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What does Ballmer worry about? "Google, Google, Google" (Silicon.com) Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer arrived at the Consumer Electronics Show with his usual optimism but he also brought a sense of reality: The tech industry is in for some rough times. Ballmer sat down with silicon.com's sister site CNET News.com to talk about the lessons learned from Vista, Microsoft's move to put Office on the web, and the current economic situation. us.rd.yahoo.com
Ballmer takes on Google, the economy and Windows 7 (ZDNet) What does Microsoft's CEO worry about most? It's Google, Google, Google. Steve Ballmer also talks about the state of Windows, taking software to the web, and the troubled economy. Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer arrived at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas with his usual optimism, but he... us.rd.yahoo.com
Oil 2009 -- Be Careful What You Wish For (New America Media) Low oil prices in one part of the world, like the United States, mean that such oil-producing countries as Venezuela and Iran are going to have to pay for it. us.rd.yahoo.com
What You Need to Know About Drug-Resistant Flu (Time.com via Yahoo! News) Is Tamiflu-resistant influenza a harbinger of a deadly pandemic? us.rd.yahoo.com
Sing in 2009 with musical games (Erie Times-News) Everyone is sick of "Auld Lang Syne" by this time, and what does it mean, anyway? And who knows the lyrics beyond the first verse? Maybe after such a dismal 2008, a better song to usher in the new year would be Queen's "Another One Bites the Dust." us.rd.yahoo.com
What?s the Kindle Worth to Amazon? (New York Times) Assuming the success of the Kindle partly accounts for Amazon?s crazy stock price, there may be a way to assess its value. us.rd.yahoo.com
Michael T. Klare: Oil 2009: Be Careful What You Wish For (HuffingtonPost) Keep your eye on the politics of oil and you'll always know a lot about what's actually happening on this planet. us.rd.yahoo.com
'Idol' promos: Worst TV of week? (Entertainment Weekly) By Ken Tucker Ken Tucker's had enough of the non-stop Fox ads for next week's audition episodes; what are you tuning out? us.rd.yahoo.com
JAMIE SAMUELSEN'S BLOG: Who coaches Lions isn't as important as who he will lead (Detroit Free Press) The larger question will be does that coach have the means to succeed. I don't care if the Lions dug up Vince Lombardi or Bill Walsh to coach this team. Until they have one over-riding philosophy for football and draft and sign players that fit that ideal, it doesn't matter who coaches. us.rd.yahoo.com
iTunes Store and DRM-free music: What you need to know (Macworld) Apple announced it would drop digital rights managements from all iTunes Store music—here's what you need to know to make sense of the news. us.rd.yahoo.com
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