links for 2009-02-16

Photos of the SEACOM cable landing station in Mombassa

The new head of GlaxoSmithKline, Andrew Witty, announces pricing and IP changes likely to benefit the developing world and shake up the world of global pharma. Looks like very good news if he follows through on promises.

A somewhat Malthusian analysis of world food security… but some very helpful thinking about the idea of "peak water", an idea that's at least as scary as peak oil.