(Ars Technica)

One wrinkle in that story about : It seems those ratings are assigned by the manufacturer and only retroactively reviewed by EPEAT. So good news, everybody: I'm the recipient of this year's Nobel Prize for Chemistry, the Pulitzer Prize, and the Olympic gold medal for the shot-put. I mean, until somebody reviews them.

(9to5Mac)

Time for the latest edition of release-day roulette. 9to5Mac has put its money on Mountain Lion appearing next Wednesday, July 25th. That's based largely on the fact that Apple's , and last year Apple released Lion on the day after its 2011 third-quarter results. As long as we're predicting things, I'm going to say that Apple will release Mountain Lion on July 26th--just to keep people on their toes.

(SFGate)