April 2, 2010

On the eve of the first deliveries of Apple's new tablet media player, parts of the World Wide Web are adapting to become more "iPad-friendly." The New York Times and NPR are among several major web sites creating special versions which will offer video that won't need the popular Flash player, which doesn't work on Apple products like the iPad. Source Link

This year's U.S. Census is a big undertaking, but it's nothing compared to the headcount that's underway now in India. The world's most populous country is conducting a year-long tally of over a billion people. And it's more that just names and addresses to be gathered. The task includes photographing and fingerprinting everyone over the age of 15 for new national identity cards. Source Link

The Final Four of the NCAA Men's Basketball tournament are in Indianapolis for warm-ups before tipoffs tomorrow. Michigan State and Butler will tangle in the opening semi-final contest. Top seed Duke, considered the favorite to win the national championship, will take on West Virginia in the nightcap game. The winners from Saturday will meet for the championship on Monday evening. Source Link