Asus is implementing a tempting new feature into some of its upcoming laptops. It's a feature that neither MACs nor Windows PCs currently boast. What is this feature and would this feature give you the impetus to try the Linux OS?

Asus to launch laptops with instant-on feature || Crave CNet

Google announced on its official blog late Wednesday that Google Sites, its simplified Web site creation service, is now available to any registered Google user.

Google Sites for everyone: GeoCities 2.0? | The Social - CNET News.com

We all enjoy pulling up a youtube video of a commercial or song. Some look up episodes of their favorite shows. Whatever you do with youtube, you need to keep your eye on the $1 billion lawsuit that Viacom has slapped on Google. Whereas Viacom views it as an obvious case of copyright infringement, Google has responded with it's own statements.

Viacom's $1 billion copyright infringement lawsuit against YouTube "threatens the way hundreds of millions of people legitimately exchange information" over the Web, YouTube parent Google said in a legal response to the suit."

Google says Viacom's suit 'threatens' Net || CNET News

From PC World:

After the usual lengthy alpha phase–and more than a little hullaballoo over potential privacy concerns–Google Health has launched. While it remains to be seen whether entrusting your personal health records to Google is ultimately a good idea, the service does offer some value as a convenient online place to store and manage your health information.

PC World - The Inside Dope on the New Google Health Service

The latest trend in scientific research is distributed computing, using thousands or millions of computers spread across the Internet to work together as one ultra-powerful super computer.  There are a number of research projects that rely upon distributed computing to perform the complex and time-consuming calculations that would take too long with just one computer.  How it works: you install a piece of software on your computer that uses your computer's idle time to help contribute to the massive task at hand.

Next time you get up from your computer, consider this - you could be helping scientists discover new ways to attack the global food crisis, find a cure for cancer or understand the impact of climate change on Africa.

An IBM-supported computer grid works for the common good - May. 15, 2008

ALSO check out Stanford's Folding @ Home 

Why have a landline if you can carry your phone anywhere? Sure, landlines have advantages like better call clarity, but recent studies from the Centers for Disease Control have found that an increasing number of households either don't have a landline phone or rarely use the landline that they do have.

More Americans Cutting the Cord - TechNews World

Mobile Internet aggregator iPass it teaming up with in-flight broadband provider Aircell to give its customers access to broadband on planes.

On Tuesday, iPass announced that it would offer Wi-Fi roaming with Aircell Gogo, an in-flight broadband service expected to launch soon in the United States. Aircell's service is expected later this year on American Airlines and Virgin America.

iPass to add in-flight Wi-Fi roaming | Tech news blog - CNET News.com

Cablevision is building a Wi-Fi broadband network in the New York area, the company said Thursday.The company said it will use wireless mesh technology to build a high-speed Wi-Fi network that will cover parts of its cable footprint in New York, Connecticut, and New Jersey. The new network will take two years to complete.Cablevision to build Wi-Fi network | Tech news blog - CNET News.com

Installing Windows XP Service Pack 3 sends some PCs into an endless series of reboots, according to posts to a Microsoft support forum.

XP SP3 cripples some PCs with endless reboots

As mobs of Yahoo! shareholders everywhere grabbed their pitchforks and torches, shortly after they picked their mandibles up off of the ground, Jerry Yang, Yahoo!'s CEO, tried to explain the inexplicable. Yahoo!'s main man turned down a seemingly exceptional offer from Microsoft for $33 a share. His reason for not accepting the offer? He felt that Yahoo! is worth something in the realm of $38 a share. Oh really?
Let's put that into perspective: after Microsoft decided to stop playing economic ping pong with Yahoo!, Yahoo!'s stock dropped about 18% to about $23. That is still about 20 percent higher than it was before Microsoft made its initial offer.

Sounds to me like daddy thinks a bit more highly of his baby than logic would warrant. Still, it seems that shareholders are continuing to hope for a deal as Yahoo!'s stock went up to $26 a share. Or maybe, they actually believe that Yahoo! can come through with something brilliant. After all, Jerry Yang may just be hedging his bet on Yahoo!'s next big thing.

Yang betting on Y!Open to save Yahoo!