Bernard Lunn / ReadWriteWeb:
Distributed Mass Customization: Is Etsy the Next eBay?  —  A lot of people scratched their heads when Etsy raised $27 million.  What on earth?  Handmade goods, that’s about as low tech as you can get!  —  Then Umair Haque, a well respected blogger and strategist - albeit one who is known […]

Erica Sadun / The Unofficial Apple Weblog:
iPhone Haptic Keyboard Prototype debuts  —  For quite some time, people have been asking for a haptic keyboard on the iPhone — a way to produce tactile feedback when a user taps or hovers over a key.  If you’ve used the Wii, you’ll know exactly what I’m talking […]

Wired News:
Speed Up Windows Vista  —  The flash and polish of Windows Vista seduced you, but so far the glamorous interface is just sucking the life out of your PC.  Fear not, this guide has everything you need to turn Vista into the beautiful *and* speedy OS you were dreaming of.

How-To Wiki / Wired News:
Speed Up Windows Vista  —  The flash and polish of Windows Vista seduced you, but so far the glamorous interface is just sucking the life out of your PC.  Fear not, this guide has everything you need to turn Vista into the beautiful *and* speedy OS you were dreaming of.

Opera:
Opera brings Google search to your pocket  —  Google is now the default search option in Opera’s industry-leading mobile browsers  —  Opera today made Google™ the default search engine in Opera’s mobile Web browsers.  Now anyone using Opera Mobile or Opera Mini can access Google’s …

BBC:
EU fines Microsoft record $1.4bn  —  The European Commission has fined US computer giant Microsoft for defying sanctions imposed on it for anti-competitive behaviour.  —  Microsoft must now pay a record 899 million euros ($1.4bn; £680.9m) after it failed to comply with a 2004 ruling that it abused its position.

Charles Forelle / Wall Street Journal:
EU Fines Microsoft $1.35 Billion  —  BRUSSELS—The European Union fined Microsoft Corp. €899 million ($1.35 billion) for failing to comply with a 2004 antitrust order, tying up a remaining loose end in the EU’s landmark case.  —  It won’t be the end of Microsoft’s saga in Europe.

Abbey Klaassen / AdAge:
AOL CEO Randy Falco: Microsoft-Yahoo a Mistake  —  Happy to Let Them Fight Google on Search and Leave Display Ads to Him  —  PHOENIX (AdAge.com) — AOL CEO Randy Falco thinks a potential merger between Microsoft and Yahoo to compete with Google is all about search — and a mistake.

Miguel Helft / New York Times:
A Highflier Loses Altitude as Google’s Clicks Go Flat  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Are Internet users clicking on fewer Goggle ads and putting the company’s growth prospects at risk?  —  Those questions are weighing on investors, who have cut the value of Google shares by 38 percent since they […]

John Oates / The Register:
EC jacks up Microsoft fine by €899m  —  First company ever fined for failure to comply  —  The European Commission has added another €899m ($1.35bn) to the fine Microsoft must pay for failing to comply with the original anti-trust ruling in 2004.  —  The fine covers the period from the […]