Thursday, July 24, 2008

Links For 7-24-2008

Tobacco plant could be used to fight cancer. Well that's just as ironic as it gets.

The Birth-Control Extremists. Young, single men terrified of unwanted pregnancies, and sick of condoms, are turning to vasectomies for liberation. I oughta look into that. I've been saying for years that I want one.

Eastern Mass. woman shoots self as mortgage company forecloses on house. I wouldn't be surprised to see more of these sorts of stories as more and more Americans lose their homes.

Time Warner Cable using incentives and fine print to lock customers into broadband caps. Well, deception is probably the only way to convince anybody with a higher than room temperature IQ to agree to ridiculously low bandwidth caps.

Hey Kinda Famous Person, Do You Know What GameSpot Is? C-List celebrities at a video game event that have no idea why they're even there.

How about five year renewable copyrights with a use-it-or-lose-it clause? It'll never happen, but it sounds slightly better than what we've got now.

Lesson from the DNS bug: patching isn't enough. When somebody finds a vulnerability and agrees to keep it quiet for as long as possible, dragging your feet about patching is a bad thing that companies do. Attack Code published for DNS vulnerability.

Website claims to help drivers avoid speed traps. Some of you might find that useful information.

Google Blogger "Hosts 2% of World's Malware". There's none on this page. As far as I know, anyway.

Telco won't install fiber network, sues to prevent city from doing so. Monopoly isn't just a board game anymore kids!

Live-action COWBOY BEBOP movie is in the works. Could be good, but expect and prepare for the worst.

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