"Babylon 5" Actress Mira Furlan Dies At 65
Slashdot reader The Grim Reefer shares a report from the BBC: Babylon 5 and Lost actress Mira Furlan has died at the age of 65, her family and management have confirmed. Furlan played Minbari Ambassador Delenn in the 1990s sci-fi TV drama, Babylon.....»»
John le Carre, Author of Spy Novels, Dies at Age 89
"This terrible year has claimed a literary giant and a humanitarian spirit," tweeted novelist Stephen King, adding later that "The Little Drummer Girl was one of the best novels I've ever read." Margaret Atwood tweeted "His Smiley novels are key to u.....»»
Norman Abramson, father of wireless networks, dies at 88
Early in his tenure as a professor, Abramson was tasked with finding a way of transferring data between Hawaiian islands and the United States using radio technology. From this initial project, he went on to create ALOHAnet – an early wireless netw.....»»
Second young elephant dies from virus at New York zoo
A second young elephant has died at a central New York zoo despite frantic efforts by staff to combat a lethal virus, zoo officials said Friday......»»
Creator of DirectX Dies at Age 55
The Wall Street Journal looks back to the days when Windows was "a loser in the world of computer games." But to change that, Eric Engstrom and his cohorts "secretly hired programmers to get the work done, and they had to do an end run around partner.....»»