Mark Shuttleworth gives up dream of Ubuntu toppling Windows | Ars Technica

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/05/mark-shuttleworth-gives-up-dream-of-ubuntu-toppling-windows/

Why Dell's private future will mirror its public present | PCWorld

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2027169/why-dells-private-future-will-mirror-its-public-present.html

Think you have a strong password? Hackers crack 16-character passwords in less than an hour | Mail Online

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2331984/Think-strong-password-Hackers-crack-16-character-passwords-hour.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

Riak | Basho - Distributed DB, fault recoverable, key-value type.

http://basho.com/riak/

Collapsed I-5 bridge gone from Google Maps — almost as quickly as it fell - NBC News.com

http://m.nbcnews.com/technology/collapsed-i-5-bridge-gone-google-maps-almost-quickly-it-6C10067906

Used Computer, $116,000 or Best Offer - NYTimes.com

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2013/05/24/technology/apple-1-computers-jump-in-value-at-auctions.html

Kim Dotcom claims he invented two-factor authentication- The Inquirer mobile

http://m.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2270212/kim-dotcom-claims-he-invented-twofactor-authentication

Countdown Clock/Timer in /bin/bash

Often there is a need to have time between batch jobs. Knowing how much time there is between jobs is useful.

Here are two version.

1. One I found on unix.com here by cfajohnson. He claims it will work in any POSIX shell
2. The other I (tc) wrote.

Version #1

# by cfajohnson
countdown()
(
  IFS=:
  set -- $*
  secs=$(( ${1#0} * 3600 + ${2#0} * 60 + ${3#0} ))
  while [ $secs -gt 0 ]
  do
    sleep 1 &
    printf "\r%02d:%02d:%02d" $((secs/3600)) $(( (secs/60)%60)) $((secs%60))
    secs=$(( $secs - 1 ))
    wait
  done
  echo
)

countdown "00:07:55"

Version #2 

# by teacup
countSecondsDown()
{
  seconds=$1
  while [ $seconds -ge 0 ]
  do
    # you need the ampersand after sleep if you use wait.
    # because wait will wait for child process of sleep to complete.
    sleep 1 &
    printf "\r%d  " $seconds
    seconds=$(( $seconds - 1 ))
    wait
  done
  echo

}

countSecondsDown 71

German court says Google must act if autocomplete makes defamatory suggestions

http://m.therepublic.com/view/story/780cc5d111234ed1ba8ed1918842e87c/EU-Germany-Google-Autocomplete

Yahoo looking to break Microsoft Search Engine and Advertising Deal

Yahoo CEO's bid to end search-advertising deal with Microsoft 'flops'
http://www.bdlive.co.za/world/2013/05/09/yahoo-ceos-bid-to-end-search-advertising-deal-with-microsoft-flops

Google Wallet chief's resignation another bad sign for NFC - Computerworld

http://m.computerworld.com/s/article/9239087/Google_Wallet_chief_s_resignation_another_bad_sign_for_NFC

Ahead of I/O, Google Wallet Drops Plans to Introduce a Physical Card – AllThingsD

http://allthingsd.com/20130510/googles-wallet-plans-for-io-cloud-expansion-on-but-longtime-physical-card-plan-scuttled/

Business Insider

http://www.businessinsider.com/how-hackers-stole-44-million-from-atms-2013-5

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Space station dumps Windows, now using Linux

http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/10/iss-linux/

Need Apple's Decryption Expertise? Get In Line | News & Opinion | PCMag.com

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2418829,00.asp

Facebook aims to knock Cisco down a peg with open network hardware | Ars Technica

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/05/facebook-aims-to-knock-cisco-down-a-peg-with-open-network-hardware/

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Microsoft says its boxed software probably will be gone within a decade | PCWorld

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2038194/microsoft-says-its-boxed-software-probably-will-be-gone-within-a-decade.html

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“The telephone network is obsolete”: Get ready for the all-IP telco

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/01/the-telephone-network-is-obsolete-get-ready-for-the-all-ip-telco/

Hotmail is officially dead: Microsoft shifts to Outlook

http://m.usatoday.com/article/news/2132073