Business:
http://money.cnn.com/2009/02/16/news/international/japan_gdp/index.htm?p...
Japan's GDP falling at 12.6% per year
https://secure.wikileaks.org/leak/caryle-group-financial-crisis-2008.pdf
Interesting PDF from Carlyle group, focused on MENA region but addresses causes of crisis and its effects on private equity
http://consumerist.com/5150175/facebooks-new-terms-of-service-we-can-do-...
Facebook owns you, forever.
http://www.newsweek.com/id/184437
break em up, break em up, break em up.
http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2009/02/13/nationalisation-by-autu...
Nationalized by Autumn
http://www.miamiherald.com/460/story/904842.html
Good Business: banker gives 60 million to his staff
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/columnists/article5729034...
Britains bankers plumb to new depths
http://business.theage.com.au/business/us-gambles-freedom-on-risky-print...
Risk of running the presses
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/198202/diamond
Have you ever tried to sell a diamond? The world's most successful cartel and branding
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/markets/japan/article5723...
panasonic: staff buy our stuff now!
Science/Technology/Medicine:
http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/08/11/2331197.htm
Cleaning cells, makes them last longer. One step towards stopping the aging process
http://www.newsweek.com/id/184656
twitter unmasked
http://searchengineland.com/comscore-to-report-google-maps-now-number-1-...
Google overtakes MapQuest
http://www.networkworld.com/community/?q=node/9999
Congressional Aide tries to hire hackers to improve his GPA
http://www.livescience.com/strangenews/090214-weird-life.html
Artificial DNA points to Alien Life
http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_11691598
Nigerian scam hits first government victim?
http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2009/02/shoot-is-iphone.html?npu=1&mbid=yh...
iPhone gold rush
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=1283120
Where you go on the net is no longer private
News:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7891856.stm
Chavez changes term limit
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7892294.stm?lss
Nuclear Subs crash
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/02/13/2490473.htm
Fugitive Octopus: Sid the octopus escapes tank survives 5 days in the drain
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-538609/Russias-Rambo-recluse-die...
Rambo... Russian style
Politics:
http://www.truthout.org/021309A
Dump the GOP
Fun:
BANG! Osaka, Japan you can pretend to shoot people and they will pretend to die