Lunch Links for Thursday, September 27
September 27th, 2007 by Joe Bardi in News
“That’s nice kid, but I’ll bet my home theater bitch-slaps yours.”
+Mixed Messages: New home sales continue to crater, but the economy seems to be humming along anyway. [CBS, Bloomberg]
+There are reasons you don’t outsource a war — just ask the State Department. [Wash. Post]
+Bad new for everybody: All types of alcohol raise the risk of breast cancer in women. Male scientists said to be hard at work on a new, non-carcinogenic inhibitions inhibitor. [TBO]
+Researchers at Northwestern University think Alzheimer’s disease may actually be “type-3 diabetes.” Yeah, they didn’t know there was a third type either. [Physorg]
+Beginning of the end for iTunes? The DRM dam breaks as Amazon opens its own online music store, selling all songs without copy protection and for as low as $.89. [The Street]
+Halo 3 makes $170 million in 24 hours (the best debut by a video game ever), clobbering the opening-day haul of every Hollywood blockbuster ever released. Yes, even Spider-Man 3. [PC World]
+Who do you call when the fire station is burning down? [Local 6, S.C.]
+Twilight for Barry Bonds. [MLB.com]
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