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The funniest “commercial” I have seen in the last days.
It was presented today at D7, when Roger McNamee and Jon Rubinstein introduced the Palm Pre.

If you really want to know what the Pre is, go here:
http://www.palm.com/pre

From the new terms of use of Facebook:

You hereby grant Facebook an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, transferable, fully paid, worldwide license (with the right to sublicense) to (a) use, copy, publish, stream, store, retain, publicly perform or display, transmit, scan, reformat, modify, edit, frame, translate, excerpt, adapt, create derivative works and distribute (through multiple tiers), any User Content you (i) Post on or in connection with the Facebook Service or the promotion thereof subject only to your privacy settings or (ii) enable a user to Post, including by offering a Share Link on your website and (b) to use your name, likeness and image for any purpose, including commercial or advertising, each of (a) and (b) on or in connection with the Facebook Service or the promotion thereof.

Via ALT1040.

Update:
Mark Zuckerberg has clarified the reasons for the new legal terms on sharing content in Facebook:

Our philosophy is that people own their information and control who they share it with. When a person shares information on Facebook, they first need to grant Facebook a license to use that information so that we can show it to the other people they’ve asked us to share it with. Without this license, we couldn’t help people share that information.

Read the full post here:
http://blog.facebook.com/blog.php?post=54434097130

Both pictures taken on live performances.

From AppleInsider:

Microsoft’s new software will eventually be bundled on every new PC sold, outside of Apple’s, so there’s no need to worry about leaking features or showing off the flaws of an unfinished product. Microsoft doesn’t have to sell Windows 7, it only has to worry about market rejection. Due to the volumes of PCs it will eventually be installed on, it’s bound to be successful even if it is a marginal product.

You should read the full note; the approach taken by Apple to 64 bit processing in the upcoming operating system, Snow Leopard, is clearly explained.

Via Windows 7 vs. Mac OS X Snow Leopard: Apple ups the ante (AppleInsider)

Ah, those creative marketing guys at Microsoft strike again…
Waring: This will keep you laughing for the entire weekend!

http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/projects/songsmith/index.html

Disclaimer: Stickers for hiding the Apple logo on your MacBook Pro not included. ;)