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New York Times: New Hacker Economics

Company e-mail, business documents and personal health information are the new targets of choice for illegal hackers, according to Finjan, a San Jose-based maker of Web security software and appliances.

New York Times: Google: We Like Yahoo, and We Like It Independent

Mr. Brin also said Google’s offer of a search advertising partnership with Yahoo was not an effort to scuttle the Microsoft-Yahoo deal, but rather an attempt to give some options to Yahoo, which faced a hostile bid from Microsoft.

Hp2133guide.com: New HP Mini-Note Configurations Gets Priced

The pricing structure seems to off on this, but when the Mini-Note was released they did have one for $849 that had the 1.2GHz CPU, 1GB RAM and Vista Home… so it could be these are not the finalized prices.

Scientific American: To Catch a Plutonium Thief, Try Antineutrinos

Nuclear reactors offer a potential source of weapons-grade materials to would-be bomb makers, particularly plutonium, which gradually accumulates in the uranium fuel rods that power a reactor.

Four Hour Work Week: Lifestyle Investing: “Compound Time” Like Compound Interest?

Three glasses of wine into a post-event party with Cirque du Soleil performers, I didn’t have a good answer, but David recently sent me a thought-provoking e-mail I thought I’d share.