Making judicious use of a commissioner's power (USA Today) The pendulum swings in sports as it does in every other aspect of our culture, its arcing approach toward the side of law and order now unmistakable. There's a bit of Kenesaw Mountain Landis in at least two of the Big Four professional sports commissioners these days, which is as it should be.
Intel announces "Core 2 Duo on steroids" (Addict 3D) Even though Intel is probably the industry's biggest proponent of multi-core computing and threaded programming, it today announced a single thread acceleration technology at IDF Beijing.
Mining battle marked by peaks and valleys (USA Today) In the hamlets scattered across the coal fields of southern Appalachia, the news from the courthouse was a breath of fresh air to many: A federal judge had sided with environmentalists fighting to stop a form of destructive strip mining known as mountaintop removal.