This week’s tasty tidbits from the business and technology front, as well as other recommended links:

• Amazon.com unveils slimmer Kindle 2. No color, but it talks. — The new Kindle is half the size, with 25% battery life and significantly improved storage (now 2gb). HUALUGHLAUA (Homer-esque drooling sounds)…
• Error message cake: Or why human proofreaders are still needed — The unintentionally funny consequences of online ordering systems.
• Wireless Electricity Is Here (Seriously) — A simple yet revolutionary step in the history of technology: it’s time to start getting rid of power cords. This breakthrough is closer than you might think!
• Google Latitude keeps tabs on friends’ locations — From a technological standpoint, this new geo-app market is a ground-breaking advance in mobile technology and social networking. From a personal point of view, I am wary.
• I Am Here: One Man’s Experiment With the Location-Aware Lifestyle — This piece explains why am I wary (re: above) of geotagging applications.
• Interactive Graphic: Map of Popular Super Bowl Words Used on Twitter — Fascinating and fun interactive feature from the NY Times. Try the option to just watch the emoticons…
• The world’s first 12-megapixel cameraphone is coming — It’s probably time to start adding new features to phones instead of just improving the camera indefinitely. How about projectors?
• Economy Pinches the Billable Hour at Law Firms — Clients and lawyers alike are relieved that the economic downturn may provide an opportunity to rid ourselves of the perverse incentives created by the billable hour system.
• Menstrual calendar apps…for men — One for the iPhone is called PMS Buddy. Says the founder: "Women don’t appreciate it when you come home and maybe things are a little tense and the man says ‘Hey, do you have PMS?’" Ya think?