Check those people by the building waiting for the train. Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Today was the shareholder meeting, and one impertinent shareholder was allowed to speak to Dear Leader. He wanted to know if some of the surplus cash Apple is sitting on could be doled out to (imagine this) shareholders in the form of a dividend? Jobso says he prefers “holding on to the company’s cash hoard for potential acquisitions and ‘bold’ investments.”

Here’s some more breathless commentary from CNBC. “Jobs…was on stage at Apple headquarters Thursday in his standard uniform of a black turtleneck, blue jeans and wire-rimmed glasses. (Really? -Ed.) He nodded appreciatively in response to shareholders who said they were glad he was back.”

Windows XP.  True. There are over 6,000 PCs and laptops running the Vancouver Olympics.  And they’re running on Windows XP.  Windows 7 is too new, OK.  Vista is…Vista, as Ina Fried points out. So XP it was. 

You may think you know your Bing from a Bot, but then again, maybe you don’t.  So the website eSarcasm has provided a helpful glossary of terms.

Six new features graduated from Gmail Labs, and another five have bought the farm. Get more details here. Speaking of Gmail, TechCrunch says some folks have been having Gmail issues today.

And so began the historic conversation. There’s a 71-year-old good ol’ boy down Woodstock, Georgia way y’all..goes by the handle of Louie Sulcer. Country music fan, seven stents in his heart and artificial hip sockets in his legs.  He got a personal call from Dear Leader, and he’s also got a 10K iTunes card, for being the lucky soul who downloaded the 10 billionth song on iTunes. It was a 1958 Johnny Cash song,  “Guess Things Happen That Way.” He got a Nano for his birthday last October, a gift from the kids.  He’s got about 100 songs in there, and “doesn’t even know what they all have” in that there iTunes vault.  Well, he’s gonna find out.  And dang it, can someone puh-leaze get this man more storage capacity?

Eight months after the debut of their “iPhone-killer” Palm Pre, they’re missing their numbers and lowering guidance. CEO Jon Rubinstein, still in deep denial, actually says that Palm’s phones are the superest, bestest, most amazingest mobile phones in the whole wide world, yet somehow, curiously, “driving broad consumer adoption of Palm products is taking longer than we anticipated.” Amazing. Good night and good luck, you massive losers.

Oddee.com has a story about a dozen of the coolest sheets and blankets for your bed.  Couldn’t find a “Zune” design, strangely enough.