Segment 1:
* The excitement in the particle physics community is palpable at the moment, with a regular stream of tweets emitting from CERN
http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2009/11/lhc-sets-new-energy-record-full-power-still-year-away.ars
* Amazon.com said on Monday that its Kindle electronic book reader posted its best sales yet in the month of November, as rivals struggle with fulfilling their customer orders
http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/Amazon+says+Kindle+sales+monthly+record/2290047/story.html
Segment 2:
* South Korea, the latest nation to begin offering the Apple iPhone, has seen about 60,000 units sold on launch day, a far cry from the 1 million sold in the US for the iPhone
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/20631.cfm
* Dell Inc. engineers have successfully booted Google Inc.'s Chrome OS open source operating system on one of the vendor's netbooks
http://www.crn.com/it-channel/221901390;jsessionid=5FVM2ADMWHWYDQE1GHPCKHWATMY32JVN?cid=ChannelWebBreakingNews
Segment 3:
* Impress PC Watch has leaked the roadmap for Intel’s upcoming desktop processors, and it looks like faster Core i5 and i7 chips are on the way, along with the new i3 line
http://blogs.zdnet.com/gadgetreviews/?p=9763
* Who would have suspected that the hot toy of 2009 would be a robotic hamster
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2356404,00.asp
* eBay is criticizing a French court's ruling that orders the company to pay a $2.55 million fine to European conglomerate LVMH
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-10406074-92.html
Segment 4:
* Interview: Jack D. Hidary, chairman of National Lab Day
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Email from listeners
I just read the excellent article you wrote regarding smart phones. You mainly discuss Blackberry and its shortcomings. I was wondering if you have had a chance to check out the Droid which is being offered by Verizon.
