GuruNews (at least a little), Volume 9 Number 33, 9-10-09

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Vol. 9, No. 33                          

9-10-09

 

1 Not really 

2 Google biggie search, Jobs back in the saddle, battery hacking, Asus Amazon killer?, MS vs. Linux

 

It was pointed out to me this evening that I had neglected to mention the holiday schedule in last week’s newsletter.  Sorry about that, as a general rule the Guru newsletter staff takes holiday weeks off but even Daniel missed that.

 

He did a news piece for this week so I included it, as an apology for being remiss in my duties for notification.

 

I sincerely apologize and hope you had a good Labor Day weekend…

 

Kevin Mefford, Editor

pcguru at microdome.net

 

 

Tech News of the Week
 

Google super sized the search box on the Google homepage this week.  Rumors of Google purchasing the drug maker Pfizer are untrue:

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/09/now-s-u-p-e-r-sized.html

Steve Jobs made his way back as the face of Apple this week at their Let's Rock event where they introduced new features for the iPod MP3 players.  Jobs cam back after a liver transplant and several months away from the company:

http://tinyurl.com/mh53pf (video of Jobs' "Welcome Back" speech)
http://gizmodo.com/5355697 (news on the new iPod releases)

>From the 'nifty things to know' file:  How to power a remote control with only one battery and a paperclip:

http://lifehacker.com/5355450/

Asus, makers of computer components and the new 'netbook' (mini-laptop) computers, announces a reading tablet like Amazon's Kindle:

http://tinyurl.com/nzdq9e

 

Microsoft is starting to send out the troops to fight other operating systems and its target now is Linux.  Microsoft's points on the matter are a little biased, and as a happy Linux user I can say I'm completely satisfied with my operating system.  Their tactics aren't working on me:

http://consumerist.com/5356342/

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