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Future Implications: Why Microsoft will fear Google and Linux — The skepticism is over. With Google’s membership in the Open Invention Network, Redmond is in for a rude awakening.
Life with the iPhone after 30 days: More shortcuts and more freezes — The gentle ping announcing e-mail is a nice early-morning feature, but trouble with a text message leads to a hard, eight-second reset.
What’s wrong with music downloads? — Compressed music can sound good enough–if you don’t know what you’re missing. Maybe it’s crappy sounding music that’s killing the music business.
Debunking Baby Einstein — New research shows the videos may not make kids smarter. Did parents really believe the hype that they did? Can we all get back now to playing rather than learning?
House OKs energy bill–but where’s the beef on energy or climate? We’re still short of a comprehensive climate solution. And our “energy” bill didn’t really address either oil consumption or oil supply.
Google’s Custom Search blog classified as spam, deleted, briefly taken overDIY: Save money with a home energy auditMaps: Google Maps adds Street View to more citiesNews: Universal to sell DRM-free tracks, excludes iTunesWalk Score 69, how’s yours?