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Other interesting things today [20080414]

By fpp ⋅ 14-April-2008 at 14:56 (UTC) ⋅ Post a comment

img Info sign Other things we found interesting today:

18 interesting things found (so far – 1 update)

More write-offs from Banks – this time from Citi (again and let’s see what this Friday will bring), Merrill Lynch (again) and Deutsche Bank (finally – some numbers closer to reality): on The Times Online (Deutsche Bank CEO is preaching transparency since weeks. Now in a first step they “write-off” EUR 35Billion (USD 55Billion) – we were waiting for numbers that high or even higher (guess that will happen later this year) after news last year that they’ve been basically owning whole counties / half of towns in the US.)
Some cities (at least one) in the US are now fighting back against the banks foreclosure politics and the resulting abandoned homes: on The ABC News (Buffalo filed lawsuits against 36 lenders including JP Morgan, Countrywide, Deutsche Bank)
Interesting info on the “Great Pacific Garbage Patch”: on The Independent (still remember the story on the 100,000s of plastic ducks that got lost on the ocean and then drifted all around the planet?)
Who stole Iraq’s pricelesss treasures? on The Times Online (looting of history)
Can cellphones help to end Global Poverty? on N.Y. Times (have you heard the story that due to hyper-inflation in Zimbabwe they have problems to bill for cell phones)

A first ever HD topographic map of the Moon created by Japanese lunar explorer Kaguya shows various mineral compositions including Uranium sites: on Gizmodo (Outland coming soon to a moon near you)
VOIP java applet allows web-based phone calls from inside your browser: on c2call.com (still a public beta but interesting – is using SIP)
Based on exit polls Berlusconi ahead: on BBC News (in with the old – out with the new. We are waiting what Beppe Grillo will have to say about it.)
Hackers attack pro-Tibet web sites: on The Register (another SQL Injection attack)
Russians want to rocket monkeys onto Mars to test radiation: on BBC News (cruel mission that definitely will not create a planet of the apes)

MS might be barred from EU public procurement: on Ars Technica (haven’t we just seen something similar with IBM in the US – hmmmmm)
Trevor Immelmann wins Masters: on Golf channel (congratulations – outstanding performance)
World biggest barbecue sizzled in Montevideo: on Yahoo News (12,000 kilograms of beef – 6 tons of charcoal – 1,250 “grill meisters”)
Users fight to save Windows XP: on AP News (and in other news admins are skipping Vista – waiting for Windows 7)
Delta and Northwest might announce merger tomorrow: on Bloomberg News (this will be the worlds largest carrier)

Italian woman hitch-hiking to the Middle East to promote peace was murdered in Turkey: on BBC News (Turkish police detains a thief as suspect)
A story on Philip Parker, professor at INSEAD, who – with 200,000 books ~~published~~ generated considers himself the most published person ever: on N.Y. Times (riding the long tail a bit too literally – and of course he got himself a patent on scraping other peoples work, calls it automated authoring, well, well, well )

(we spared you Obama lapses links – its all over the press)