Wednesday 18th January 2012
by WayneHere is today’s Daily Run Down.
- World IPv6 launch day set for June 6th 2012 Google Facebook and AT T among supporters
- Supreme Court rejects student social media cases
- Instant view Yahoo co-founder Yang is out shares jump
Reuters - Sources Four More Board Members Will Be Following Yang Out the Door
- ★ Why Are Android Smartphones Bigger Than the iPhone
- Parenting Fails You know she raises a very good point here
- Chicago man arrested in Arizona marijuana seizure
- T-Mobile and Walmart add new $45 unlimited plan with a catch
- Amazon Hit With Class Action Over Zappos Data Breach
- Microsoft engineers file system for a new era
- Jackson and Halvorson release competing polls in congressional race
- Chicago to let some ‘low-risk’ food sellers certify themselves
- Wikipedia editors question sites planned blackout
AP - CBSSports.com launches app platform for fantasy sports
- Picking the Brightest Most Efficient Bulb
- WIN Thanks for the Warning WIN
- Ubisoft Vancouver shut down
- Microsoft Pitches Private Cloud To IT With System Center 2012
- HP names Bill Veghte to chief strategy role will lead webOS open source initiative
- Boas Time Their Big Squeeze to Preys Heartbeat
- Romney says he is taxed at around 15 percent rate
Reuters – I think my tax rate is around 33%… hmm… does not seem equal to me. - I got tickets to one of Ellen’s “12 days of giveaways†– but every other day got…
- RT @hotdogsladies Blacking out your website fights censorship like hanging yourself stops capital punishment.
- Jerry Yang Yahoos Co-Founder leaves by @waynedixon – http//t.co/jp5dafse
- Apple iWork VP Roger Rosner involved in new iBooks textbook effort
- Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang resigns
Reuters - Just like it was only …better.
- Tornadoes strike Kentucky Indiana
- Donations drying up Occupy Wall Street slows its spending
- Official Couple slain over home ownership
- Upset investors file class action lawsuit against Netflix
- Jerry Yangs Decision to Leave Yahoo Was His Own — Even if It Was Inevitable
- Autocowrecks Looking at What the Cat Dragged In
- Book Eddy Cue has been Jobs Cooks dealmaker
- Wordplay Wednesday
- junket
- Enterprise Support Lessons Learned From Gen Y
- Supreme Court Offers No Help To Schools Looking To Clarify Online Speech Policies
- Congress May Soon Take Questions From The Great State Of Social Media
- Stop SOPA What A Blacked Out Internet Looks Like
- Office 365 for Individuals and Small Businesses
- Achievement Unlocked … For Developers
- Microsoft confirms Dave Cutler father of Windows NT now working on Xbox
- Unshelved on Wednesday January 18 2012
- LightSquared and former FCC chief engineer say GPS tests were rigged
- Russian Farms Haven’t Evolved Much
- Learn From My Fail Doesn’t Matter Had Snappy Comeback
- Mind = Blown
- Monday Thru Friday Corporate Logo Math
- The Day the Web Went Dark
- What Goes On When the Net Goes Dark Comic
- Canon EOS C300 pre-orders begin at $15999 cinema lenses run $40K
- Edward Derwinski 1926-2012
- Off-duty officer got special treatment in fatal hit-run case prosecutors argue
- The SOPA blackout Wikipedia Reddit Mozilla Google and many others protest proposed law
- Wikipedia goes dark in protest of anti-piracy bill
- Apple aims to update not upend the textbook industry
- Hundreds of miles of pipelines in CA misclassified
AP - Accused California salon shooter to be arraigned Wednesday
- Zion mayor misses 6th-straight meeting
- HP TouchPad CyanogenMod 9 Alpha 0 released not entirely functional
- Jan. 18 1778 Cook Blunders Into Paradise Which Is Soon Lost
- Wisconsin Dems Million-Signature Show of Force in Walker Recall Effort
- Slumping Northern Trust to cut 700 jobs
- Anti-SOPA/PIPA Protest Songs
- An Updated Analysis Why SOPA PIPA Are A Bad Idea Dangerous Unnecessary
- Snake Robot Rides a Dog to the Rescue
- G-Spot Science Cant Find It After 60 Years Study Says
- Comcasts connected cable box making a run at the FCC
- Solar Powered Church
- Fish Is Ousted at Australian Open
- SOPA blackout spreads across the Internet
- Supreme Court Peter and the Wolf Can Be Removed From Public Domain
- Grooveshark goes dark in Germany over unreasonably high license fees
- Touchscreens can cause the same stress injuries as traditional PCs
- Rare Mars Rocks Crashed to Earth in July
- A Ray of Light for a Small Village
- Artificial Testicle Could Treat Male Infertility
- Genes Important to Keep Brain Sharp Through Old Age
- Making Life Better Through Engineering
- Engineering a Difference
- Messy Rooms and Simple Thinking Seem to Go Together
- 10 Most Outrageous Expense Report Claims
- Tiny Invisible Galaxy May Be Made Completely of Dark Matter
- Nokia Lumia 800 receiving second battery update over next two weeks
- Disney Refused Invitation From Senator Feinstein To Meet With Tech Companies Over PIPA/SOPA
- When a petition isnt enough SOPA protestors raise money to hire lobbyist firm
- Sumerian Beer May Have Been Alcohol-Free
- Life on the Antarctic Ice
- Scientists Improve Climate Predictions by Studying Antarcticas Past
- How Diamond-Rich Magmas Rise from Earths Depths
- Naperville man gets 80 years for in gang-related shooting
- The Beetle ‘Poo Dance’
- LightSquared Calls for New Testing of Its Network
- Supreme Court Chooses SOPA/PIPA Protest Day To Give A Giant Middle Finger To The Public Domain
- USPS Is Already Giving Up
- AT T Introduces New Smartphone Data Plans w/3GB and 5GB Options
- 500 Million-Year-Old Tulip Had Bizarre Gut
- By the Numbers 103785
- AT T to adjust data plans January 22nd offers more gigs for more money
- AT T to adjust data plans January 22nd offers more gigs for more money
- US Chamber Of Commerce Appears To Argue That SOPA PIPA Apply To NO Websites At All
- Foursquare Adds Menus to Web-Based Explore Function
- Costa Concordia vs. Titanic Do They Compare
Look for more stories tomorrow. If an important story has been missed please leave it in the comments.
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