using their flippers, the mechanical penguins can paddle through water just like real ones, while larger helium-filled designs can “swim” through the air. The penguins are on show at the Hannover Messe Trade Exhibition in Germany.
Running Windows 7 when it comes out just got even more appealing. You can still have your Windows XP OS, running Virtually as a complete OS using Microsoft’s Virtual PC technology. it’s free too!
The FBI used spyware to catch a Massachusetts man who tried to extort money from Verizon Communications Inc. and Comcast Corp. by cutting 18 cables carrying voice and data in 2005, documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act by Wired.com revealed yesterday.
Gamefly has filed a complaint against the US Postal Service for poor handling of it’s mail, leading to excessive breaking of CDs, while competitors get preferential treatment of their mail.
The Ubuntu 9.04 Linux distribution is officially released. Enjoy faster booting (reports of 25 second boot times or better if you have SSD drive), better 3D graphics driver support, updated version of GNOME desktop. If you are new to Linux, this is a great one to try out.
I knew it! We’re hard-wired for math.
Discusses some possible metrics to decide if comments for your products make good sense.
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