Blog a Movie and Influence the World

Spotted in a post by Hugh MacLeod - an innovative (and, today, hardly surprising) approach to building buzz about a movie by getting bloggers to talk about it. In return, they get free tickets to the US preview.

Whats The 411? Free, Thats What

Never pay for directory assistance again-or at least until some major communications company buys this thing and puts it to rest. Jingle Networks, Inc. has set up the first free nationwide consumer telephone directory assistance service by launching 1-800-FREE411.

Google Turns Seven

As the Google Blog says, it was seven years ago that Google began operating out of Susan Wojcicki's spare room.

Apple Plugging Security Holes

The latest security update for the Mac operating system patches ten critical holes, ranging from potential privilege elevation to arbitrary code execution.