del.icio.us links for 2006-01-06

• Farcical Pestilence: Microsoft genetically-modifies Tux: I noticed a recent Microsoft ad with a very familiar looking chicken. In fact, he looks a lot like a certain well-known penguin. (art linux microsoft)
• CNN.com - NSA: Amanpour, other CNN reporters not targeted for surveillance - Jan 6, 2006: A senior U.S. intelligence official told CNN on Thursday that the National Security Agency did not target CNN's chief international correspondent Christiane Amanpour or any other CNN journalist for surveillance. (liberty media nsa surveillance)
• STSC CrossTalk - Correctness by Construction: A Manifesto for High-Integrity Software - Dec 2005: High-integrity software systems are often so large that conventional development processes cannot get anywhere near achieving tolerable defect rates. This article presents an approach that has delivered software with very low defect rates cost-effectively (bugs design howto programming reference security software)
• The Australian: Dog saves Taiwanese newborn [January 06, 2006]: A woman gave birth to a baby boy into the toilet and managed to cut the umbilical cord with a small pair of scissors before collapsing on the floor. Her faithful dog snatched up the infant in her mouth and rescued him from drowning. (dog news sploid taiwan weird)
• The Left Coaster: King-George-gate: Myths v. Realities: Justifications for Bush's secret warrantless wiretapping debunked. (bush congress crime evil fisa nsa politics us)