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http://lifehacker.com/5875092/plan-your-free-online-education-at-lifehacker-u-spring-semester-2012 Computer Science and Technology UC Berkeley - Computer Science 10 - Professor Dan Garcia - An introduction to computer science and computing in our society, including topics like algorithms and how businesses around the globe use them to predict almost everything, video games and how they're developed, social media and communications, social implications of computing, and what the future of computing holds. Designed for lightly-technical audiences. Stanford University - Computer Science 101 - Professor Nick Parlante - Designed primarily for an audience with no prior experience but an interest in computer science and programming, Stanford's CS 101 course will introduce you to programming and writing your own code, as well as offer a primer on basic computer technology, including hardware, software, the internet, and their intersections. The Open University - An ...

Remember Susan Boyle ?  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OcQ9A-5noM&feature=related  (sorry, couldn't embed, youtube disabled it for this video). Well, Korea has the answer: Amazing, isn't it ?  But he only made second in the finals. Guess who won ? I am definitely a Sung-Bong fan. Pavarotti would be proud of him !

A new area of making music is in full swing. Using touch devices, supported with amazing software puts becoming a rockstar literally at everybodies fingertips ! Check out these videos:   go get your ipad - and start jamming !

BBC News just posted an interesting article reviewing the possible outcomes of the current Eurozone crisis This is a really good overview. What is likely to happen ? No idea. One thing is for sure – it may not be a good idea for Greece to default ! Source link

3D printing capabilities are getting better and better. Every couple of weeks a new article is published with new innovation in this regard. Now this technology is close to being able to ‘print’ computers. Imagine the impact on manufacturing  - no more outsourcing ??? Just print it at home ?? Some thoughts to consider. Source Link

I happen to be a recent owner of an iPod Touch 4G. This is a longer story and going to be a different post. One of the things I do is to subscribe to free content on iTunes. I subscribed to a free pilot show, watched it and then deleted it from the iTunes list of TV shows. To my surprise, it reappeared uploaded from the iPod again. Since there is no command to delete it from the iPod directly, I was at a loss. Now i tried the following - delete it from iTunes, then sync, and when it warns you that non-sync content will be deleted from the iPod, say yes (!). Make sure you synced before, deleted the show again, and the only thing different is the one show. That will get rid of it. Gee, could be easier, couldn't it ?

For everyone who had someone in their family suffer from Alzheimer's: BBC News - A new study suggests high doses of B vitamins may halve the rate of brain shrinkage in older people experiencing some of the warning signs of Alzheimer's disease. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/health-11232356