links for 2010-07-16

[randy]

• Old Spice guy and Alyssa Milano get flirty on Twitter – The Marquee Blog – CNN.com Blogs
  Perhaps for Milano, lifeguard humor sounds kinda like flirting. When she asked if Old Spice guy was, in fact, flirting, Mustafa informed her that he wasn’t, just like he wasn’t sending her “fragrantly fragrant” flowers and a “handwritten note from my heart to your doorstep, via my bare feet running over the California mountains.”

  Interestingly, he actually did – and Milano took pictures to prove it.

  (tags: old.spice funny twitter)
• WRAPUP 9-BP says test shuts off oil from ruptured Gulf well | Reuters
  HOUSTON, July 15 (Reuters) – BP Plc (BP.L) (BP.N) conducted pressure tests on its blown-out Gulf of Mexico well on Thursday and said no oil was leaking into the ocean for the first time since the accident began in April.
  (tags: bp oil gulf about.damn.time)
• Apple iPhone sales soar at Androids expense, new data suggest – by Bruce Tyson – Helium
  Because the platform with the most developers is likely to be the one with the most momentum, the Millennial Media data is even more enlightening: Nearly 60% of all single-platform developers are working on iPhone applications and only half that number is engaged in Android development. Only 8% of developers are writing apps for Blackberry, a number that may portend further market degradation of that brand.
  (tags: iphone app.store apple android app)
• Microsoft COO Likens iPhone 4 To Windows Vista – Software – IT Channel News by CRN
  "One of the things that I want to make sure that you know today is that you're going to be able to use the Windows Phone 7 and not have to worry about how you're holding it to make a phone call," Turner said, eliciting roars of approval from the WPC faithful. "It looks like iPhone 4 might be [Apple's] Vista."
  (tags: iphone iphone4 microsoft vista windows)
• Report: Apple knew about iPhone 4 antenna probl – Flash Player Installation
  Apple's image for consumer friendliness took another hit today: Bloomberg reports that at least two experts warned CEO Steve Jobs about the iPhone 4's antenna problems long before it was released.
  (tags: apple iphone iphone4 antenna.problem)
• Newsarama.com : The Walking Dead | Zombies | Comic Book TV
  Over the course of seventy-four issues and counting, the zombies of writer Robert Kirkman’s comic series The Walking Dead have stalked comics fans and stalked the sales charts, bucking trends and like his superhero opus Invincible, continually rising in sales from issue to issue. Kirkman, along with original series artist Tony Moore and current artist Charlie Adlard, have told the story of a humble county Sheriff who sets out with his family and a small group of survivors to chart a course through the zombie horde and to some kind of safety.
  (tags: zombies comics kirkman the.walking.dead)

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