HP Unveils New Memory Technology
Team of HP scientists develop a simple circuit element that could produce really tiny, really dense chips, potentially imitation biological synapses. How long before Bill Joy begins shouting about Grey Goo again?
Time Warner Spinning Off Cable Unit
Meanwhile, the AOL part of it remains the 800-pound gorilla slowly bleeding to death and staining the rug in the room.
China Investigates Forced Child Labor
ORLY Award: Oh, there are child laborers in China?
Dumb As We Wanna Be
Glad to have Friedman back to lay down an occasional smackdown. This time, our idiotic energy policy.
FDA Warns Merck About Vaccine Plant Problems
This at the plant that makes Gardasil and a few hepatitis vaccines. Whoops. At least they are down from 49 citations to 12 now...
Ten US Diplomats to Leave Belarus
At the request of the Belarusian government. The US has sanctions against its top petro producer, and wasn't too happy when its president of the past 14 years rigged his latest election. Probably the cause for some tensions.
McKellen to Reprise Role as Gandalf in "Hobbit"
Apparently New Line is making it into two movies, to be released in 2010 and 2011. After their nasty break with Peter Jackson, Guillermo del Toro was selected to direct the movies. Del Toro directed Pan's Labyrinth.
Swiss Discoverer of LSD Dies, Aged 102
I'm gonna guess he wasn't a heavy user.
South Korea's First Astronaut Rescued by Startled Nomads
You know what, I'm not gonna comment on this.
So, You Don't Like the Color, Right?
A 2M yuan sculpture in China that took two years to build was dismantled right before its unveiling because an official did not like the color.
People Urged to Chip in for Hydroelectric Plant
The government of Tajikistan, one of the poorest countries in the world, asked for half of the wages of the people in the capital to complete the Rogun power plant, which has been under construction since Soviet times. Mind you, they didn't ask the employees, they asked the employers.
Ads Seek Ex-Soldiers for Smuggling Jobs
Radio ads have been broadcast in Guatemala seeking ex-members of an elite special forces unit to help drug cartels smuggle their good into Mexico. Of course, in Mexico, a renegade unit of the army is working for the drug cartels on that side. Safer than serving in Iraq, I suppose.
State Moves to Ban Fake Testicles on Vehicles
Nope. Nothing to say here.
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