The Official Shifted Friday’s Weekly Link RoundUp – #1

The tech-savvy are the new top of the social order (Reuters)
http://nickholmesacourt.blogspot.com/2008/10/tech-savvy-are-new-top-of-social-order.html

Photos of Hyperinflation in Zimbabwe (What a real crisis is like)
http://humorland.wordmess.net/20081025/what-the-real-crisis-is-like/

Accept Credit Card Payments with your iPhone!
http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2008/10/30/accept-credit-card-payments-from-your-iphone

Australia’s Top Web 2.0 Entrepreneurs
http://www.smartcompany.com.au/Premium-Articles/Top-Story/20081027-Australias-top-web-20-entrepreneurs.html

How to lose a deal successfully
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/typepad/sethsmainblog/~3/435713838/how-to-lose.html

The “Sky Is Falling” for many traditional media companies
http://www.prweekus.com/Sky-falling-for-employees-at-many-media-brands/article/120118/

Brain peaks at 39 years of age and declines thereafter
http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/physical-decline-caused-by-slow-64365.aspx

Senator “series of tubes” Stevens convicted on 7 felony counts
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1008/14819.html

How to Tell If Your CEO Is Clueless
http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2008/10/our-team-is-tot.html

Sequoia Capital’s 56 Slides of Doom
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/10/sequoia-capitals-56-slide-powerpoint-presentation-of-doom/

Microsoft Office Comes to the Browser (Finally)
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/microsoft_office_comes_to_browser.php

10 Fastest Growing Social Media Sties in September 2008
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10073531-2.html

Aussie Google Phone to launch for $199 before Xmas
http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/biztech/aussie-google-phone-launch-by-christmas/2008/10/30/1224956203521.html

BigPond, iiNet and Internode MDs all say Australian CleanFeed ISP-level filtering will not work (Video)
http://www.zdnet.com.au/insight/communications/soa/ISP-level-content-filtering-won-t-work/0,139023754,339292158,00.htm

10 best Social Media tools for PR and Journalists
http://mashable.com/2008/10/30/best-social-media-tools-for-pr-professionals-and-journalists/

Is underdog LinkedIn poised to beat flashy Facebook
http://www.nytimes.com/external/idg/2008/10/27/27idg-Is-underdog-Lin.html

Your Gmail Account is now an OpenID
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/29/your-gmail-account-is-now-an-openid/