Skype for iPhone coming soon?

Holy crap! Skype for iPhone would be so cool. http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/26/skype-for-iphone-coming-soon/

$2.4 billion US electric vehicle plan revealed, jetpack solution ignored again

New electric car funding program! Eat that GMC.

$2.4 billion US electric vehicle plan revealed, jetpack solution ignored again.

via Engadget by Thomas Ricker on 3/20/09

You asked for it, now here comes the change... $2.4 billion dollars of it stuffed into giant sacks for those hoping to produce electric vehicles in the US. The plan unveiled by president Obama Thursday allocates $1.5B to US manufacturers to produce batteries, $400M to evaluate plug-in hybrids and to implement the infrastructure (e.g., charging stations, technician training, etc) required to support them, and another $500M for related components. As for you, the plan (now law under the $787 billion stimulus package) allocates a $7,500 tax credit to people who buy plug-in hybrid vehicles. The goal is to help the US catch up to foreign competition with regards to electric vehicle technology and to put a million "environmentally friendly" vehicles onto US roads by 2015. As Obama puts it, "The nation that leads on energy will be the nation that leads the world in the 21st century." That's why we're investing all our dough in a sure thing like Steorn.

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More Sources Point to a Touchscreen Apple Netbook in 2009

Looks like Apple is making a touching netbook. I hope they still
update the iPhone. I need a new one. http://www.macrumors.com/2009/03/10/more-sources-point-to-a-touchscreen-apple-netbook-in-2009/

President Obama's Executive Order on Stem Cell Research: "Restoring scientific integrity"

President Obama supporting stem cell research. http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/obamaforamerica/gGxNCf

Burnout Paradise Boost Specials Coming This Week

Burnout devs are pumping out car packs faster than I can download.. or
afford. http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3173172

Microsoft May Be Drawing Down Availability of 360 Elite

Microsoft may be getting rid of the standard Elite.

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3173149

Mitch Poe

NYTimes: In South Korea, Drinks Are on the Maple Tree

For centuries, southern Korean villagers have been drinking the sap of
the gorosoe, or "tree good for the bones."...

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/06/world/asia/06maple.html

No More Blank Checks

Obama puts an end to needless no-bid contracts.

http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/obamaforamerica/gGxRFb

NYTimes: Obama Vows to End Stalemate on Health Care Policy

President Obama continues fight for healthcare.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/06/us/politics/06web-health.html