“Journalists suffered one of their deadliest years ever in 2006, with Iraq once again proving the most dangerous place in the world for the media to work, two media watchdogs said on Sunday … Paris-based Reporters without Borders (RSF) said at least 81 reporters and 32 media staff were killed …”
It’s a pretty shocking statistic [...]

You, too, can listen into coded messages to spies! Digg has a great link to ths article from the Washington Post:
“All you need is a cheap shortwave-radio receiver, the kind available at any drugstore … Turn the dial up to 11545 kHz, and you might hear a few notes of an obscure English folk song, [...]

From YouTube, here. Via Google Video, here.

“…a string of mishaps, criticisms, and embarrassments have left the Mountain View, Calif.-based company with some exposed vulnerabilities that may make it somewhat easier for an ‘anti-Google’ to emerge this year.”
Webware writes about what 2007 holds for the search company - read it here.

The New York Times has a great article on the changing nature of technology. Not too long ago, manufacturers would have to ensure that devices would wear out so as to ensure people replaced them. Now, our upgrade culture and thirst for new technology means that quite the opposite is true. Read it here.

My objections to both the death penalty and the unfairness of Saddam’s trial aside, the first day of Eid - a religious festival in which Sunni and Shia Muslims come together in the ritual of the Hajj - is not a good time to execute him. There’s a definite whiff of burying bad news during [...]

For the third time, Russian state-owned monopoly Gazprom is threatening to cut gas supplies to smaller countries unless they accept huge price increases and allow the company to take part-ownership of their network. If Russia thinks this is acceptable, the EU should be seriously worried about energy security and consider sanctions against Russia. But then [...]

From YouTube, here.

Bush has said he’s making “good progress” on a strategy for Iraq. Well, that’s a relief… I was starting to think that neither Bush nor Blair knew what to do about the mess they’ve created. Talking of Blair, how come he’s not with Bush trying to work out a strategy? Oh, that’s right… he’ll just [...]

From BoingBoing, here.