Blockbusted! Movie rentals of today—and tomorrow – This is a great article on the state of movie rentals, and your current/future options.
Microsoft preps IE 7 Beta 3 for August
Adobe Throws Down the Gauntlet on Office 2007 PDF Support
Toshiba touts data density record with new drive
Microsoft Plays Politics
Movie downloads may be coming to a store near you
YouTube channeling its users
Motorola phones leak highest radiation levels
Security
DOJ Can’t Get Net Firms To Agree On Data Retention; Expect Legislation
MPs call for DRM warning labels
EBay Marshals Members For Net Neutrality
PSP
Sony updates PSP firmware
News of the Weird
Intel liable for busy worker’s depression
Lioness in zoo kills man who invoked God
(1) China, sensitive about the impression it will make on visitors to the 2008 Olympics, has undertaken a major campaign against open spitting, monitored by volunteer scolders who wear shirts that spell out “mucus” in Chinese and who hand out bags to spit in. (2) India’s Rural Development Minister vowed in March that the country will eliminate open defecation by 2012, despite reports of toilet use in some states as low as 15 percent. The government gives homeowners toilet-installation grants. [Houston Chronicle, 4- 29-06] [International Herald Tribune, 4-4-06]
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June 5th, 2006 at 6:28 pm
The lioness story proves that G_d had a sense of humor…