World’s Largest Photograph

Image1_2Imagine a photograph so big, its creators have trouble thinking of places large enough to display it. Imagine three stories high by eleven stories wide. Imagine a 1200 pound picture.
A group of six photographers known as “The Legacy Project,” along with 400+ volunteers, artists and experts, have created the world’s largest photograph, titled The Great Picture. The image, which was developed July 8, 2006, will have its premier exhibition September 6 through 29, 2007 at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. Read more..

Google to rescue Linux from Microsoft lawyers

Google has joined the fight to save Linux from an army of patent-waving Microsoft lawyers.

With Redmond threatening to collect royalties from Linux users and distributors across the industry, claiming that the open-source operating system violates 235 of its patents, Google has thrown its considerable weight behind the Open Invention Network (OIN), a consortium of companies bent on protecting open-source software from legal attack.

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