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Can you go a day at the office without e-mail? Employees at U.S. Cellular try to do that every Friday. A policy implemented a few years ago gives workers a respite from the e-mail avalanche.

An E-Mail Vacation: Taking Fridays Off : NPR

Two teenagers who posted a malicious "fire in the hole" prank on YouTube were slapped with a court order to post an apology on the same video-sharing site, according to a report in Florida Today.

Youths ordered to apologize on YouTube | Tech news blog - CNET News.com

After having a year to improve and tweak what many regarded as one of, if not the gadget for the 2007 calendar year, Apple's CEO, Steve Jobs, is expected to make an announcement at Apple's developers' conference today. Analysts are expecting new features that will cater to the corporate and simple business client alike. Let's see if the rumor turns out to be true.

Apple iPhone encore expected 

Many news magazines have stated some astronomical figures with regard to the number of PCs that are/have been infected with malware. However, ZD-Net's Ed Bott serious questions the accuracy of these "findings", as well as the motivation of those news magazines. What do you think?

Debunking yet another bogus malware study

For those who wish to cling to XP until the bitter end- there's a little bit of light at the end of the tunnel.  Although, to the many Vista abstainers, I say, get used to it!  I am not a huge fan of Vista, but we're facing the realities of a product cycle in a Microsoft world.  Our dependence on Microsoft products leads us down this path…

Microsoft has further extended the life of Windows XP so that computer makers can include the operating system on low-cost desktop PCs, the company announced at the Computex trade show on Tuesday.

Microsoft Extends XP Deadline for Low-Cost PCs

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

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