links for 2009-03-04

Indeed. I totally agree, my main issue with Republican's is their seemingly irreconcilable problem with facts and evidence.

"That’s science. Observation, hypothesis, test, result. A billion kilometers from Earth, and science still works." Very cool indeed.

Good go to guide.

So what has Microsoft been working on?

Very cool.

You have to be one really bad company to not be able to get audit logs to work properly.

What would it take to separate yourself from your Last.fm profile?

"In this case, FBI agents planted a GPS device on a car while it was on private property and then used it to track the position of the automobile every ten seconds for a full month, all without securing a warrant." WTF, that is totally illegal.

We have a problem and it's really big and there is no magic wand.

Sales forces need to change and will change with technology.

Governments do not have to allow a monument on city grounds just because another already is there.

In case you were worried.

Indeed.

"They thought they'd be able to dictate the way shows reached audiences. But they underestimated the force of their desire to connect with one another." Exactly.

Guantanamo is a perverse security trade off that now means any decision becomes a bad decision so change the security incentive.

Funny ad about clean coal.

This is stupid, if the newspapers were actually making money they wouldn't be complaining about it at all. There is no legal reason for why blogs or other internet sites shouldn't be allowed to link to other stuff on the web. For one that is how the internet works.

Is decrypting your laptop a protected right by the Fifth Amendment (right to not incriminate self)?

Really neat plugin.

Remember to take a look at your icons when designing a website.

Indeed where is the added value.

Some very cool looking designs.

Just in case you have some extra money laying around.

Yeah most defiantly.

Smartest move ever, n need to buy a Kindle, instead get the Kindle iPhone app.

"A few weeks before he left office, President George W. Bush told federal officials that, in effect, they did not have to bother getting the advice of wildlife experts before taking actions that might harm plants or animals protected by the Endangered Species Act." How does that make any sense.

Too bad it won't go anywhere.

Stupid RIAA.

In terms of shear number of apps however. I think it's a lot easier to make an iPhone app for a book than create a new spin on an existing app or a whole new idea.

Short story, no Google won't do anything about it, grow up.

Info on how to develop for the Palm Pre.

What happens when the people who caused the mortgage crisis go back into business making loans again?

"The European divisions of General Motors (GM) could collapse within weeks without European governments' help, GM's top executive has warned." I doubt GM is going to get the money.

"The world's poorest countries are beginning to be hit by the global financial crisis, warns the International Monetary Fund (IMF)." No way, the poor are the worst off in times of economic crisis?

"Gordon Brown is expected to urge the US not to follow a course of economic protectionism, when he addresses Congress later." Good for him.

I only use index funds.

What did your stalker just do?

I really hope Skype becomes more open, having a free licensing agreement for the codec is a move in that direction.

Double check your iStockPhoto account.

Wil Wheaton on how to self publish yourself.

How much do you like meetings?

What's your secret?

What happens when the landlord goes broke?

Looks like we could have a stand alone Tasks app from Google.