New exoplanets discovered 39 light years from Earth.

New exoplanets have been discovered 39 light years from Earth. This is 3.689685e+14 kilometers. This is apparently a system with seven planets. There is such a big fuss about the possibility of life here, but the distance is massive. Traveling at 200,000,000 miles per hour, it would take 130 years to reach the system. If … Read more

Windows XP support ending soon, this will mean that security holes in existing installations will be exploited.

The support for Windows XP will end soon. April 8th in fact. This means that existing installations of Windows XP, and there are many around the world will be rendered vulnerable to exploits. Windows XP has been around since 2001 and it is time that is was replaced by something better. Windows 7 is still … Read more

Half Life 2 now available for Linux. Gaming on Linux just got even better.

This is game-play footage of Half Life 2 running on Ubuntu 13.04. There are native binaries of Half Life 2 for Linux; this means that gamers all over the world can play this game without using Windows or WINE. A good win for open source software; the Ubuntu distribution is the easiest to use Linux … Read more

Black Mesa Source. The free open version of the Valve Half Life game available for Linux. Running with Wine.

The old Half Life game by the Valve game studio has been released as an open game using the Source engine available in the Steam store. This is an entirely new game that revitalizes the ancient adventures of Gordon Freeman and brings it to a whole new generation of gamers. A project like this that brings another … Read more

Search for alien life continues. What could be out there waiting for us and are we alone in the Universe?

The search for alien intelligences continues and though we have not found any alien civilizations yet, the search continues. The ability of life to exist in harsh climates is astounding, there are fish on this planet that live in sulfuric acid, and the lifeforms that exist around black smokers on the sea floor in water … Read more

Alien origin of mankind? What is Prometheus teaching us about our history?

The Ridley Scott movie that has just been released, that is a prequel to the first Alien film is a movie that introduces the moviegoer to the Space Jockeys and the Engineers that supposedly created life on this planet. In the novelization of the Alien move the alien race that landed on the planet were … Read more

Formaldehyde link to early life on Earth.

http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2011/04/29/3203610.htm The poisonous organic compound Formaldehyde has turned out to have been a deciding factor in enabling life on Earth to survive the gigantic impact that created the Earth`s moon. The impact would have melted the entire crust of the Earth and vaporised any water and organic materials that existed on the planet at that … Read more