Happy birthday to GNU, cheaper iPods, more Chrome, more

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-10031316-92.html

 

http://www.forbes.com/2008/09/03/ipod-apple-price-tech-intel-cx_bc_0903ipod.html

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/03/technology/personaltech/03pogue.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin

 

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080902-hands-on-with-chrome-googles-browser-shines-mostly.html

(Don't ask me to explain ceiling cat...)

 

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080903-twitter-far-more-than-what-i-had-for-lunch-today.html

(Trying to explain the appeal of twitter is nearly impossible)

 

MUST read, how the 'net works:

http://arstechnica.com/guides/other/peering-and-transit.ars

 

Ars is on fire today, some great articles:

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080903-hands-on-with-starcraft-2-new-technology-classic-play.html

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080902-report-gonzales-mishandled-classified-wiretap-docs.html

http://arstechnica.com/journals/thumbs.ars/2008/09/03/littlebigplanet-beta-coming-in-september

http://arstechnica.com/staff/fatbits.ars/2008/09/02/straight-out-of-compton

(Do read the comments on that one!)

 

http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2008/09/03/fake-steve-jobs-talks-real-steves-health-bringing-back-fsj

 

http://gizmodo.com/5044635/first-nikon-d90-dslr-videos-show-off-stunning-effects-low+light-powers

(I shoot a Nikon D300 and a Canon 20D, but the new D90 looks interesting as the first consumer level DSLR to shoot HD video, check out the Chase Jarvis blog if that sounds interesting to you)

 

Sam