Apple To Remove Carrier IQ, Java Language Is King, Thai Hard Drives and Cool Web Gaming

Cool. Mouse lock and using game pads.
http://hacks.mozilla.org/2011/12/paving-the-way-for-open-games-on-the-web-with-the-gamepad-and-mouse-lock-apis/

Apple named in CarrierIQ lawsuit......but at least they are actively getting rid of it.............so they say.
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9222424/8_companies_hit_with_lawsuit_over_Carrier_IQ_software

Ummmmmm.....not sure I would ever refer to programming anything as "sexy". As cool as it may be, that's a reserved word for me.
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9222432/C_wins_developers_but_Java_still_reigns

This is interesting simply in that it shows that Thailand accounts for 40 - 45% of worldwide hard disk drive production.
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9222331/Thailand_floods_spur_rush_to_SSDs

Design Tools, Software Design and Gamepads

Free Tools for .Net programmers. Wish I were one!
http://www.devproconnections.com/article/free-tools/free-tools-net-developers-141483

CSS resources. Cool. Wish I were a web designer.
http://www.techrepublic.com/photos/10-css-resources-for-busy-web-designers/6331376

Interesting. Using a Gamepad with Internet games. Gotta say, cool.
http://hacks.mozilla.org/2011/12/paving-the-way-for-open-games-on-the-web-with-the-gamepad-and-mouse-lock-apis/

This talks specifically about conveying software design needs, but high level principles are for the taking.
http://mashable.com/2011/11/30/communicate-software-developer/

George Hummel wrote Tyranny of the Urgent. This is Tyranny of the Tool. Appropriate and applicable to non-software scenarios, too.
http://www.whattofix.com/blog/archives/2011/12/tyranny-of-the-1.php