- As well as links to “10 Things We Love About Microsoft”, “10 Things We Hate About Apple”, etc.

PC World Story Here

Included is a link to the wonderful “Public BSODs Appearances” (Blue Screen of Death) that show up in Times Square, at airports, and so forth. Here are a couple of favorites:

This is an interesting development in the ongoing evolution of LED lighting. These paper-thin LEDs could end up in credit cards by the end of next year.

These types of LEDs will begin to show up more and more with some very novel uses – things we never thought of, too, I am betting. the appeal for laptop screens and cell phones is strong, too.

What an exciting technology.

CNet has a story here

PC World has gathered some of the most interesting photos in Google Earth. There are some great shots here.

Find the PC World article here

And just for fun, here is a great shot of northern Michigan from Google Earth

This month’s 2nd Tuesday patch session from Microsoft has some important ones and should be tended to.

Here is a story from IDG (via Yahoo! Tech News)

Verizon is upgrading their core offerings to the Traverse City area, which could be of some real benefit. This brings EV-DO service to the Traverse City area, which will likely make for the fastest mobile Internet speeds in the area. Aside from the specs, the real world implication is for near-broadband mobile phone Internet access. Pretty neat for the area.

Verizon’s coverage up here still isn’t the best, but this is definitely a good start.

Click here for the story from the Great Lakes IT Report.

The Traverse City Business News has a news flash on the iPhone and northern Michigan, quoting Tim Gillen of Terrapin Networks.

See the story here

In a move that could have have quite an impact on us here in northern Michigan, AT&T is purchasing Dobson Communications. The significance is that Dobson Communications is the parent company of Cellular One. Of course, Cellular One is one of the main mobile phone players throughout northern Michigan.

These mergers/acquisitions can take some time to play out, so exactly how quickly any of this will have an impact on Cellular One customers and AT&T product availability, and the iPhone in particular, remains to be seen. But it will absolutely have an impact eventually.

Stay tuned…as more info becomes available, we’ll pass it on.

CNN Money has the story here