'Flying Car' Goes to Market (Discovery News)

A Boston-area company plans to begin flight tests this year of a two-seater airplane that moonlights as a car.

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Stanford iPhone class ends, projects and resources posted (Ars Technica - Infinite Loop)

The first semester of the controversial iPhone programming class at Stanford University has come to an end. Students of the class have put together a website to show off their final projects.

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LinkedIn Clamps Down on Super-Connected Users (CIO.com)

LinkedIn has imposed new restrictions on the number of connections any one person can have, say members of the LinkedIn open networkers, a controversial group that accepts almost all LinkedIn connection requests. The group appears to be walking an increasingly fine line with the social network.

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Change has come to WhiteHouse.gov

At 12:00 pm today, Barack Obama became the 44th president of the United States and his new administration officially came to life. At 12:01 pm, the White House's new website, which will serve as a place for the President and his administration to connect with the rest of the nation and the world, made its debut. They didn't waste any time.

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The Top Tools for Tax Season (PC Magazine)

This year, more than any other, you want to save every penny you can on taxes. An accountant (expensive) or one of these three great tax applications is the way to go. PCMag reviews Intuit's stellar TurboTax, the reliable TaxCut from H&R Block, and TaxACT. One of them will guide you safely through the tortuous tax process.

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Best and Worst Tech Products: Tech Picks and Pans 2008 - (BusinessWeek)

It may have been the year of the rat on the Chinese calendar, but most everywhere in the world it was the year of the smartphone with Apple, Research in Motion, and Google feeding the frenzy. BusinessWeek's technology writers and editors report on these and 17 other selections for the 20 best tech products of 2008, as well as five highly anticipated products that failed to meet expectations.

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