[TechRepublic] Watch NASA TV on your desktop, without Flash

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Editor's note If there's one word that could sum up this week, it would be space, space, space, space, SPACE, SPPPACCCEEE!!! It is not every week that, as a species, we lower a nuclear-powered car onto the surface of another planet using a nylon rope skycrane. It feels cool just to write those words! So it should be no surprise that our story on how to stream the Curiosity landing straight to your media player was the most popular story of the week. But the goodness continues, as you can use the URL in the article to watch NASA TV anytime you want. Earlier in the week, I moved my laptop Linux install from Fedora to Arch. The process and lessons learned are detailed in my review and gallery below. Tony McSherry detailed why he is not going to be a Windows Phone millionaire, but why he is looking forward to getting his applications into the Windows Store. Have a good week everyone --Chris Watch Curiosity rover land on Mars without Flash Those clever folks at NASA are providing more than one way to skin the Curiosity viewing cat. Read more Resource of the day Live Webcast: Comprehensive and Effective Payment Security Strategies Payment security is an active battleground. You're threatened by data breaches and brand reputation hits, plus the cost and and hassle of payment card data security compliance (PCI). Keep your customer payment data secure. Learn how to build a comprehensive, flexible, future-proof security strategy. Moving to Arch Linux from Fedora Chris Duckett details his move from Fedora to Arch Linux and learns that testing in a virtual machine is one thing, actually committing to change is another. Read more Looking forward to the Windows Store Given the success of other app stores, Tony McSherry sees Microsoft being on a winner with its Windows Store. Read more Using Fur to heat test is a good idea After discounting all sources for screen freezes, Tony McSherry finds a utility to help heat test a graphics card. Read more Adobe releases open Source Sans Pro font The world and your programs just got a little bit prettier. Read more Additional TechRepublic resources   Work travel tips for developers Developer Justin James shares his basic toolkit--equipment, software, and more--for business trips. Tell us what you would add to his list. Read more Why Surface could harm Microsoft's tablet success Microsoft may have actually reduced its chances of success in consumer tablets with its plans to launch the Windows 8 tablet, Microsoft Surface. Read more What happened to enthusiasm? We've all attended those company meetings that revolve around quarterly earnings that left us dazed and bored. Why can't executives ever be enthusiastic? Read more Death by promotion While you may feel that you're rewarding a high-performing employee by offering a promotion to a management or leadership role, if you don't equip them with the skills to success you're doing the employee and your organization a grave disservice. Read more Featured multimedia   Curiosity rover's first photos from Mars (pictures) The Mars Science Laboratory vehicle has taken its first very big step -- it has landed on the surface of the Red Planet. Like any good tourist, it's sent home some snapshots. View on site Installing Arch Linux: past and present Installing Arch Linux is not a task for novice users. View on site Today's recommended downloads Salesforce.com Sales Cloud CRM Datasheet (Salesforce.com) Have You Supersized Your Data Center? Avoid the Pitfalls of Oversizing (APC by Schneider Electric) A New Day: How Smarter Computing can Grow Capacity on Flat Costs (IBM) Live webcast: Steps to Move into a Virtualized Environment (VMware) On-demand webcast: The Top Ten Business Problems/Solutions/Issues that Virtualization Solves (VMware) Connect with TechRepublic London Olympics 2012: Special Report From London, TechRepublic UK editor Steve Ranger and chief reporter Nick Health lead our coverage of the technology that is powering the 2012 Olympics. TechRepublic newsletters   Get programming, mobile development, and design tips and more in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! Software Engineer App Builder Web Designer IT Consultant

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