Elderly woman who botched religious fresco demands royalties

The elderly Spanish woman who ruined a religious fresco with her botched restoration is now demanding royalties from her work after it became an unlikely tourist attraction. Cecilia Gimenez, who is in her 80s, made headlines across the world after attempting a DIY restoration that left the 19th century fresco of Christ at her local church in Borja resembling a monkey. The altered image of [...] MORE INFO

Canonical Ubuntu management tool gets hefty upgrade

Canonical sees its Landscape software as central to its success in the enterprise.

Anticipating greater usage of Ubuntu within the enterprise, Canonical has released a significant update to its Landscape Ubuntu system management tool. [...]

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Perth named as ‘digital boom’ capital in Google’s eTown Awards

IT’S better known as one of the cities sharing Australia’s mining boom, but Perth has now been named as the capital of the nation’s digital boom.

The Western Australian capital earned top billing in Google’s inaugural Australian “eTown Awards”, which ranked 600 communities on their online business activities.

Australia’s digital economy is worth as much as the nation’s iron ore exports, and is forecast to grow by up to $70 billion over the next four years, according to business consultants Deloitte Access [...]

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