Developers are working to create experimental open-source operating systems with modular microkernels using the C# programming language. The SharpOS and Cosmos projects both announced their first major milestone releases last month, demonstrating the technical viability of the concept.

Glad to see some work on a C# OS beyond Singularity. Also good to see some interesting goals beyond research.

Developers create open-source OS kernels using .NET tools

This software helps you add a little more security to your desktop. It does so by detecting one of your bluetooth devices, most likely your mobile phone, and keeping track of its distance. If you move away from your computer and the distance is above a certain level (no measurement in meters is possible) for a given time, it automatically locks your desktop (or starts any other shell command you want).

Once away your computer awaits its master back - if you are nearer than a given level for a set time your computer unlocks magically without any interaction (or starts any other shell command you want).

Don't ever get baggy pantsed again.

BlueProximity - Bluetooth device distance detection and automatic locking tool

MIT OpenCourseWare

OCW is a free publication of course materials
used at MIT.

* Get lecture notes, problem sets, labs
and more.
* Watch lecture videos and demonstrations.
* Study a wide variety of subjects.

I'd like to see other universities open up their curriculum. If only to share with other professors and help standardize education.

Free Online MIT Course Materials | MIT OpenCourseWare

Ultimately, you're just as hosed as Munich, but the next five years look good, apparently.

These cities, large and small, promise the best economic growth over the next five years.

Top 3
1) Austin, TX
2) Cape Coral-Ft. Myers, FL
3) Atlanta, GA

See also slide show.

America’s Fastest-Growing Metros

(ATLANTA) — The sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer in women is poised to become one of the leading causes of oral cancer in men, according to a new study.

HPV Causing More Oral Cancer in Men - TIME

Real Programmers [use butterflies] - xkcd

BUFORD, Ga. - Two off-duty officers from different police departments wounded each other in a gun fight in the middle of a road in an Atlanta suburb, authorities said.

Both officers suffered non-life-threatening wounds, police said. Their conditions were not immediately known on Saturday.

Officer Jay Daily, a five-year veteran of the Duluth Police Department, exchanged multiple gunshots with Fulton County officer Paul Phillips on Friday afternoon, police said.

"It's an embarrassment to this agency."

To serve and protect... Classic.

Ga. police officers shoot each other

Dilbert shares my hobby

Microsoft has made an unsolicited $44.6 billion bid for Yahoo. The bid, which would consist of cash and Microsoft stock, values Yahoo shares at $31 a share, a 62% premium on Thursdays closing price.

Microsoft + Yahoo = a stronger competitor to the Google borg.

Microsoft Offers $44.6 Billion To Acquire Yahoo

It seems that a group of artists have celebrated 1-31-07 in their own way and have created a series of political themed LED art sculptures and (you guessed it) placed them all over Boston. Pictured here, Bush & Bin Laden...

I have a friend that goes the Berklee School of Music in Boston. He gave me a first hand account of the bullshit the scared sheep caused there 1 year ago. I thank the artists for the mockery.

THIS IS NOT A BOMB ITS JUST FOR THE LULZ