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* Ack, the tubes are cracked. A major earthquake off the coast of Taiwan [created][3] an Internet blackout across much of Asia. The quake damaged the undersea fiber optic cables that serve China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Hong Kong and elsewhere. Officials say the repairs will take some time, but declined to give a specific timeframe.
[3]: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/249389/1/.html "Earthquake disrupts internet in Asia"
* Things are heating up the in investigation of Apple stock options. Law.com [reports][1] that the case against Apple may involve "falsified" stock options documents. Law.com's claim is unverified, but Apple shares [fell][2] 4 percent this morning as Wall Street apparently believes most everything it reads.
[1]: http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1167127308611
[2]: http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=internetNews&storyid=2006-12-27T143635Z_01_N20358521_RTRUKOC_0_US-MARKETS-STOCKS1.xml&src=rss "Reuters on Apple Share Price Drop"
* It's my favorite time of year, list time. And my favorite list, the Wired [vaporware awards][4], just came out this morning.
[4]: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,72350-0.html?tw=wn_technology_1 "Wired's picks for Vaporware 2006"
* Missed this one: Wired is [suing] AT&T over AT&T's alleged illegal participation in government surveillance. Wired (and some other, lesser news outlets) wants the judge to unseal the documents.
[5]: http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2006/12/wired_takes_on_.html "27B Stroke 6 on Wired/AT&T case"
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