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links for 2008-04-27

April 27th, 2008 by timelady

• Liliputing: Comprehensive list of low-cost ultraportables
  Over the past six months or so, Asus, Everex, and HP have managed to bring low-cost ultraportable notebooks to market. Here’s a roundup of some of the computers that have been announced or are already available.
  (tags: eee asus ultraportable laptop notebook list eeepc intel hp dell)
• Feature: Hardy Heron Makes Linux Worth Another Look
  If you’ve flirted with the idea of switching your desktop operating system to Linux but never took the leap, the time is now. This week’s release of Hardy Heron, offers a freer, more productive space for work and play than ever before.
  (tags: hardy hardyheron ubuntu linux desktop)
• BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Atomic rhythms give precise fix
  The beating heart of Giove-B, the second test spacecraft for Europe’s Galileo global satellite-navigation system, is a hydrogen maser atomic clock.
  (tags: clock time atomic satellite cool gps satnav)
• PC World - SDK Showdown: Apple IPhone vs. Google Android
  In this corner: the current champion of the mobile phone market, the iPhone. In the other corner: a scrappy open source challenger, Android.
  (tags: android sdk iphone google apple)
• HOW TO: Install Ubuntu on a HP TC1100 tablet pc - Ubuntu Forums
  info for the tablet i am configuring:)
  (tags: computer hp configuration linux tablet tc1100 xorg ubuntu)
• xp on eeePC - Notebooks - PC Hardware
  working out how to install xp on an sd card
  (tags: eee xp windows eeepc asus sdhc sd sdcard install)
• Windows XP Professional Installation Onto SD or SDHC card [EeeUser Eee PC Wiki]
  (tags: asus boot dual eee eeepc howto install installation sd xp windows)
• As Blake’s 7 returns to TV, what are the original cast of inter-galactic warriors doing now? | the Mail on Sunday
  Fantastic to see what they are up to now - Cally was my fave:) I still feel bad about the sodding remake.
  (tags: blakes7 remake scifi cult tv television classic british bbc)
• NASA - Crew Earth Observations ‘Top Ten’ Photos
  The Crew Earth Observations Team shares their “Top Ten” Crew Earth Observations. Check them out and share your thoughts on a blog with Sue Runco, Earth remote sensing scientist at Johnson Space Center.
  (tags: nasa photos space images cool list)
• Apple - Trailers - Glass, a Portrait of Philip In 12 Parts
  WANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  (tags: documentary film films movies music philip_glass)
• Robots: Creepy 80-Year-Old Japanese Robot Brought Back to Life
  Gakutensoku is Asia’s oldest modern robot, built in 1928 for the ascension of the Emperor Showa (aka Hirohito). Twice as tall as the emperor at 10 feet, 6 inches, it could tilt its head, blink, smile and puff up its chest and cheeks.
  (tags: robot asia japanese cool steampunk)
• Uno: a Unicycle-Motorbike-Segway Hybrid
  Sometimes a bike is just a bike… there’s no photoshopping going on here, guys. This is Uno, of course, a segway/motorcycle mashup shown publicly for the first time at the recent Toronto National Motorbike show.
  (tags: blog fun future gadgets speed technology tech segway motorcycle)
• Make your own Steampunk mouse | Features | Custom PC
  Sheffield-based modder Unklian shows how to bring the age of steam, furnaces and brass to the optical mouse, with stunning results.
  (tags: steampunk computer hack howto mouse usb)
• Epson, Sanrio team up for two more Hello Kitty laptop designs - Engadget
  Don’t bother asking if the madness will ever end; you know good and well it won’t. Now that we’re clear, let’s focus on the latest Hello Kitty-blasted laptop: the May-bound Endeavor NJ2100.
  (tags: hellokitty laptop notebook silly)

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