The Wine development release 1.1.36 is now available.

Wine, the Windows emulator for Linux has updated its code to fix numerous bugs and improve greater compatibility for applications

Any surface into a display and input interface

A British company called Light Blue Optics has created the Light Touch, which transforms any surface into a 10.1in touch screen.

Samsung develops transparent LCD

Samsung, showcased a 14-inch OLED display the CES 2010 which when turned off becomes up to 40 percent transparent, the laptop concept is claimed to be the world’s first and largest transparent OLED laptop

Open Shoot Video Editor reaches 1.0

An open-source, non-linear video editor for Linux jam packed full of features that rival many commercial editors. You can get your copy here

Strawberry crab discovered off Taiwan

Professor Ho Ping-ho from the National Taiwan Ocean University said the crab resembles a species called Neoliomera Pubescens, that live s in the areas around Hawaii, Polynesia and Mauritius.

However it has a clam-shaped shell about 1 inch wide, which makes it distinct. Image available Here


An American portrait of social misery

“The new decade finds the US working class suffering a level of social misery not seen since the Great Depression. Unemployment, poverty, hunger, utility cutoffs, homelessness, foreclosures and bankruptcies have become common experiences for millions” Source WSWS

First sex robot rolls off the assembly line

Douglas Hines is an electrical engineer and computer scientist who formerly worked on artificial intelligence at AT&T Bell Laboratories. Unveiling his latest creation: Roxxxy, the latest “Sex robot” from the company Truecompanion.

Illegal Immigrant charged with the murder of Hollywood Theater Director

A 25-year-old man was charged on Thursday with murder for the slaying of an east Hollywood theater director who was his gay lover.

Man foldels himself inside a Chicago Starbucks

A South Side Chicago  man was charged with public indecency for allegedly fondling himself at a Near North Side Starbucks Thursday afternoon.

Illegal Alien goes on killing spree only to die from low rider pants

Hector Quinones blew away 24-year-old Carlos Rodriguez Jr.,  Carlos Rodriguez Sr., 52, and then fatally stabbed  Fernando Gonzalez, 87, to death before the elder Rodriguez’s wife and adult daughter unknowingly walked into the New York apartment they all shared.

New York City spent 40K on How-to Inject Herion pamplets

“It’s basically step-by-step instruction on how to inject a poison,” said John Gilbride, who heads the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York office.

Top 10 worst states to find a job in

If you’re looking for a job, you should see how your state compares to the rest of the country. Here are the 10 worst states to find work ranked by their unemployment rates.

Web 2.0 Suicide Machine

Unfriend, untweet, drop out, turn off, fight the system, and turn off social networking in a matter of minutes instead of hours manually.  Link

3D desktop for Windows

T3Desk lets you manage your applications more easily in a 3D desktop adding the third dimension to your Windows screen. “3Dmized” windows will appear in three dimensions and transparent on your screen and have the ability to be flipped, zoomed, moved, swiveled in almost anyway you want. T3Desk is lightweight on your resources, unlike most applications of its kind. Best of all, its free

Teenage girl runs over brother in game of chicken

Teenage girl accidentally ran over and killed her 17 year old brother as the two played around in Mesa Arizona parking lot.

Dwight J. Brock Jr. was run over by his sister as 16 year old Nicole M. Brock, both residents of Mesa. They started playing around, with the brother jumping in front of the car and the sister slamming on the brakes  in a game of chicken with predictable results.

Dwight was rushed to a hospital in critical condition and later pronounced dead.

EA to close multiple online games

EA in a recent announcement has decided to shutdown 20 online gamines starting in February