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Think you're smarter than a 5th-grader? 5-year-old chimp beats college kids in computer game.  (Dec. 3).  Copyright 2007 The Associated Press

Mud is eatable?  I have to say wow!  It's so sad for the Haitians as they are eating muds to appease hungers.  While I write this post, the Haitians are so poor that they can't even afford a single plate of rice, and instead of just rice, I'm not even talking about meat, they have to eat muds to survive.  Read more at ap.google.com.

United States is trailing behind Japan, UK, and other countries in the providing of fast Internet connection.  We're not talking about broadband speed!  Broadband speed is fading away in the first world countries, and yes, the United States is still embracing it. 

As a professional blogger and entrepreneur, I face the quality v success challenge every day. There are thousands of blogs in dozens of niches that are doing spectacularly well by following the PageViews = Money formula and are quite successful ventures for their owners, although at their core the product is decidedly third-rate. Reading these blogs angers me because I expect better from the top bloggers, but at the same time there's an admiration for their unwavering commitment to doing what works and continued amazement at how we overestimate the intelligence of our readers (selfishly, I might add).

AP What is happening: Cell-phone carriers including AT&T, Verizon Wireless and Alltel will be turning off their analog networks starting Feb. 19, 2008.

A suicide blast in the Beiji, Iraq killed at least 22 people and wounded 50.  Another suicide attack in Baqouba killed four others.  (Dec. 25).  Copyright 2007 The Associated Press

The old media is on a life support and maybe it will stay that way for a long time to come.  The old media got hit by the storm of the new media.  Online streaming videos and on-demand access sort of stuffs have play a major part in the killing of the old media.

CNET News.com - 2 hours agoWhen Google unveiled its opensocial developer initiative at the end of October, observers hailed it as the future of the social Web.

Explosion sparks massive fire in southern Ontario city of Barrie.  A Thai restaurant exploded and the fire spreads from there.  No indications of the whys, and whatsoever at the moment, and at the now the firefighters concentrate their resources to subdue the fire.

Authorities executed another search warrant late Tuesday in the case of a former suburban Chicago police sergeant suspected in his 23-year-old wife's disappearance.  (Dec. 5).  Copyright 2007 The Associated Press