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Daily Digest: It’s All About Goodbyes

Posted in Digest by Dan at 10:24 pm
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Daily Digest for 5/17/07:

  • Wolfowitz feels the burn, says goodbye: World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz resigned today, having decided he couldn’t fight the machine. It’s not as black-and-white a case as some might have us believe.
  • Will Universal Search Mean Universal Domination? : With its universal search, Google is now going to offer results in web search that integrate results from all of their vertical search properties, such as image, video, maps, local, blogs, etc. The video results will include results from third party video sites like Metacafe, and not just from Google’s own YouTube and Google Video.
  • Movie Review: Shrek the Third: When Shrek married Princess Fiona, becoming the next King and Queen of Far, Far Away wasn’t part of the plan. So when his father-in-law, King Harold, falls ill, it is up to Shrek to find a suitable heir or he will be forced to give up his beloved swamp for the throne. Recruiting Donkey and Puss In Boots for a new quest, Shrek sets out to bring back the rightful heir
  • Even satellite radio has its limits: The 30-day suspension XM Radio gave two disc jockeys this week for their vile banter about the secretary of state sends a loud message: Apparently you can’t say anything on satellite radio.
  • U.S. company recalls beef for suspected E. coli: A meat company in the United States is voluntarily recalling about 59,020 kgs of beef products in 15 states because of suspected contamination by the potentially deadly foodborne bacterium E coli O157:H7, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture quoted by media reports Friday.

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