Harry McCracken / Technologizer:
Another Microsoft Ad That Ignores Windows  —  Tired of all the banter about Lauren, the lady who spurned the 17-inch MacBook Pro for an HP laptop?  Meet Giampaolo, the newest protagonist in Microsoft’s “Laptop Hunters” ad campaign for Windows:  —  The format of the commercial is the same as the … […]

Jenna Wortham / New York Times:
The iPhone Gold Rush  —  IS there a good way to nail down a steady income?  In this economy?  —  Try writing a successful program for the iPhone.  —  Last August, Ethan Nicholas and his wife, Nicole, were having trouble making their mortgage payments.  Medical bills from the birth […]

Maggie Shiels / BBC:
Google sees voice search as core  —  Google has said it sees voice search as a major opportunity for the company in building a presence on the mobile web.  —  The company’s vice president of engineering made the comments during a wide-ranging discussion at the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco.

Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
Radiohead to Testify Against the RIAA  —  Last month, Radiohead expressed its growing discomfort with record labels that abuse copyrights for their own benefit.  In an attempt to take a stand against the labels, the band and several other well known artists formed the Featured Artists Coalition …

Steve Rubel / Micro Persuasion:
Bring Twitter Right Into Gmail with the Amazing TwitterGadget  —  I have tried TweetDeck a number of times but I keep uninstalling it because it puts a drain on my system and I find it distracting.  Still, I want fast access to my Twitter account and to be able to […]

Bob Caswell:
New Microsoft Ad: Macs are “so sexy” but…  Microsoft just came out with its second Laptop Hunters video.  Personally, I think this one is better than the first one, but you decide (embedded below).  —  We’ve got a guy with a $1,500 budget looking for portability, battery life, and power.

Miguel Helft / New York Times:
Google’s Plan for Out-of-Print Books Is Challenged  —  SAN FRANCISCO — The dusty stacks of the nation’s great university and research libraries are full of orphans — books that the author and publisher have essentially abandoned.  They are out of print, and while they remain under copyright …

Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:
Analysis: Which URL Shortening Service Should You Use?  —  URL shortening services are experiencing a renaissance in the age of Twitter.  When every character counts, these services reduce long URLs to tiny forms.  But which is the best to use, when so many are offered and new ones seem […]