Geek Links — March 9, 2010
And for the latest round of geek links, we have everything from Apple news and programming humor to ☛
Google Buzz launch today! Right now! As I type, yo!
It’s phresh without that pesky refresh. Realtime commenting WITHIN your gmail with friends or strangers. A quick photo ☛
Google gets cuter everyday — redesign 2010
I viewed some screenshots of the big Google user experience redesign back last November, but I wasn’t sure ☛
Mac’s-i-Pad… not just for women
Chris joshed the other day, before the highly anticipated launch of Apple’s latest darling, the iPad. “Sounds like ☛
Microsoft’s little secret… sleek tablet currently in prototype dev
Looks like it’s targeted to designers… I don’t mind; I’ve been waiting for a cute portable net-tablet for ☛
Crayon Shinchan creator falls 35 stories to his death
Crayon Shinchan creator Yoshito Usui was identified through his dental records after falling to his death off a ☛
eBay sold Skype, public announcement tomorrow
eBay is finally offloading Skype, the thorn in their side since they acquired it in 2005 for $3.1 ☛
Animal News Cap: Panda extinction — Pachyderm prosthetics — Tracking narwhals — Catfax — Where do dogs come from? — Racecar vs. Horse
China’s giant pandas face extinction soon There are only 1590 wild pandas and 180 captive-bred bears left in ☛
News Cap: Wolfgang Petersen remakes Paprika — New PS3 Slim — Japan bans Politicians from Twitter
Wolfgang Petersen is making a live-action Paprika. I heard about this earlier in the month, but am still ☛
David Mamet helps Disney re-write the Diary of Anne Frank
Disney has recently acquired the rights to film The Diary of Anne Frank and they’ve chose oft potty-mouthed ☛