Link(s): Fri, Jun 18th, 1pm

[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.]

Circumcisions kill 20 boys in SA
[BBC News]

Twenty South African boys die after botched circumcisions and 60 are taken to hospital, officials say.

BP suffers third rating downgrade
[BBC News]

Rating agency Moody's downgrades BP's credit rating, adding to concerns over the outlook for the beleaguered firm.

Audio/Video/Image/Text/ISO Convert Nautilus Script
[Ubuntu Geek]

Right-click on a file, and this script will decide what conversions are appropriate, ask some questions about what you want, and execute the proper command and options to convert it into something else.

Video Effects in PiTiVi
[OMG! Ubuntu!]

Ubuntu default video editor PiTiVi currently lacks video effects – but this won't be the case for much longer.

PiTiVi developer Thiblahute has been working on implementing effects into PiTiVi as part of his Google Summer of Code (GSoC) project: “Permit Pitivi users to add effects to the videos they are editing".

GPL’d Linux driver released for MPEG-4 compression
Discoveries 2010: An Exhibition of Energy Sources from Past to Future
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