Apparently, nothing happened over the weekend.


Every new President is challenged. “Let's see how [insert name of president here] reacts.” Unfortunately, there are more potential challengers that ever.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/15/AR2009061500944.html
S. Korea Expected to Seek Reaffirmation of U.S. Nuclear Protection
By Blaine Harden Washington Post Foreign Service Monday, June 15, 2009; 8:03 AM
SEOUL, June 15 -- As state media in North Korea continue to warn of possible nuclear war, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak flew to Washington for talks with President Barack Obama at which Lee is expected to seek a written promise of continued U.S. nuclear protection


This is one possible explanation, another might be: “Oh look, Microsoft has done something interesting for the first time in a long, long while – let's see if we can figure out why.”
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/06/14/2040209/Does-Bing-Have-Google-Running-Scared?from=rss
Does Bing Have Google Running Scared?
Posted by kdawson on Sunday June 14, @08:22PM from the or-perhaps-maraschino dept.
suraj.sun alerts us to an anonymous-source story up at the NY Post, not what we would normally consider a leading source of tech news, claiming that Microsoft's introduction of Bing has alarmed Google.
"...co-founder Sergey Brin is so rattled by the launch of Microsoft's rival search engine that he has assembled a team of top engineers to work on urgent upgrades to his Web service, The Post has learned. Brin, according to sources..., is himself leading the team of search-engine specialists in an effort to determine how Bing's crucial search algorithm differs from that used by [Google]. 'New search engines have come and gone in the past 10 years, but Bing seems to be of particular interest to Sergey,' said one insider, who spoke on the condition of anonymity. The move by Brin is unusual, as it is rare these days for the Google founders to have such hands-on involvement in day-to-day operations at the company, the source added."
CNet's coverage of the rumor begins with the NY Post and adds in Search Engine Land's speculation on what the world of search would look like if Yahoo exited the field.

Related? Oy gevalt!
http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSTRE55D0UQ20090614?feedType=RSS&feedName=internetNews&rpc=69
Orthodox Jews launch "kosher" search engine
Sun Jun 14, 2009 12:45pm EDT
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Religiously devout Jews barred by rabbis from surfing the Internet may now "Koogle" it on a new "kosher" search engine, the site manager said on Sunday.
Yossi Altman said Koogle, a play on the names of a Jewish noodle pudding and the ubiquitous Google, appears to meet the standards of Orthodox rabbis, who restrict use of the Web to ensure followers avoid viewing sexually explicit material.
The site, at www.koogle.co.il, omits religiously objectionable material, such as most photographs of women which Orthodox rabbis view as immodest, Altman said.
… Nothing can be posted on the Jewish Sabbath, when religious law bans all types of work and business, Altman said. "If you try to buy something on the Sabbath, it gets stuck and won't let you."