Microsoft aims to shrug off ‘PC Guy’ Image with Windows 7 (MalaysiaNews.net)

The company’s Mac versus PC ads, featuring John Hodgman, left, as the bespectacled face of the Windows personal computer, mocked Vista as being prone to crash and vulnerable to computer viruses.

Mash-up mayhem

From legal action to 'Glee'-full acceptance


Top Moments: House’s Living Autopsy, Mad Men’s Shocking Discovery and More! (seattlepi.com)

There were a lot of dirty tricks on TV this week. Jo Reynolds (Daphne Zuniga) cajoled poor Riley into posing topless on Melrose Place. House and Foreman conducted an autopsy on a living person. Gossip Girl's Chuck kissed a guy because of Blair's deception ...

Cause of Somer’s death kept a secret; funeral Tuesday; father coming from N.C. (The Florida Times-Union)

ORANGE PARK — Clay County investigators know how Somer Thompson died but are keeping those details secret to protect the investigation, Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Mary Justino said today. An autopsy done in Savannah Thursday has revealed the cause of death of the Orange Park 7-year-old, who disappeared Monday while walking home from school. Somer was initially identified through a birthmark ...

An appreciation: Soupy Sales, hip and elemental

Even though the occasion is sad, there is something oddly bracing in setting out to write about a man who called himself "Soupy."


Stewart Mandel: College Football Pickoff: Week 8 (Sports Illustrated)

Last year TCU spoiled BYU's BCS plans. This year the Cougars hope to do the same to the Frogs. Stewart Mandel picks the winner of this game and more in his Weekend Pickoff.

Facebook’s New NewsFeed: A Big Shot Fired in The War Against Information Overload (ReadWriteWeb)

Facebook just made one of the biggest changes to the site's user experience since the introduction of the News Feed three years ago. News Feed was the place in the very center of the site where all the activities of a user's friends were displayed in reverse chronological order. That feature is now called the Live Feed and the News Feed has become a filtered display of activity highlights ...

p2pnet World Headlines: Oct 23, 2009 (p2pnet.net)

The real life Burger King Windows 7 Whopper is a disgusting joke to humanity CrunchGear OMG. When I asked our Japanese readers to send in a pic of the Burger King Windows 7 burger, I was half hoping that it really didn’t exist. But nope, here it is. You probably shouldn’t look at this before breakfast, [...]

Need help carving your pumpkin? Just look online (WGEM Quincy)

(NBC NEWS) -- To make a great looking pumpkin, you need a great design. There are lots of templates online.

Earhart’s Final Resting Place Believed Found (Discovery Channel)

Amelia Earhart mostly likely died on an uninhabited tropical island in the southwestern Pacific.