Steve Jobs will be getting a Lifetime Achievement in Technology award from the Vision Awards come September 23rd. The Vision Awards grant recognition to “pioneering visionaries” in the field of music, movies, TV, technology, medical research and leadership.
Jobs’ award is most likely connected to the accessibility features in Mac OS and more recently iOS. Despite being based on a touchscreen, for example, the iPad can be set to read out onscreen text, or verbally describe the items underneath a person’s finger.

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Two Danes had hoped to prove that you could have a space program without an expensive budget. The prototype was 30ft tall and only cost 50,000 Euros ($63,400 US). Unfortunately the launch was a failure due to a problem with the ignition system. Bummer!
The duo hope to send a person into space within three or four years, which would make Denmark only the fourth nation to do so.

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And now for the next installment from the chronicles of confusingly awesome geekery:

Yes, that is an Ewok driving the DeLorean.

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Last week Steve told you sales were halted pending a court hearing. Well, the court ruled on Friday that the ban would be made permanent.
However, on Thursday the software code behind a similar hack was released free on the internet as PSGroove.

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Good StarCraft players have many admirable traits. They are dedicated to improving, learn quickly, and are able to cope/adjust on the fly. They make the perfect employee for your new startup, assuming you don’t mind the smell.
Good StarCraft players watch replays to see what they did wrong and, more importantly, what the other guy did right. Then, they hone their craft and do better the next time.
In a startup, that’s gotta be one of the best traits an employee can have. If all your employees are as obsessed with improvement as “good” Starcraft players are, then you’re going to be in good shape.

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Batman: Arkham City is done, Devs have a year to polish and tweak via Gamespy
Guild Wars 2’s Necromancer via VE3D.IGN
Killzone 3 coming February 22nd, PAX attendees demo multiplayer via 1up
New large-scale team-based shooter “FireFall” via 1up
Portal 2 Co-op gameplay via IGN

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Mark Hurd, former HP CEO, is reported to be in talks with Oracle. Mr. Hurd would be the right man for the job of polishing up Oracle’s hardware business, and would also give Larry Ellision a worthy successor.

Meanwhile, Hurd also knows the data warehousing business. Before Hurd went to HP, he was in charge of NCR, which at the time had Teradata as one of its key units. That experience could come in handy as Oracle seeks to build out its Exadata line.

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Security firm LastLine and ISPs dealt a major blow to the Pushdo network by shutting down about two-thirds of the central command servers. That was not enough, within 2 days spam volumes had started to recover. This author is claiming international cooperation is the only way to permanently hinder botnets.

To be truly effective, however, such [ISP] alliances have to expand to other countries — especially Eastern Europe, China and Russia — because standard operating procedures among criminals in the botnet world call for backup servers in those countries to foil takedown efforts. Another botnet, called Koobface, uses legitimate servers that have been compromised to control operations while adding redundant servers in non-cooperative jurisdictions.

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THQ’s Company of Heroes Online now has open-beta! Stroll over to Company of Heroe’s website to check it out. Early adopters of the game will also receive bonus in-game content, whatever that means.
The open beta of Company of Heroes Online includes 17 multiplayer maps which can be used in two, four, six, and eight-player modes, and beta testers can play one-player campaign mode from Company of Heroes for free.

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Craigslist has replaced the Adult Services section with a black and white “censored” logo. Looks like Kyle is going to have to find new recreational hobbies.

I’ve reached out to Craigslist for comment and await their reply. But the choice of words is significant – the section wasn’t simply removed, the censored word was used.

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