If for some reason you have found an excuse to go on the computer for Memorial Day, this is the post for you. I’ve found some of the most interesting posts from the last week and compiled them into a nice top 10 list for you to enjoy. After you have finished it, go have a hot dog!
10. RIAA must pay back all $100M it has collected
9. Bloomberg Forbids Mentioning Compettiors, or Linking to Them
8. The Last.fm Hysteria
I am coupling all these articles into a single item, but each one of them deserves a read. This entire ordeal shows just how much of a frenzy the news industry can get into when given a controversial topic like the revealing of personal data to the RIAA. See the first and second article by Techcrunch. I also suggest reading TorrentFreak’s view of the matter.
7. Twitter’s Real-Time Search Hits Pause. Six Hours And Counting.
Twitter Search has had it’s results delayed by 6 hours. Louis Gray thinks this might be a database hit, which wouldn’t be uncommon for a service like Twitter. According to the Twitter blog and using the feature, it is back, but this still shows that Twitter is fragile.
6. Microsoft dumps 3-app limit from Windows 7 Starter
For awhile now, people have been complaining about the 3 application limit on the Windows 7 Starter Kit. This version of Windows was suppose to come out on small netbooks and be a way for people to try a lite version of Windows 7. Turns out they will no longer have that limit, or that’s what Paul Thurott says.
5. Google Labs Adds Email Preview
4. The Freemium Model And A Desktop App Get The Thumbs Up With Pandora One
3. Palm Pre counting down to a June 6th launch?
2. Napster relaunching, again: $5 per month streaming plus five free downloads
1. Another Rumor: What We Know About The Apple Tablet So Far
