Contextless Links

• New government in England, Time let's us know what to expect.  Newsweek looks back at the early days.
• Why Germany hates Tom Cruise: Apparently it has nothing to do with Mission Impossible II
• Note to the L.A. Lakers: Cut your ties with Kobe.  Do you actually think that unless Phil Jackson can win every game and let Kobe score 100 points a game, he will start complaining about KG by Christmas.
• Calgary close to signing Iginla:  Apparently he hasn't heard who his coach will be.
• NHL, NBA to develop blogger policies
• Why is Microsoft threatening Linux:  Also an interesting bit on Google Data Centres: A lot of people do not realize that Google's architecture is based on cheap PCs running Linux and a customized networking system interlinking them. This design has galled and hurt the companies that make big iron servers, since Google's solution is cheaper and just as reliable. Well, at least it is as reliable as any PC. The actual beauty of the architecture is that if one of the PCs craps out and dies in the grid, it is just left there to rot. There is no need to swap it out. (This eliminates the need for a lot of workers, too.) This is similar in concept to a hard drive, where bad sectors are simply mapped out of existence. Slick.
• Total Cost of iPhone Ownership: Up to $5,914.76.  Black turtleneck not included.