China’s Wen makes Internet debut (AFP)

February 28, 2009

A student watches Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on the Internet in Beijing. Wen joined the Internet craze Saturday as he chatted online with netizens for the first time, broaching issues as diverse as a shoe-throwing protest and corruption among officials.(AFP)AFP - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao joined the Internet craze Saturday as he chatted online with netizens for the first time, broaching issues as diverse as a shoe-throwing protest and corruption among officials.


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Bolivia pins hopes on lithium, electric vehicles (AP)

February 28, 2009

Piles of salt lay on the salt flats of Uyuni, Bolivia where the population has harvested salt for years, Tuesday, Jan 27, 2009. Underneath the salt lies the world's largest lithium reserves.  A showdown is brewing as multinationals are lured by the reserves but face a cold reception from the Evo Morales government known for nationalizing industry. Lithium is the key component for electronics batteries and electric car batteries. (AP Photo/Noah Friedman Rudovsky)AP - To Bolivia's president, it's the great silvery-white hope.


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Jaunty Jackalope: Where’s the Beef? (PC World)

February 28, 2009
PC World - I'm getting a little worried about the state of open source on the desktop. Modest strides forward have been made in recent times, bringing open source to entirely new audiences. But there might be the faintest whiff of complacency.No tag for this post.