links for 2007-12-19

• Linux Update: Ubuntu 7.10 and Built-In DVD playback
  I want Ubuntu in my DELL
  (tags: dell dvd legal Ubuntu)
• Google Gets Ready to Rumble With Microsoft - New York Times
  A big battle is coming in, I have been for years a fan of Microsoft, but with Google I am starting to have doubts and to move on to it.
  (tags: google microsoft business cloud technology)
• Next for Apple: Lossless iTunes Store - Nate Lanxon, MP3 & Digital Music Reviewer - Technology Blog at CNET.co.uk
  How do I get all my library to lossless, that is going to be the challenge.
  (tags: apple news tech)
• Sex tourism inverted | FP Passport
  Moreover, there's still a major power differential. It's still about wealthy Westerners preying on the poor.
  (tags: sex tourism WTF)
• Marginal Revolution: What does Bolivia have to do to make the front page?
  If there is any trend over the last five hundred and fifteen years, it is that indigenous peoples in the Americas are losing control over natural resources. The solution is private property for indians.
  (tags: economics Federalism news Bolivia politics via:errepece)
• Publius Pundit: Chavismo Without Chavez? Archive
  The opposition's victory on December 2 ushered in a new stage in Venezuelan--and Latin American--politics. But it did not determine where things will head.
  (tags: Venezuela democracy Chavez)
• Neatorama » Blog Archive » The Top Ten Stupid Criminals of 2007
  A man flew into a rage at the Giant Eagle supermarket when employees refused to cash a million-dollar bill.
  (tags: 2007 crimes Humor Lists)
• Review: Windows XP - Coding Sanity
  hahah, very true.
  (tags: windows microsoft xp humor)
• Feature: Lifehacker's 2007 Guide to Free Software and Webapps
  Very interesting list of software.
  (tags: software freeware Lifehacker utilities via:errepece)
• Geek to Live: Have a say in what Google says about you
  (tags: google internet lifehacks blogging)
• Comparing Lower-Cost Online Integrated Applications
  Software for non-profits
  (tags: nonprofits software)
• All the Web Based Tools You Need for Setting Up a Virtual Office | Digital Inspiration Technology Guide
  Interesting.
  (tags: office tools web2.0 webtools)
• What To Do When Your Gmail or Google Account is Hacked | Digital Inspiration Technology Guide
  Very important to have handy.
  (tags: security google gmail email tools)
• Mozy Online Backup: Simple, Automatic, Secure
  (tags: Mozy backup online)
• CR Blog » Blog Archive » The Bible According To Google Earth
  Scenes from the Bible have been imagined by countless artists over the centuries, but never quite like this. God’s Eye View portrays four key Biblical events as if captured by Google Earth.
  (tags: google photography art)