Nobel Winners Call for 'Science Debate', Candidates Spar Over Jesus-Lucifer Link (Wired)

A Who's Who of America's top scientists are launching a quixotic last-minute effort this week to force presidential candidates to detail the role science would play in their administrations -- a question they say is key to the future of the country, if not the world.

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Microsoft Unleashes VMware Killer (Red Herring)

Software beast begins public trials of new virtualization software that competes with programs from VMware. The EMC-owned virtualization company's shares skidded 6 percent lower while Microsoft gained 2.5 percent.

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Bamboo PC is eco-friendly and looks nice too (Reuters)

Back in 1976, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak built the Apple I, an early personal computer that consisted of a circuit board in a simple wooden box. Apple Inc and other computer makers went on to make advanced PCs in metal and plastic casings, but now Taiwan's Asustek Computer Inc is finding potential beauty -- and sales -- in an eco-friendly notebook PC encased in another natural material: bamboo.

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A first look at KDE 4.0 release candidate 2 (Ars Technica)

The second release candidate of KDE 4 was issued earlier this week. Ars takes a look at the feature set and finds plenty to like along with some nasty, hair-sprouting warts. Is one month enough time for the devs to wield the scalpel?

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