Links for Thursday September 24^th, 2009

• Verizon backing away from Palm Pre? | Electronista: Admittedly, this is a rumor. But I could see Verizon using the threat of taking on Palm as an attempt at leverage during negotiations with Apple. Let the conspiracy theories abound.

• Verizon's 4G rollout to occur "all-at-once" | Electronista: The possibility of a "mid 2010" iPhone being available on Verizon just got a lot more likely.

• Where The Buffalo Roamed « Weather Sealed: Neat visualization of McDonald's locations in the US. Answers the question of how far you can be from a McDonald's in the US:

  "Between the tiny Dakotan hamlets of Meadow and Glad Valley lies the McFarthest Spot: 107 miles distant from the nearest McDonald’s, as the crow flies, and 145 miles by car!"

• Microsoft beats Apple to tablets with the Courier | Electronista: Apple is supposed to be pressured by some Photoshop mock-ups from Microsoft? Yeah, right. This is FUD, pure and simple.