freshnews.org - most clicked linksfresh tech news from around the webWhy a Mini-notebook is Exactly What You Will Want (tom's hardware)- August 15, 2008 Chicago (IL) - You, in this case, would represent the consumer as analysts expect mini-notebooks to become the next gold mine for system builders.http://www.freshnews.org/article/tom-s-hardware/why-a-mini-notebook-is-exactly-what-you-wi... LucasArts Embargoes "Clone Wars" Reviews (slashdot)- August 15, 2008 An anonymous reader writes "George Lucas CGI 'Clone Wars' movie has premiered to reviews ranging from MSNBC's 'Ugly animation and an uninspired storyline drag down the film' to AintItCool's 'I hated the film. HATED IT. REALLY HATED IT.' Critics have noted the animation style, music and slapstick humor had more than a passing similarity to Pixar's Toy Story, and wondered if the introduction of new action figures (sorry, characters) like Baby Jabba Hutt and Jabba the Hutt's Gay Uncle may have...http://www.freshnews.org/article/slashdot/lucasarts-embargoes-quot-clone-wars-quot-reviews First Images From 50-km Enceladus Flyby (slashdot)- August 15, 2008 CheshireCatCO writes "The first pictures from yesterday's flyby of Enceladus are now public. At closest approach, Cassini was set spinning to cancel out the apparent motion of Enceladus so as to capture unsmeared images during the 40,000-mph flyby. Although it wasn't clear that this would work (errors in pointing could easily have made the cameras miss their targets), the maneuver panned out beautifully, producing spectacular images of the surface. Images show the 'tiger stripes' at the south...http://www.freshnews.org/article/slashdot/first-images-from-50-km-enceladus-flyby What Tech Workers Need To Know About Overtime (slashdot)- August 15, 2008 onehitwonder writes "The class-action lawsuit that current and former Apple employees have filed against the company raises questions about what kinds of workers are covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) — and thus, what kinds of workers are eligible for overtime pay. Some tech workers are covered under it; some are not though perhaps they should be. The lawyer who got IBM workers a $65M settlement from Big Blue for violating labor laws explains why employers often deny tech...http://www.freshnews.org/article/slashdot/what-tech-workers-need-to-know-about-overtime Game Developer's Response To Pirates (slashdot)- August 15, 2008 cliffski writes "A few days ago, indie PC games developer Positech publicly called for people pirating their games to explain why, in an open and honest attempt to see what the causes of gaming piracy were. Hundreds of blog posts, hundreds more emails and several server-reboots later, the developer's reply is up on their site. The pirates had a lot to say, on subjects such as price, DRM, demos and the overall quality of PC games, and Positech owner Cliffski explains how this developer at least..http://www.freshnews.org/article/slashdot/game-developer-s-response-to-pirates |