Google ISP

Google announces that it will begin testing a fiber services, with an incredible speed of 1 Gb/s. Of course everyone and their grandma is going to try to apply their community for testing, but it will be interesting to see which city they pick and the services quality. [Ars Technica]

Esteemed Steampunk Gun

Jonathan Alberico, aka macabre151, shows off his steampunk gun “Doris the Blunderbuss”.[Brass Goggles]

ESTA releases standards drafts

ESTA, The Entertainment Services & Technology Association, releases two drafts of standards for public review, E1.30-1-20xx, EPI 23. Device Identification Subdevice and BSR E1.20 – 201x, Entertainment Technology — Remote Device Management over USITT DMX512. [via Stage Directions]

Arduino updates

Version 0018 fixes several bugs and adds features based on user feedback.

The popular Linux based OS, BackTrack, has just released version 4. BackTrack has everything you want for any kind of computer security work.