Tech News December 2, 2009
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Facts of the Day
According to insurance statistics, the most dangerous cars are green and driven by the Chinese. (qi.com . . .)
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“If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside.” Â Â Â Robert X. Cringely
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Why Your Cell Phone Service Is Slow
Feds ‘Pinged’ Sprint GPS Data 8 Million Times Over a Year (read more . . .)
Musicians Make Good Money
Chart proves it. (read more . . .)
Google Will Limit Free Access to News
Newspaper publishers will now be able to set a limit on the number of free news articles people can read through Google. (read more . . .)
Google Hires Stupid People So Not To Have Monopoly
Google vice president Bradley Horowitz has indicated the web giant avoids hiring too many talented minds in an effort to keep the rest of the tech world from going to ruin. (read more . . .)
Yahoo & Facebook Marriage
Why. (read more . . .)
Price Too High
Would you pay $1.99 per episodes to watch TV online? I wouldn’t. (read more . . .)
Al Franken’s Opinion
Letter response to inquiry of net neutrality. (read more . . .)
Twisted
Antennas that bend without tin foil. (read more . . .)
POS Busted
Restaurants have point-of-sale that gives a hacker money with each transaction. (read more . . .)
American Dream Not Good Enough for Americans
Immigrant entrepreneurs are an engine of jobs and growth. We need more of them. (read more . . .)
VW Truck
600 miles on one tank of gas. (read more . . .)
Fast SD Card
Who needs a desktop? Everyone can have thin client with USB boot. (read more . . .)
Not A Good Gift
Tony Hawk Ride is terrible. (watch video . . .)
Comment Clash
Yahoo, Verizon: Our Spy Capabilities Would ‘Shock’, ‘Confuse’ Consumers (article . . .)
“OH, yes. We CAN hear you now” (comments . . .)
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