Wikileaks Founder Lands Swedish Gig, Craigslist Killer Found Dead

by Warren Riddle on August 16, 2010 at 11:55 AM

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines....

WIkileaks founder Julian Assange has grabbed a column with Swedish publication Aftonbladet. While speaking to the paper's editor, Assange divulged his site's plans to seek Swedish constitutional protection and to release 15,000 more classified documents. [From: Mathaba]
Phillip Markoff, the alleged "Craigslist Killer," apparently killed himself in his prison cell over the weekend, but authorities are baffled as to how he actually committed the deed. [From: Business Insider]
Hulu, which ranks as the Web's top destination for TV viewing (and reportedly generated $100 million in revenue last year), could go public this fall. [From: Reuters]
USC Annenberg and UC Irvine have become the latest institutions of higher education to implement iPad programs, as the two universities are distributing the devices to their journalism and first-year medical students, respectively. [From: Engadget]
A Tokyo commuter train was forced to stop last week when a passenger's iPod (A nano, perhaps?) reportedly "burst apart" before emanating a suspicious smell. [From: Engadget]
The crew behind the Web's 'Auto-Tune the News' revealed to Wired that a TV version of the viral phenomenon will be appearing on home monitors next year. [From: Mashable]

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