Link Collection

When someone tried to set off a bomb that was concealed in his shoe, all airport travelers had to start taking off their shoes. Now, a suicide bomber hid an IED in his butt, just like how drug smugglers have been hiding things for years, and this is a major concern for airlines...I hope they come up with a nice scanning device because I don't mind taking off my shoe but I don't want to think of them searching this area!
http://www.securitymanagement.com/news/saudi-suicide-bomber-hid-ied-his-anal-cavity-006178

Naval Research Laboratory scientists are developing a new technology that uses laser light to remotely create underwater sound, which can be used for undersea communications, navigation, and acoustic imaging:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090904165241.htm

Statistics show that Silicon Valley is shrinking--between 2001 and 2008 the number of high-tech jobs in Silicon Valley dropped by 86,000 (16.5%), and I'm guessing the number dropped further in 2009:
http://www.infoworld.com/d/adventures-in-it/silicon-valley-shrinking-838?source=IFWNLE_nlt_daily_2009-09-09

Swedish legislator says that we could slow the spread of swine flu by bowing instead of shaking hands:
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2009/09/09/Swedish-pol-Bows-will-slow-swine-flu/UPI-17251252478963/

The largest internet provider in Australia (Telstra) had an international gateway crash that resulted in its customers no longer able to access any websites that were hosted outside of Australia or that contained content that was internationally based:
http://www.broadbandexpert.com.au/broadband-news/broadband-news/broadband-connection-to-the-rest-of-the-world-lost-by-millions-in-australia/77668

Palm's stock tanked despite their launching a new phone (Palm Pixie) today and the lowering of the Palm Pre price. The stock plunged when an analyst downgraded Palm, saying that their choice of Sprint as the exclusive carrier of the Pixie would hurt sales:
http://www.thestreet.com/_yahoo/story/10596182/1/palm-plunges-on-analyst-downgrade.html?cm_ven=YAHOO&cm_cat=FREE&cm_ite=NA

The data shows just how badly Windows Vista has flopped, how IE is doing better than had been thought, and how Office 2007 is the most-used productivity tool:
http://www.infoworld.com/d/windows/truth-about-windows-users-826?source=IFWNLE_nlt_daily_2009-09-09