MIT Researcher Turns Cyber Threats into Art
Associated Press
A Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researcher who is also an artist has found subtle beauty deep within the dangerous computer code that can attack computer networks.

ISP Dilemma: Is Faster Web Access Needed?
Wall Street Journal
In deciding whether to spend billions to upgrade networks to offer super high-speed connections, U.S. Internet service providers (ISPs) are asking: how fast does the Web need to be?

Maryland Repeals Tax on Computer Services
eWeek
Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley has signed into law a bill that repeals a controversial 6 percent tax on computer services.

U.S. Pushes Energy Star Efficiency for Data Centers
Computerworld
The U.S. government wants IT managers to pay attention to the new Energy Star efficiency ratings when they are shopping for data center equipment.

While reviewing financial news today at the GOOG Finance page (my favorite money site for tracking investments) I plucked these AAPL (Apple) news tidbits from the last month.

Apple Inc. opposes Big Apple’s green logo
Mercury News
Apple Inc. says The Big Apple is worming into its territory with a logo the city is using for its green living campaign. Apple on Friday renewed its challenge to a trademark registration application that New York City filed last May, saying the apple logo was too similar to its own.

T-Mobile slashes iPhone price to 99 euros from 399
Reuters
In an offer posted on Friday on its Website (http://tinyurl.com/29pokf), T-Mobile said it would sell the 8 gigabyte version for as little as 99 euros together with a two-year contract costing 89 euros a month from April 7 through June 30.

Apple Displaces Wal-Mart As Top U.S. Music Seller 
CNN Money News
Apple said data from NPD Group showed iTunes as the top music retailer in the U.S. for the months of January and February. The data, from NPD Group’s MusicWatch survey, identifies and counts a CD purchase as 12 songs, excluding songs bought through wireless transactions. The figures show Apple surpassing Wal-Mart less than two months after a similar report in which Apple moved past Target Corp. for second place in terms of U.S. music sales.

The news links this time are all related to movies, some you can look forward to watching in 2008, in some cases, they’re straight to video. I’m not rehashing the ones we’re discussed before like Speed Racer, Iron Man, Dark Knight.

War Of The Worlds 2 The Next Wave 2008 STV
ReleaseLog
This is not a sequel to Steven Spielberg’s version of War of the Worlds, the one with Tom Cruise. The aliens return to complete their plan of human domination, launching a second wave of attacks that threaten to destroy what is left of humanity. This time, humanity is ready to wage ware and tries to take the fight to Mars.

100 Million BC
Kihl Studios
A scientist from the failed Philadelphia Experiment leads a team of Navy SEALs back in time to the Cretaceous Period to rescue the first team he sent back during the 1940s. Things go wildly awry though, when on his return he accidentally brings a giant, man-eating dinosaur back through the portal and into modern-day, downtown Los Angeles.

 
The Incredible Hulk
Marvel 
While hiding out in Mongolia, the Hulk is captured by the Russians. After days of torture and tests, the Russians collect enough DNA to create their own Abomination. The Hulk eventually escapes and the Russians send the Abomination to destroy him.

Hellboy 2: The Golden Army
Coming Soon
After an ancient truce existing between humankind and the invisible realm of the fantastic is broken, hell on Earth is ready to erupt. A ruthless leader who treads the world above and the one below defies his bloodline and awakens an unstoppable army of creatures. Now, it’s up to the planet’s toughest, roughest superhero to battle the merciless dictator and his marauders. He may be red. He may be horned. He may be misunderstood. But when you need the job done right, it’s time to call in Hellboy.

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Rob Cohen: The Mummy
The O’Connells must stop a mummy awoken from a 2,000-year-old curse who threatens to plunge the world into his merciless, unending service.
Doomed by a double-crossing sorceress (Michelle Yeoh) to spend eternity in suspended animation, China’s ruthless Dragon Emperor and his 10,000 warriors have laid forgotten for eons, entombed in clay as a vast, silent terra cotta army. But when dashing adventurer Alex O’Connell is tricked into awakening the ruler from eternal slumber, the reckless young archaeologist must seek the help of the only people who know more than he does about taking down the undead: his parents.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
IMDB
As Harry Potter begins his 6th year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, he discovers an old book marked mysteriously "This book is the property of the Half-Blood Prince" and begins to learn more about Lord Voldemort’s dark past.
Voldemort is tightening his grip on both the Muggle and wizarding worlds; Hogwarts is no longer the safe haven it once was. Harry suspects that dangers may even lie within the castle, but Dumbledore is more intent upon preparing him for the final battle that he knows is fast approaching.

Just for fun:

Happy Waffle Day!
Holiday Insights
This holiday originated in Sweden. It is called Våffeldagen. The holiday coincides with the Feast of the Annunciation. This day was also considered the start of spring in Sweden and Europe.  It became a custom for Swedish families to celebrate the two events by making waffles on this day.

Camouflage your Beer Can
Random Good Stuff
Want to enjoy some suds in the park or in an area where they frown upon the consumption of beer? Don’t want to pay the inflated prices for a cold beer at the beach? Well now you can enjoy your brews and nobody will be the wiser.

Science:

Dog Fur Reveals Mercury Pollution
Live Science
A sled dog’s thick fur coat may do more than protect it from inclement weather: Scientists say it can be used to detect mercury contamination in the environment — and possibly even in humans.

Doctors Outline Policy To Prevent Genetic Discrimination
Science-A-Go-Go
The American College of Physicians (ACP) has released a policy document which they believe should be integral to new laws designed to protect against genetic discrimination in employment and insurance.

Polar bears will destroy the American way of life
Scientific American
The real threat isn’t a changing climate upsetting the foundation of human civilization. The real threat is polar bears:

Tech:
Android port turns phones into webservers
LinuxDevices
Webtide has announced a port of its open source Jetty webserver to the Android mobile phone platform.

Accidental Wi-Fi access still a criminal offense in Maryland
Beta News
If you’re sitting on a coffee shop patio with your laptop, and you find out later that you happen to be accessing the Wi-Fi from the attorney’s office upstairs by accident, should you go to prison? A Maryland legislator says no, but his bill is facing opposition.

Will You Standardize the @#$%! Chargers Please
ZDNet Blogs
Stop the charger insanity for all these mobiles and mobile accessories!

Why Apple fans hate tech reporters
Salon
On hot-button issues — the Israeli-Palestinian conflict or the Mac-PC divide — we’re quick to see bias in even the most objective news.

Just for Fun:

  20 Insane Supervillain Schemes In Flowchart Form [Cracked]

  Dreamcast.com Being Used for Phishing Scam [Extremetech]

  How we present ourselves to aliens [Live Science]

Gadgets:

  USB Memory Bomb [Slash Gear]

Green Power:

  Stunning Solar Building Will Generate More Power Than It Needs [MetaEfficient]

Tech:

  Top 10 Up-And-Coming Tech Cities [Forbes]

  I wrote Donkey Kong [Dad Hacker]

  US Navy’s new policy: Only open software [Powdermonkey]

  DARPA funds mechanical nanocomputer [CNet]