Prototype battery is 3 times cheaper & 1.5 times more energy-dense

http://www.businessinsider.com/these-twins-built-their-own-lab-to-test-a-revolutionary-battery-design-2012-2

/ Stanford  dense graduate /

Cheap power meter at Aldi

http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2012/02/dealhacker-cheap-power-meter-at-aldi/

/ Amp /

"RedPad", the $1,600 tablet for Chinese officials

http://mobile.theverge.com/2012/1/19/2719417/redpad-android-tablet-chinese-officials-controversy

/ laughing stock cheapest looking credentials /

Peak Oil can fuel a change for the better

http://m.theage.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/peak-oil-can-fuel-a-change-for-the-better-20120110-1psqg.html

More about SOPA

How SOPA will break DNS
http://boingboing.net/2011/12/18/how-sopa-will-break-dns.html 

Lamar Smith is a cheap date
http://boingboing.net/2011/12/18/lamar-smith-is-a-cheap-date.html

Humble Indie Bundle shows Linux users aren’t cheapskates

Interesting statistic.

http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2011/07/humble-indie-bundle-shows-that-linux-users-arent-cheapskates/#more-395215

"The age of cheap oil is over" – IEA

 Report from the International Energy Agency:

http://www.iea.org/index_info.asp?ID=1928