A number of very interesting books have been released over the past year or two which debate how the Internet is reshaping our culture and the economy.

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Grouping Recent Net Books: Internet Optimists vs. Pessimists

Gigabyte’s entry into the netbook market came as as surprise since it introduced a swivel-type touchscreen version, clearly a notch better than everybody else.

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Gigabyte UMPC tablet sells for Php29,999

Here’s a perfect laptop bag for traveling and also sleeping on.  It’s a laptop bag that can also act as a pillow to let you rest between flights or even during lunch for a power nap.

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Laptop Bag doubles as a Pillow!

Both companies continue to share interest in an the open-source Web, and Google remains committed financially to Firefox, but Firefox could lose eyeballs to the Google’s new browser.

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What will Google’s Chrome mean for Firefox?

NEW YORK — As part of its new $300 million marketing campaign and image makeover, Microsoft plans to deploy its own customer-service representatives at retailers like Best Buy and Circuit City to help people with their PC purchases.

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Microsoft deploying in-store customer-service reps called gurus

As part of its new $300 million marketing campaign and image makeover, Microsoft Corp. plans to deploy its own customer-service representatives at retailers like Best Buy and Circuit City to help people with their PC purchases.

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Microsoft deploying in-store customer-service reps

• Microsoft Works to Perfect Windows Vista — Besides overpaying Jerry Seinfeld, it’s also dispatching Vista experts to retail stores to answer users’ questions. • Brave New World of Digital Intimacy — Social networks and TMI bring you "ambient awareness." • Twitter’s Corporate Users Get A New Marketing Tool — Twittertise lets you schedule tweets. • First look: Firefox 3.1 alpha 2 officially released • Analyst braces clients for “underwhelming” Apple event and MacNN  iPod nano 4G photo, details [new orig photo] • Sun Upgrades Desktop Virtual Machine, Gains Traction On Macs — New version of the excellent VirtualBox is here , for both Windows and Mac users.

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Linkpost | 9.6.2008