Interesting Links for 16 Dec 2009 - 05 Jan 2010

Interesting links for 16 Dec 2009 - 05 Jan 2010:

• Oracle's 'Sun'day - NYPOST.com - Larry Ellison's Oracle won an all-clear from Europe's top antitrust official to proceed with its $7.4 billion purchase of Sun Microsystems after reaching a verbal agreement to protect a piece of
• Official: British telly really is almost all repeats - I knew I'd seen that programme before.
• High-speed Chinese train kicks French, Japanese butt - Wow that's fast and expensive too. I can only imagine traveling on a train that quick.
• The Darwin Awards 2009 - They're out again you're in for a treat again: it's amazing how stupid some people are.
• Full body scanners may break child pornography laws - Telegraph - Ooops. Someone didn't think this one through. So will children be exempt or will the age of a child be lowered to 3?