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• 8 Banks in Talks to Rescue Ambac

  Eight major banks are in talks to bolster the Ambac Financial Group, the troubled bond insurance company, as part of an industrywide rescue being orchestrated by state regulators, people briefed on the negotiations said Friday. The banks, which include Citigroup and UBS, are considering injecting capital into Ambac and assuming some of the risks associated with guarantees written by the company.

• Tyra Banks’ Talk with Former Contestant

  Bianca Golden goes into juice details for an October episode of Tyra Bank’s talk show about the whole ordeal/brawl that occured at an airport in late July: “Before my mom could walk away from us, her father … punched my mom,” Bianca tells Banks. “He knocked her out. He hit my mom with such force she [...]

• Tyra Banks Talks About Her Personal Life

  Tyra Banks has revealed that the highs of her work life throws the lows of her personal life into sharp relief and she doesn't like it. She told Essence magazine recently: “I'd go to work [on The Tyra Banks Show], and women would be crying in my arms.” “But then I'd go home and put my key in my door and … nothing. No friends, no husband, no children.” “I feel so full when I'm at work but so empty when I come home.

• What We’re Talking About This Week

  Ethical Issues Surrounding Personal Health Records: Google Health and the Cleveland Clinic’s announced a partnership this week and everyone’s buzzing about privacy, portability, and all things Google. “HIPAA” has officially entered the public vernacular. David Hamilton outlines privacy and other ethical issues at Venture Beat. Steve Lohr adds more at his NYTimes blog, Bits. Betsy Schiffman at Wired’s blog is a bit more blase.

• DNA, "Race" and Fears of Racism

  You see a UPI release like this one, and you think, "DNA advances fuel racism fears…or is it the media fanning those flames?" Here's my take: We're talking genetic exceptionalism, again. The concept of "race" has always been a social construct, with a visual shorthand and local-history definition. Put simply, who did you look like [...]

• Shawn Henry gives a talk entitled: "How New Web Accessibility Standards Impact User Experience Design"

  Shawn Henry gives a talk entitled "How New Web Accessibility Standards Impact User Experience Design" at the "Usability Professionals' Association International Conference 2008" on Thursday, 19 June 2008, in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

• Philipp Hoschka gives a talk entitled: "Analysing The Importance Of Standardisation In Driving Mobile Internet Usage"

  Philipp Hoschka gives a talk entitled "Analysing The Importance Of Standardisation In Driving Mobile Internet Usage" at the "Mobile Internet" on Tuesday, 1 April 2008, in Berlin, Germany.

• Shawn Henry gives a talk entitled: "Catching up with Accessibility: The Basics Quickly"

  Shawn Henry gives a talk entitled "Catching up with Accessibility: The Basics Quickly" at the "SXSW Interactive 2008 Conference" on Saturday, 8 March 2008, in Austin, TX, USA.

• Ivan Herman gives a talk entitled: "State of the Semantic Web"

  Ivan Herman gives a talk entitled "State of the Semantic Web" at the "INTAP Semantic Web Conference 2008" on Friday, 7 March 2008, in Tokyo, Japan.

• Olle Olsson, W3C Sweden Office, gives a talk entitled: "The Semantic Web"

  Olle Olsson gives a talk entitled "The Semantic Web" at the "JFokus 2008" on Wednesday, 30 January 2008, in Stockholm, Sweden.