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Links of the day

Matt Simmons: The Oil & Water Mix – nice statistics about potable water, metals recycling and the oil industry

Microsoft Talks Google’s Privacy “Fails” at SXSW | WebProNews

Leaked UK record industry memo sets out plans for breaking UK copyright – Boing Boing – WTF. The BPI-authored changes the effect of which was that “the security services concerns were not being met” and then goes on to talk about the irony that the Open Rights Group and the Security Services being on the same side as if it validates his standpoint

Excel Cheatsheet – handy set of Excel commands including VBA scripts

China Mobile Confirms Acquisition Of 20% Stake In Shanghai Pudong Development Bank – ChinaTechNews.com – interesting move to position itself well for m-commerce and mobile banking

Mobile operators make service pledge

Mini cheerleaders spread sakura support – really nice take on a Japanese tradition by Mini

Nokia Expands Est On ‘09 Market Size; But With Lower Share – Barrons.com

The Case for Innovation: FTC, NY State, EU v. Intel – NVIDIA attack sit, not nearly as good or as credible as GrokLaw

Tories will halt IT procurement and try to stop contracts over £100m | Pinsent Masons LLP

Nominet plans release of super-short domain names | Pinsent Masons LLP

Breaking Into a Conversation Gracefully – Harvard Business Review

UK Telecom Industry attacks Digital Economy Bill amendment | Benton Foundation

The Pitch HK: Celebrating Hong Kong’s creative talent – interesting move by Hong Kong to cement its place as a creative powerhouse

AOL Lifestream – pretty good product, will it be enough to make AOL relevant again?

Chinese Consumers Complain About HP’s Products – ChinaTechNews.com – H-P undergoing its own version of Dell Hell in China “HP was also publicly discriminating against Chinese consumers by offering them maintenance services different from those provided to consumers in the United States.”


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