Issue highlights 1. Shadowrun Returns: A Kickstarter success story, for a change. 2. Poor countries saving money by using Linux 3. The 'Internet of things' will mean really, really big data 4. QUIZ: Can you identify this sound? 5. Yale grad's 'Prism' program turns text metadata into wavy art 6. Is Snowden a Russian citizen? No, it's just a Google Translate trick 7. QR codes are still a thing, even if no one uses them 8. Sprint reports $1.6B net loss as it shuts down Nextel platform 9. LAST CHANCE: Enter to win a copy of 'Arduino Workshop' |
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| Peter Smith has been pretty down on Kickstarter as a funding source for games lately, but here's a project that turned out quite nicely. READ MORE |
| Today in open source: Poor countries and Linux. Plus: Linux and supercomputers, and unfaithful distrohoppers. READ MORE |
| A look at the opportunities, hurdles, and new skills required to make the most of this intersection of Web-enabled physical objects and the deluge of data they will bring. READ MORE |
| This week's sound should be relatively simple for techies - in fact, you get bonus points if you can identify multiple machines from which this sound may come from. READ MORE |
| White Paper: Oracle This whitepaper explores how Project Portfolio Management (PPM) can help financial institutions become more agile and to execute on strategy, which will drive down costs, minimize risk and deliver results to key stakeholders. Learn More |
| What if the NSA took your text message metadata and made a flowing, colorful diagram with a timeline? They (probably) wouldn't, but a newly minted Google employee has. READ MORE |
| A researcher found a way to manipulate Google Translate, although it isn't through a security vulnerability. READ MORE |
| Quick Response codes were once as ubiquitous as Twitter hashtags on advertisements, but the emerging technology now seems like an afterthought. Poor QR codes--they never even stood a chance. READ MORE |
| Sprint Nextel made a net loss of $1.6 billion for the second quarter, swollen by the cost of shutting down its Nextel wireless network, but the company is more optimistic about future profitability. READ MORE |
| The drawing ends July 31. Enter now! READ MORE |
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