Today's links

Friday, April 20, 2007 by Dave Winer.

Computerworld: "A hacker managed to break into a Mac and win a $10,000 prize as part of a contest started at the CanSecWest security conference in Vancouver." 

SF Chronicle: "The Virginia Tech shooting is the first major U.S. news story in which traditional media and new-media technologies became visibly interdependent." 

Microsoft is hosting a blogger lounge at Mix 07, April 30-May 2 in Las Vegas. 

Tim O'Reilly defends Amazon, who is suing Statsaholic, a site that builds on Alexa, which is owned by Amazon. Amazon is an O'Reilly customer and also sponsors their conferences. 

Reuters: "The Vermont state senate passed a symbolic resolution on Friday calling on the U.S. Congress to impeach U.S. President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney over their handling of the unpopular Iraq war." 

Frank Shaw: The Press And Iraq. 

Dan Ruby's Festival Preview.  

Engadget: Wal-Mart $299 HD DVD player.