HP Open Sources Web OS

HP Web OS based tablet

Well, at least finaly we heard something not disappointing from HP.

HP decided to open source its Web OS platform. Wise decision. They aren't going to fully abbandon it; HP will continue to develop and make contributions to it. This assures it is not going to be a dead product after spending about three billions on it.

Probably HP will continue its contributions till it is fully driven by community. Goal is to make a rival for iOS and Android platforms.

For sure this will gain some populariy for Web OS and more developers will start working on this platform and applications for it.

Mobile and tablet markets still have lot of potentials and another open source platform would be very attractive for many developers.

Help to stop SOPA/PIPA Bills

Seriously these congressmen and senators have nothing else to be worry about? What they are trying to achieve? Why government has to have the right to censor Internet? Entertainment industry already has all the tools to control copyright infringements within the US. Lean more about these bills and help to stop them before its too late.

Father of C and UNIX, dies at 70

What a month for computer world. Another true legend of computer world, Dennis Ritchie inventor of C programming language and co-developer of UNIX operating system died at 70 after a long illness. His body was found in his New Jersey home.

Dennis Ritchie receiving the National Medal of Technology in 1999

Pretty much every fundamental computer program is being developed using C language. C language is a vital part of technology world and the importance of UNIX and its derivatives is clear for every computer scientist.

UNIX is written in C and Internet was - and still is - built on UNIX. Today, UNIX and its derivatives - which are the most dependable operating systems - are running the most important components of Internet.

Yes, we lost another legend, but his heritage: C and UNIX will live forever and he will always be remembered and honored.

Read more about him here.

Drone fleet has infected by a computer virus

Great! Drone fleet is now infected by an unknown computer virus.

The infection was first discovered two weeks ago and apparently all the efforts to clean the virus has failed so far.

Photo from Wired

They keep cleaning it and, it keeps coming back. Probably it is exploiting a security issue somewhere and then re-injects itself into the system again.

Military security specialists believe that this is a key-logger type virus, logging every key stroke while pilots are flying drones.

According to them, there is no evidence of transmitting data to any external sources or damaging the flight system functionality.

This is very suspicious. Who knows what this virus is programmed to do? Maybe it is designed to take over the fleet and, do terrorist attacks? Maybe it is waiting for a command from home to start doing whatever it is designed to do. All of us still remember Stuxnet.

I believe military should shut down all of its drone missions till the virus is fully cleaned up.

For more details, read this article.

Former Apple CEO, Steve Jobs dies at 56

the Man who had one of the biggest influences on technology world, died at 56.

He was the mastermind behind Apple's innovative and revolutionary products and technologies including Mac OS X, iMac, iPod, iPhone and iPad.

Steve Jobs holding an iPhone

Steve Jobs was battling a rare form of pancreatic cancer for several years.

Steve Jobs revitalized Apple after rejoining the company in 1997 and made - at the time suffering - Apple, one of the world's most valuable companies.

Nobody can deny the cultural effects of his designed products on society.

Read the ABC news article about him here.