Wednesday Link-Off: New Time, Same Channel

mandy-moore-details4I’ve decided to move my weekly link dumps up to Wednesdays and let Jackie have free reign on Saturday. I figure the change in programming can only serve to make this more irrelevant. Headlining the post isMandy Moore for no real reason. After the jump, my favourite soccer/shoe commercial ever.

Blame Vince McMahon for all of societies ills?  If I was a journalism school graduate, I would say why the hell not. Since I actually have some common sense, I like this article. (Bleacher Report)

The new Presidential CrackBerry is coming soon to a White House near you. (Daily Telegraph)

A list that Jackie would appreciate: We all know that China has lots of knock-offs of popular brands, but they don’t put much effort into coming up with new names. (Daily Mail)

Women take note: Experts say that faking it in the bedroom is a bad thing. (Edmonton Sun)

Haven’t we watched enough movies to learn this just won’t end well?  IBM is creating a supercomputer to play Jeopardy against real people. (New York Times)

The US Supreme Court decides that Freedom of Speech does not apply to network television. (BBC)

Since we talked about the NFL draft last weekend, here’s how much an undrafted free agent can expect to make in the NFL. (CNBC)

General Electric has announced a new disc technology.  It can store 500 GB and uses hologram technology. (PC World)

Anderson Silva, the best pound-for-pound fighter in MMA, has his next opponent: Former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Forrest Griffin. (Yahoo) Continue reading