Other things we found interesting today:
- German “robot” restaurant: on BBC News (includes video)
- Flickr launches video service: on Techcrunch (does include videos of course)
- HP releases specs for their answer to the Asus Eee: on Engadget (waiting for mine already)
- Indonesia blocks YouTube because of Anti-Islam video: on Reporters without Borders (we will always find a reason to do whatever we want)
- Wal-Mart Abandons Windows DRM, Sony/BMG and Warner: on Wired (just about time)
- Another version of the “Perfect library”: on Daily Telegraph (great selection, 110 best books - from classics to Science Fiction)
- CSS Naked day - 1600 sites participating so far: on Dustin Diaz (some sites look actually better like that)
- Brazil migrates voting machines to GNU/Linux: on Techforce (all 430,000 machines)
- GAO: Millions wasted for Internet dating, tailor-made suits, lingerie on government credit cards: on Yahoo News (add that to the 1 Trillion USD per year as Reader Digest reported recently)
- Adobe releases media playing software: on ReadWriteWeb (Adobe Flash coming to the desktop)
- The 100 most influential people in IT: on eweek (we love lists)
- World smallest 8GB USB drive: on Far east gizmos (6gm the size of a nickel)
- IMF says US crisis is “largest financial shock since Great Depression”: on The Guardian (one-in-four chance of a full-blown global recession over the next 12 months)
- Goldman Sachs Level 3 Assets Jump, Exceeding Rivals: on Bloomberg News (their filings for last quarter are out - and they lost money on more trading days then their competitors - hmmmmm)
- Real estate site offers Google Street View: on CNet News (new virtual tours become possible, strolling through the neighborhood)
- Instant anonymity (or maybe not): on World Wide Fred (stupidity makes lonesome)
- Gone fishing? : on The White House (300% view explains the grin)
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