Interesting links of the week

I had one of those days where a lot of interesting stories and websites and I couldn't post about them individually. I don't know if I remember all of them because Blogger was so kind enough to delete my post. So here goes nothing:

• First Monopoly...now...BLOGPOLY! (really, it should be "Blogopoly")...
• Robert Cringely comments on the implications of technologies coming out of Microsoft, Apple and Google and whether this will lead to a drastic change in how we'll be using internet technologies.
  
• Speaking of Microsoft, Bill Gates warned of the future demise of the iPod at the hands of...cellphones?!?! Could he be slamming the iPod in order to tout Windows Mobile smartphone technology? Not that it matters since Apple's in cahoots with Motorola to put out its own multimedia phone anyways and all new and popular technology will eventually be replaced by better stuff. So is it such a bold prediction or merely another step in technology advancement?
• Everything you want to know about emerging green car technology can be found at, well, Green Car Journal Online.
• Manitoba Premier Gary Doer and Quebec Premier Jean Charest want a bigger role in dealing with international trade. Aren't they treading on federal jurisdiction? We know how loud the provinces complain when the Feds wanna play doctor or teacher too. Are they just taking advantage of the debacle that is our current federal government to further weaken its institutional powers?
  
• the Sudanese ambassador rejected our offer of 100 military advisers/officers to Darfur on the grounds that they only want African peacekeepers and their government weren't informed (our PM disagrees). They welcome bodies to deal with humanitarian and technical assistance programs, however. No troops, but money's ok. So what's the world's next step if we can't send our troops in to halt the slaughter? Methinks something's afoot.
• "You know that thing about interrogators at Guantanamo Bay desecrating copies of the Qu'ran and inciting anti-American rallies around the world? Well, turns out our source wasn't credible and that military reports didn't actually find such a thing happening. Sorry, our bad"...half the people will ridicule Newsweek for shoddy journalism and the other half will think it's a conspiracy to hide the fact that it may have actually happened. Boy, they sure hit the jackpot...
• "Global experts rank top 10 nanotechnology applications to aid poor"
• Finally, Songdo is a city to be planned and built from scratch in South Korea. They hope to replicate the neighbourhood diversity, mixed uses elements that great cities are endowed with by existing for centuries in a fraction of a time through 'careful planning.' Let's just say, as a planning student, I don't intend to hold my breath...