Update: I really wish that Apple would have built Penryn into the MacBook Air, but George Ou speculates that Penryn was probably still an unknown quantity when the MBA was being designed many moons ago.

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Masdar Institute of Science and Technology appoints academic leader as ...

The Masdar Institute of Science and Technology (MIST) is a key element of the Masdar Initiative, Abu Dhabi's multi-billion dollar, multi-faceted response to the need for a global focus on alternative energy and sustainability. MIST will be the first graduate-level, research-driven scientific institution in the region, and its role within Masdar will make it unique in the global academic community. The MIST campus will be a centerpiece of the Masdar Zone Development located in the heart of the integrated 'green community' near the Abu Dhabi airport. The Institute will offer master's and doctoral-level degree programs focused on the science and engineering of advanced energy and sustainable technologies. MIST is being developed in cooperation with the world-renowned Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), which will leverage its broad international experience to assist Masdar in establishing a sustainable, homegrown academic and scientific research institute.

Concert Calendar: Pick Your Dance Party Poison

Feb. 29 - One Step Beyond: Jazzy Jeff and DJ Dirty Finger One Step Beyond: Jazzy Jeff and DJ Dirty Finger at the Rose Center for Earth and Space (at the American Museum of Natural History) Jazzy Jeff, best known as the Fresh Prince's lovable sidekick, is actually one of the most legendary and prolific hip-hop DJs. Along with Brooklyn's Dirty Finger, he'll help you get your groove on in outer space. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased through the museum's Web site.

Feb. 29 - Carl Allen and Rodney Whitaker Project As a part of their “Harlem in the Himalayas" series, the Rubin Museum will be hosting jazz drummer and composer Carl Allen with his new group featuring bassist Rodney Whitaker. This is sure to be a classy affair. Tickets are $20 at the door and include admission to the museum's exhibits.

Iran’s “So Simple” nominated for ASSITEJ award

ASSITEJ (Association International du Theatre pour l'Enfance et la Jeunesse) is a world network of theater for children and young people which links 1,000 International theaters and drama organizations and selects an honorary president every three years.

The play performed by the Baran troupe was staged at the Institute for Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults' theater center (IIDCYA) last year and was much appreciated by audiences.

“So Simple" makes use of the innovative technique of colorful knotted ropes to display the panorama of life including birth, nature, social life, work, hopes and dreams.

Initially ten organizations and groups were selected from across the world of which three including the Baran troupe were nominated for the award.

Software EU Pummels Microsoft With $1.4B USD Fine

Your completely right when you are talking about old type of business.Like when car makers started making cars in the 1900 they only had more ore less there local marked to sell there products.So they could all grow around the same pase, and they had a solid foundation when the marked started to get global.Whit a software company like MS they could sell there product strait world wide so there was no time for competitive OSes to mature except UNIX and Linux but they have les then 5% marked shareAnd the OS is something that makes the the programs run like petrol dose whit cars.Would you like to have one oil company having patented on petrol and running the hole petrol business ?petrol would then properly cost around $20 a gallon. .

Briefly... CITY/REGION

The lifeless body of an unidentifed woman was found last night inside a house on Crowson Street near Church Lane in East Germantown.

Police investigators said it was unclear how the woman had died. So far this year, the city has recorded 51 homicides. At this point last year, there were 71 murders.

Man shot during robbery

A man was wounded in a shooting Wednesday night during a robbery at a take-out eatery on 29th Street near Harper in Fairmount, police said. The shooting occurred when a struggle developed between the suspect and his victim during which a bullet ricocheted off his cell phone and struck him in the leg. He was treated at a hospital and released.

The suspect, carrying a silver handgun, fled south on 29th Street in a blue/green Oldsmobile or Pontiac minivan.

Screencasting Recorder: Upload, Share, Publish, Embed - FreeScreencast ...

This is too good to be true! FreeScreencast is a new free web-based service that allows you to record anything taking place on your screen in a simple way. Not only. FreeScreencast takes care of uploading your recorded clip and provides you immediately with an embed code to post the screencast on your site. This is the first easy, and inexpensive screencasting tool that truly empowers online publishers to create and publish high-quality screencasts on their blog sites with the minimum effort.

The only limitations of this new web-based service are the fact that for now the screen recording tool works only on PC Windows machines, the need to download a few components, and a few rough corners in the UI and management features available for now. But it is reasonable to expect that within a short time these issues will be addressed providing to this service the true popularity and attention it deserves.

Victoria Election Poll Vault Weblog

Meanwhile, Mr Tully's defended the sexy, new, electronic tally board that few people in the tally room could actually read last night. (ABC Radio's Jon Faine was sitting behind the mic with binoculars while hosting the election coverage!)