Dec
20
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-12-20
By- Asteroid Attack! Apparently you are just as likely to be killed by an asteroid hitting Earth as dying in a plane crash http://bit.ly/6nc1u2 #
- Torte Law-Pastry Feasor? Austrian Supreme Court ruled in a trademark dispute over the famous Sacher Torte in the 1950s-http://bit.ly/7nuUDP #
- What do you think? Is Google's use of Nexus1 mark for new Android phone a copyright infringement of the Dick book? http://bit.ly/8DycFo #
- Facebook suggests you violate their terms of service in order to protect your privacy – http://bit.ly/7QDEFb #
- Buy Diplomacy – Breakaway Georgian state gets officially recognized by paying off the smallest nation on earth – http://bit.ly/7iiu5q #
- Wired.com Says $15 Billion Can Prevent Global Warming for Decades http://bit.ly/6vJ29m #
- Facebook Launches Preferred Developers Page http://bit.ly/7wVS4J #
- How to Shorten Baseball Games – Proposed Rules Changes http://bit.ly/8fwHwl #
- Enron CEO may get out due to vague conviction-“scheme…to deprive another of the intangible right of honest services.” http://bit.ly/7gLfFg #
- Awesome 1950s style computer design – http://bit.ly/8Dg0Hb #
- Judge dismisses Broadcom case over outrageous prosecutorial misconduct – including witness intimidation by gov. lawyers http://bit.ly/5sXdOu #
- Giant asteroid almost hits earth . . . in 2029 – check out the cool animation http://bit.ly/5boN1n #
- 360 degree massively granular scalable photographic map of Prague. Makes me feel like Jason Bourne – http://bit.ly/7sAwPK #
- @uMCLE Well said, I love a great snowfall. Makes me think I'm in Marc Helperin's great novel "Winter's Tale" in reply to uMCLE #
- 1300 people were trapped under the British Channel on the Chunnel trains – evacuation successful – http://bit.ly/7PDFa8 #
- Matt Holliday and the risk of long term baseball contracts – nice analysis http://bit.ly/7UaGph #
- The Drought of the Altiplano – Fascinating take on brewing water war in Bolivia – http://bit.ly/7ONpzI #
- Nokia sues most cellphone makers – Why? Litigation due to industry behavior, or Litigation due to recession? http://bit.ly/7FwVz1 #
- Goggles from Google Augments Reality – http://bit.ly/87opVF #
