http://www.techmeme.com/080905/i31.jpghttp://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png Microsoft: Microsoft Kicks off new Windows Campaign with Star Power — “This is the Conquistador,” explains Jerry Seinfeld, showing a befuddled Bill Gates a brown loafer. “They run very...

http://www.techmeme.com/080905/i42.jpghttp://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png Paul Boutin / Valleywag: MySQL founder quits Sun — “Just heard that Monty gave his resignation to Sun today,” a tipster we trust writes about Michael Widenius, the Finnish-born main author of...

http://www.techmeme.com/080905/i45.jpghttp://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png Om Malik / GigaOM: What Netscape's Founder Thinks About the New Google Browser — Marc Andreessen, whose first startup, Netscape Communications, introduced the consumer web to millions thanks to its Netscape...

http://www.techmeme.com/080905/i27.jpghttp://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png Michael Arrington / TechCrunch: Microsoft Ads: First Phase To “Engage Consumers, Spark Conversation” — So the tech and geek crowd is a little underwhelmed by the new $300 million Microsoft advertising...

Although buying products from your desktop at home has become just as customary as buying products at the store, few have found reason to buy products on their cell phones. In an attempt to buck that trend and make it easier for ... Go to Full Article

You'd think that with the FCC conducting so many wireless spectrum auctions, that all that spectrum sold off for billions of dollars would be all used up. The sad truth is that many companies who win spectrum at auction end up sitting ... Go to Full Article

Wonder where Hurricane Ike will hit or when Tropical Storm Hanna will pass? Hurricane season has lots of people glued to the Weather Channel to catch the latest updates on developing storms. But why wait for the weatherman to tell you ... Go to Full Article

One of the unintended consequences of the success of the iPhone is that it has rendered the classic iPod and its diminutive sisters â?? the nano and the shuffle â?? nearly irrelevant. What do you need a second MP3 player for if youâ??ve already got a few hundred tunes in your pocket? Go to...

http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.pngSam Diaz / Between the Lines: Seinfeld & Gates: Was this ad supposed to be funny? — The long-awaited $300 million ad campaign that Microsoft launched to counter Apple's successful “I'm a Mac, I'm a PC” campaign aired during the Thursday...

http://www.techmeme.com/080905/i12.jpghttp://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png Justin Scheck / Wall Street Journal: Dell Plans to Sell Factories In Effort to Cut Costs — Dell Inc. is trying to sell its computer factories around the world, a move to sharply overhaul a production model that...

Besides the slick and probably expensive editing designed to make Jerry Seinfeld look like the more awkward of the pair, there's not a whole lot of special effects in this clip. In fact, there's not really a whole lot of anything, including laughs, info or pimping of Vista. It's kinda like...

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What if locking the front door of your home while you're away were as easy as hopping on the Internet? At the CEDIA Expo in Denver this week, Ingersoll-Rand Co.'s Schlage unit is showing off door locks that can be wirelessly set or opened via the Internet, from a mobile phone or a computer. ...

Though Digg offers dozens of sub-categories under which to submit stories, political items have often dominated the highly trafficked front page in recent months. But with that sharpened political focus has come accusations of bias, leaving some of the siteâ??s more conservative users frustrated....

So the tech and geek crowd is a little underwhelmed by the new $300 million Microsoft advertising campaign featuring Jerry Seinfeld that kicked off tonight . It's mostly content free, with just one mention of Microsoft near the end. ... Go to Full Article