links for 2009-03-17

"Pundits including Rush Limbaugh and Rick Santelli urge listeners to read her books" Pretty sure I wouldn't use Rush to sell my books, even to the WSJ.

Beta 4 still to be released before release candidate and relabeled as 3.5.

Very cool photo.

"The intention is to make sure Latitude doesn't become an honeypot for cops wanting to be able to easily find out where you have been or even say the names of everyone who attended, or was near, a political protest" Very cool.

What could the Sec of the Treasury do to potentially stop the AIG bonuses.

Such a pretty satellite.

"Criticizing a woman’s weight is one of the “last frontiers” of socially-acceptable prejudice, says Meghan McCain, the daughter of Senator John McCain." Stupid am radio hosts.

China is spending $600 billion in basically the same way the US is.

What happens if you tweet during a trial.

"With or without the state-mandated minute of silence, Michael said he would still pray each morning, but the dedicated quiet time gives him a moment to focus." Then why do you need a moment of silence???

In case you missed this.

Hooray!!!

Quick and easy.

"President Obama announced Saturday Dr Margaret Hamburg, New York City's former health commissioner, as his choice for Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration. Joshua Sharfstein, Baltimore’s current health commissioner was named Deputy Commissioner Saturday."

Another newspaper moves completely online. "The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, the 146-year-old US newspaper, will print its final edition on Tuesday before becoming a strictly online operation."

"A list of more than 8,000 user names and passwords for customers of Comcast, one of the nation’s largest Internet service providers, sat unprotected on the Web for the last two months." Ouch.

"The smallest meat-eating dinosaur yet to be found in North America has been identified from six tiny pelvic bones." Cool.

"The financial crisis and global recession will see African economies lose up to to $49bn by the end of this year, research by ActionAid suggests." Wow.

What is going to happen tomorrow?

The Chief Justice has been restored in Pakistan.

"Four UN aid workers, three of them foreigners, have been freed in southern Somalia just hours after being abducted, reports say." Good news for them.

"The American military confirmed on Monday that it shot down an Iranian drone over Iraqi territory last month, in what is believed to be the first time that has happened."

"The Autofill feature in iTunes has helped iPod shuffle users manage the music on their devices for a long time now, but only shuffle owners have been able to take advantage of it. Apple has removed that restriction in iTunes 8.1, though, giving iPod and iPhone users an easy way to keep their devices full of fresh music." Pretty cool.

More CS students last year.

This is really pretty.

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