Daily News Roundup

• Eat, Sleep, Work, Consume, Die [Wired]
  “Technology makes it possible for us to work harder than ever. If you’re lucky, you get paid more for your labors. Then you consume more. And the cycle repeats itself. Is this the sign of a healthy society? Ummmm … no.”
• Google’s Tough Call [Wired]
  “The search giant must decide how to handle the battle over its latest great idea: Google Print. This could change the internet as we know it. “
• Online Shopper: Board Games to Put Families Back in Play [NYT]
  “Board games from around the world that are good family fun and also make great gifts are available on the Internet.”
• French Police Fear That Blogs Have Helped Incite Rioting [NYT]
  “The banners and bullhorns of protest are being replaced in volatile French neighborhoods by cellphone messages and Skyblog.”
• Girls ‘put off technology jobs’ [BBC]
  “Experts want more girls to pursue information technology, as the proportion of IT workers who are female falls to 21%.”
• Friendster overture not endearing to all [CNET]
  “A recent mass e-mailing that angered some customers shows just how intense the competition is getting among social networking sites.”
• Stolen PC holds sensitive consumer data [CNET]
  “Machine stolen in October from credit monitoring service has ID information on 3,600 consumers.”
• Senior Citizen Bloggers Defy Stereotypes [AP]
  “Forget shuffleboard, needlepoint and bingo. Web logs, more often the domain of alienated adolescents and home to screeds by middle-aged pundits, are gaining a foothold as a new leisure-time option for senior citizens.”

Die Dulci Fruere