(TechFlash)
Microsoft executive J Allard ! But with that finding comes the news that both he and Robbie Bach, head of the company's entertainment and devices division, will be leaving Redmond. Instead of replacing Bach, the heads of the Xbox/gaming and Windows Phone departments will be reporting directly to CEO Steve Ballmer. Rumor is Ballmer already has a succinct seventeen-word plan to jumpstart the troubled division. Unfortunately, it's actually just .
(Engadget)
Thank heavens for Twitter, without which we would have no idea that Academy Award-winner Sam Mendes (, ) is reputedly directing the commercial for the new iPhone model, which may show the rumored new video-chat feature. Also thanks to the magic of Twitter, we can ascertain exactly which blabber-mouthed actors won't be getting callbacks.
(CNBC)
Despite their continent tottering on the brink of financial disaster, all 736 members of European Parliament will be getting brand new iPads this week, prompting criticism of the unnecessary spending. Look, this is easy to fix: instead of giving all the members of parliament new iPads, them all with new iPads. Done.
(FierceWireless)
T-Mobile has dubbed its new HSPA+ network a "4G" technology, which has competitor AT&T up in arms. AT&T's already been rolling out the same wireless standard, but refers to it under the "3G" umbrella. While they're squabbling over that, I'll be looking for investors for my recently-perfected 379G wireless networking technology. ()
(App Advice)
Not only did the 22-and-23 New York Mets take two out of three from the 26-and-18 Bronx bombers this past weekend, but, , the team from Queens will actually allows fans to bring iPads to the ballpark and darn it, I put the punchline up at the beginning of the sentence.