A baseline comparison of the Web presence of the Barack Obama and John McCain presidential campaigns can be seen in a simple Google search for each candidate’s name. A much more interesting picture emerges from Alexa’s traffic ranking charts for the two candidates websites.
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A recently launched nanotechnology publication is making all of its articles available for free download. Nano Research, launched in July, is touted as a peer-reviewed, international, interdisciplinary journal focused on all aspects of nanoscience and nanotechnology.
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Zilog, creator of the Z80 microprocessors that powered numerous circa-1980 microcomputers including the Osborne and Kaypro, has just introduced its first general purpose 32-bit microcontroller family. The “Encore! 32” microcontrollers integrate ARM9 processor cores, are offered with Linux support, and target embedded devices.
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Transmeta, the turn-of-the-millennium startup that sought to “revolutionize mobile Internet computing” with an innovative “code morphing” CPU architecture aimed at replacing Intel processors in mobile devices — and former home to Linus Torvalds — is up for sale.
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A new version of MEPIS Linux, one of my favorite KDE-based distributions, is nearing final release. Roughly a year after the arrival of version 7.0, distribution founder and maintainer Warren Woodford has just issued MEPIS 8.0 beta 2, based on a Debian Lenny core.
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