iTunes 8 & Vista problems - or more correctly, iTunes sneaking in other software in its installer problems.

Quoted: Maybe because this isn’t a simple software update. Once again, Apple is using its automatic update process to deliver massive amounts of new software to users, including a device driver that has a long and checkered history of causing the Blue Screen Of Death to appear. And it’s delivering this massive payload without even a pretense of proper disclosure and without asking consent from its users.

Good article comparing both sides. Depending on your situation, you'll probably come to different conclusions. Feel free to skim to the end though.

Quoted: Job No. 1 for the next president? In the minds of an overwhelming number of Americans, it's fixing what ails the sick economy. What the voters will have to sort out are very different approaches offered by Barack Obama and John McCain.

yeah - i knew that 'i'm being watched' feeling was legit. is there a setting to only use Chrome in Incognito mode? :)

Quoted: Provided that users leave Chrome's auto-suggest feature on and have Google as their default search provider, Google will have access to any keystrokes that are typed into the browser's Omnibox, even before a user hits enter.

Quoted: What's more, Google has every intention of retaining some of that data even after it provides the promised suggestions. A Google representative told CNET News that the company plans to store about 2 percent of that data--and plans to store it along with the Internet Protocol address of the computer that typed it.

Quoted: (Update 11:45 a.m. PDT: Switching to Chrome's Incognito mode also switches off the auto-suggest features, the Google representative said.)

Joke about Google's Chrome EULA.

good. that was a glaring copy/paste error - but it's still good to highlight that the original text came from their other services.

Quoted: Company says it is working to remove language that suggested it has a perpetual right to information entered in the browser. Read this blog post by Ina Fried on Webware.

hmmmm....

Quoted: Face recognition technology coming to Google's Picasa Web Albums lets users find and name people in their photos. Also: a new beta of the Picasa editing software. Read this blog post by Stephen Shankland on Underexposed.

Using this now - it's light, fast, and gives me an eerie feeling I'm being watched.....

Quoted: Google Chrome is a browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier.

Reduce your carbon footprint. Plant a virtual tree. After 6 weeks, Internet Explorer will plant a real one

RIP. He was a really nice person.

Quoted: Kevin Duckworth, a two-time NBA All-Star who spent the majority of his 12 NBA seasons as the Portland Trail Blazers' center, has died. He was 44.