gleans at 2:20 PM MT, 5/24

 

 

 

New Bond novel for Fleming centenary

Ian Fleming estate set to boost its fortune with a new James Bond novel written by Sebastian Faulks

 

Chasing pirates

Tackling modern day Blackbeards of the Malacca Straits

 

Web users 'getting more selfish' Web users are getting more impatient, selfish and ruthless when going online, research suggests.

 

Global Dreams for a Wireless Web

 

Non-fiction 

The Trillion Dollar Meltdown by Charles Morris and The New Paradigm for Financial Markets by George Soros:

The Sunday Times review by Edward Chancellor: complementary accounts of the recent global meltdown and what it means for the future

 

Quiet Please: Dispatches from a Public Librarian by Scott Douglas

The Times review by Caroline White <== odd

 

Charles Fort: The Man Who Invented the Supernatural by Jim Steinmeyer

The Times review by Mark Stafford

• UFO: an Undeniably Fading Obsession

The Complete Works of WH Auden edited by Edward Mendelson

The Sunday Times review by James Fenton: a superb edition of Auden's essays, reviews and insights

 

Exposed

By EMILY GOULD

What I gained — and lost — by writing about my intimate life online.

• Emily Gould is taking readers' questions and comments
• Blogrunner: Reactions From Around the Web

 

Digital-Lifestyles.Info

Wii Fit, Tipping The Scales on Exercise
Washington Post - By Mike Musgrove After all the good times we've had together, it's nice to know my Wii doesn't think I'm fat. Last week, Nintendo launched an unusual product designed for use with its fast-selling game console.

 

MTV.uk

`Indiana Jones' Earns $56 Million in First Two Days (Update1)
Bloomberg - By Dan Hart May 24 (Bloomberg) -- ``Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull,'' the fourth film about the archaeologist- adventurer from Viacom Inc.'s Paramount, earned $56 million in ticket sales over two days and may be headed for a record.