We read the blogs, so you don’t have to.  From the FSJ News Center:
You know those Northwest pilots who forgot where to land?  Turns out they were using their laptops instead of minding the store..uh, plane.  The forecast from Mozilla Labs calls for rain. Microsoft decides they’re not in a “family way” after all.  GeoCities says it’s time to shut ‘er down.  And what’s one thing to really turbocharge Windows Mobile?  Read on.

Mozilla Labs has a little something cooking- does it sound Wave-y to you? (Firefox Facts)

Microsoft drops Fox show sponsorship. (Engadget)

Apple to sponsor the Chicago Transit Authority? (No, not the band.) (Chicago Sun-Times)

GeoCities is now 404. (Macworld)

Say hello to Google Social Search. (Search Engine Land)

CNBC: We won’t apologize. (Silicon Valley Insider)

To make Windows Mobile better, it’s getting Zune integration! (The Microsoft Blog-SeattlePI.com)

NTSB says pilots who missed the airport were using laptops in the cockpit. (MSNBC)

Snow Leopard meets Windows 7.  (The Joy Of Tech)

iPods of the future?  (Huffington Post)

There are no words to describe this. (CNET Reviews)

Author Ken Auletta has a new book on Google, with a terrific title.  (CNN Money)

We read the blogs, so you don’t have to.  From the FSJ News Center:  New Mac/PC ads for Windows 7.  Apple’s huge banner in Boston breaks rules, but that’s OK. CNN.com’s GM pulls an El Jobso. Icahn says adiós to Yahoo! board.

Carl Icahn departs the Yahoo! board. (Business Insider)

Pepsi pulls plug on controversial iPhone app. (ABC News.com)

Not gonna even try to re-write this headline. “Why Steve Jobs Could Be A Savior For Media Companies.” Could be? (All Things D)

Sergey wishes Yahoo! had hung in there with search. (Why? So he could beat them up more?) (WSJ)

Believe it or not..there are a few people that don’t own cell phones.  Must be a cult.  (New York Times)

You think Mac and PC were gonna ignore the Win7 launch?  Think again. This time, it’s gonna be different.  (Apple.com)

Keeping with Win7 for a minute- it’s a big story, admit it- here’s the new OS launched on a..MacBook Pro, on The Today Show.  (CrunchGear)  Plus, here’s a list of what you won’t get in Win7. (BBSpot.com)

More commercial news- this time with Ask.com.  Michael Arrington believes their new spots are endangering baby seals.  Like this?  (TechCrunch)  Meanwhile, Ask tweets denial. (Twitter)

CNN.com gets facelift, looks like “iTunes for news.”  Money quote: “KC Estenson, the CNN.com general manager took the stage. He looked somewhat like Steve Jobs in a dark sweater, jeans and wireless microphone.” (WSJ)  Facebook updates as well. (KCBS.com)

Apple gets to keep it’s massive iPod banner, despite the rules.  (Boston.com)

Some WSJ guy goes after Marissa at the Web 2.0 Summit.  Have the speakers turned up, and listen for The Laugh at about 8 seconds into the clip.  (YouTube)  More here. (Valleywag)

Also at Web 2.0, current AOL CEO Tim Armstrong says they’re working on something “big and secret.”
The world crosses its collective fingers and waits.  (News.com)

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Pogue does Q&A on Win7, while Natali hits the morning show circuit.  Microsoft’s new retail store is now open.  Money quote: “It’s an awful lot like an Apple Store.” (Are these the Technical Advisors?) It’s good to be Bezos.  Nokia accuses Apple of patent infringement. This fellow is glad AOL fired him. Speaking of that, here’s a guy from Fox News who found out he’d been fired by getting a Google Alert. This says Snow Leopard is an “upgrade dog.” Bono continues to distance himself from El Jobso, aligning his band with Google/YouTube.  Finally..Sting had one of these..did you?

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Can you say GTunes?  And are they going to do a phone of their own? The new Magic Mouse means another Snow Leopard upgrade. Amazon UK says Windows 7 is the biggest advance-order item ever. BTW, having a launch party? Gizmodo wants your photos.  Time-Warner cable leaves 65,000 customer routers open to attack.  Bing becoming integrated with Twitter and Facebook. Sun sets on 3,000 employees.  Yahoo! earnings up, but they tell Ogilvy “It’s Not Y!ou.” Marissa talks about social search.  A Wired scribe wants some “Nook.”  Wanna see one of the new MacBook Poly’s torn apart?  And finally, since I’m a 007 fan- RIP to Dr. No.  Well done, sir.

The week began with a poll.  What’s a good name for the rumored Apple tablet?  Results here.  Squirrel Boy’s track record takes another hit. FSJ tackles the problems with Android.  Disney asks Dear Leader for some retail therapy.   El Jobso takes a meeting with Demi and Ash.  An entire TV show will be sponsored by a certain new OS. Speaking of that OS, Apple sees a chance to grow market share when it gets released.  (We can’t forget the Flight Of The Falcon, either.  Hitler was not pleased.)

The day kicked off with the surprising announcement of President Obama winning a … major award.  No, not that major award. The Goatster has praise for Windows 7…or was that Vista? The Industry Standard (correctly) states Apple doesn’t care about social media.   Artist David Hockney gives much love to his iPhone.  For some reason, people think Snow Leopard has issues.  Matt Drudge is going bonkers about Barry’s award.  Gartner loves Android so much they can’t stand it.  An iPhone gets a makeover. One tech site thinks Google Wave is more like a puddle.   And this clip won’t win Redmond any awards for ad excellence.