Wednesday, February 11, 2009

11-Feb-2009 AM clippings

Enjoy:

Amazon unveils the Kindle 2 e-book reader, thinner than an iPhone. The 2GB of storage will hold more e-books than you can afford:
http://www.gizmag.com/amazon-kindle-2/10949/

Laptops start pushing apps out from a central Intel CPU to an ARM CPU to save power. So, why use that Intel processor anyway?:
http://www.eetimes.eu/213402291

Mozilla joins in the EC antitrust lawsuitmade against Microsoft by Opera over browser bundling:
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9127658

Hackers break in to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and get away with identity details of 45,000 employees:
http://www.newsweek.com/id/184051

And finally. A look at the Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) systems being installed in Heathrow and Masdar City. One pod per person:
http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/22083/

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