Iraqi Politics and Computer News Galore!

The handover of partial sovereignty to Iraq two days early certain made its presence felt in BlogPulse, but the boys at Apple Computers grabbed their share of the limelight, too. Among Monday's top links, Steve Jobs' double-whammy announcement of Apple's upcoming update to OSX 10.4 (called "Tiger") shared the spotlight with Apple's new 30-inch flat-screen monitor. Let the drooling begin... Apple, in fact, appeared in eight of Monday's 40 top links. (By comparison, Fahrenheit 9/11 was mentioned in five top links, and the Bush Administration's ceremonial hand-over of power to the Iraqis is mentioned in six).

And perhaps it's just coincidence that Bill Gates is considering his own blog?

Meanwhile, couldn't help but notice an item about the predicted swelling of the call-girl population in New York City during the Republican National Convention, as reported by the New York Daily News).

Most of Monday's bursty phrases and blog bites were a mix of the comings-goings in Iraq (Bush, Bremer, Iraqi officials) and the Supreme Court's decision that enemy combatants held at Guantanamo Bay are entitled to basic legal rights. Yaser Esam Hamdi, the American-born citizen held in Cuba as an enemy combatant, was Monday's burstiest person, no doubt because of the coverage of his suit before the Supreme Court. In the No. 3 position is essayist Larry Eastland, who takes voting-pattern analysis to a whole new...and totally theoretical....level.

TREND GRAPH OF THE DAY: Euro 2004 soccer tournament...who's left standing, and who's getting blogged?