links for 2009-01-29

"EMI Germany hit Twitter with the first - very brief - review of 'Sounds Of The Universe'. The tweet read simply: 'We have just finished the listening session for the new Depeche Mode album. Wow! This is going to be a massive release.'"

"I realise that some of you may find this inconvenient, but do not believe that in the current search market the BBC can genuinely make enough of a difference. We need to focus our energies where we can truly do so. I want to direct our efforts over the coming months on providing a richer selection of external links across BBC Online".

"It is understood the embargo breach was informally agreed by the editors involved, who acted in concert because of their irritation at the force's strategy."

"Croatian band Let 3 are trying to get the Catholic Church banned in Slovenia". It appears to be a total non-story, but what a great headline

"The Sun's splash from January 7, 'Terror target Sugar', is being investigated by the Press Complaints Commission after claims it was a hoax". I suspect the PCC will find that since the complaint doesn't actually originate from Osama Bin Laden, it can't adjudicate...

Peter Morville on twenty deliverables that UX people need to be able to produce. With little sketchy icons.