iPhone features everywhere in rivals' new phones | Reuters:

The phone industry is envious of Apple's AppStore, which lets iPhone users download thousands of small software programs to personalize the way they play games, listen to music or find directions.

The Danger Sidekick had this long before Apple thought of making a phone. Anyone know if any other platform had a on-board, all-download store for purchasing phone apps?

Microsoft SQL Server 2008, 2005, 2000 and 7.0 Builds:

This unofficial build chart lists all of the known KB articles, hotfixes and other builds of MS SQL Server 2008, 2005, 2000 and 7.0 that have been released.

MTV Multiplayer » 30 Minutes With The American Nintendo DS-i:

The Nintendo DSi will be released in the U.S. on April 5 for $169.99. The device had been out in Japan since the fall, but until four Nintendo reps visited me this month — carrying the DSi in a small metal briefcase – I had not seen the system in person.

And it looks sweet:

Carrot History - Origins and Development:

It is said (with no documentary evidence) that the cultivated and edible carrot dates back about 5,000 years ago when the purple root was found to be growing in the area now known as Afghanistan.

Akhlaq - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

Akhlaq (Arabic: أخلاق‎) is an Arabic term referring to the practice of virtue, morality and manners in Islamic theology and falsafah (philosophy). It is most commonly translated in English dictionaries as; disposition, nature, temper, ethics, morals or character (of a person).

Stardock Fences: organize your icons into floating areas on your desktop | freewaregenius.com:

Fences is a free windows enhancement that allows you to create folder-like, semitransparent groups that float on the desktop and allow you to organize your desktop icons within them. It also offers the option to hide all or some of your desktop icons by double clicking on an empty area.

By now, however, I'm not sure I need it as much, I've already taught myself to just deal with it...

Sure I already finished this multiple times on the GameCube, but I loved the controller setup on Metroid Prime 3 so much, I'd love to play this again in full HD, wide screen, with updated controls... I loves me some Metroid

The White House - Blog Post - Relief for Gaza:

By the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, including section 2(c)(1) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962 (the "Act"), as amended (22 U.S.C. 2601), I hereby determine, pursuant to section 2(c)(1) of the Act, that it is important to the national interest to furnish assistance under the Act in an amount not to exceed $20.3 million from the United States Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund for the purpose of meeting unexpected and urgent refugee and migration needs, including by contributions to international, governmental, and nongovernmental organizations and payment of administrative expenses of the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration of the Department of State, related to humanitarian needs of Palestinian refugees and conflict victims in Gaza.

Though even as little as 10 times this much is still a fraction of what goes to Israel and Egypt to keep the Gazans down, and greatly improves the lives of the people of Gaza to the point that they'll no longer support violent means of political change. $20.3 million, however, will barely make a dent and isn't even as much as has been reported that Hamas has put up. Perhaps it's time to go back to the methods of the cold war, less actual war, more competition to out-spend the oppenent...