Good Morning- hopefully you had a great Easter weekend (and celebrated the real reason of Easter). But now- on to technology. Let’s take a look with this week’s Manic Monday.

• Gmail: 5 years and it’s still in beta! Here’s why.
• iTunes launches variable pricing (we already talked about this last tuesday).
• CompUSA risen from the dead? No- they are not Jesus of Nazareth.
• BBC to plug BitTorrent downloads.
• And this just in- snow is flying in Hell.
• Apple admits to MacBook cracking- will fix it for free (Good news for me).
• Guilty or Not Guilty? That is the question facing Pirate bay.
• Ubuntu 9.04 boots in 17.5 seconds. Nice!
• Chrome progress is being made on a Linux version. Still no Mac version, though.
• Facebook messes up your GPA? Yea right!

And that’s this week’s Manic Monday. I will be posting all five days this week- so stay tuned for some more great tech content. Enjoy!

I guess today is just going to be a day of Apple news. Fresh to hit the net is iPod/iPod Touch update 2.2.1. So far, it appears as if it is mearly a bug fix update (at least on my 2nd gen iPod Touch); It sites some various bugs with Safari and Mail and it fixes an issue with ALAC music files. I’ll keep you up to date if some other mysterious features pop up (copy and paste, anyone?)

As usual, the file comes in at a hefty 277MB (all the more reason to download it at school, *evil laugh*). You can upgrade your phone or iPod’s firmware by selecting, “check for updates” in iTunes.

With all the MacWorld keynote news floating around, one story that got missed was one about Steve Jobs’ heath. In a press release yesterday through Apple’s website, Jobs shared “more than he wanted” about his heath.

As many of you know, I have been losing weight throughout 2008. The reason has been a mystery to me and my doctors. A few weeks ago, I decided that getting to the root cause of this and reversing it needed to become my #1 priority.

Fortunately, after further testing, my doctors think they have found the cause—a hormone imbalance that has been “robbing” me of the proteins my body needs to be healthy. Sophisticated blood tests have confirmed this diagnosis.

Jobs went on to say that he has already started treatment and should be back on the right track by spring. He also said that his heath was not the reason for having Phil Schiller do the keynote; He just want to spent the Holidays with his family. Jobs also promised in the letter that will be the first one to step up and tell the Board of Directors if he can no longer continue as CEO.

Letter from Apple CEO Steve Jobs [Apple]

Okay, I know- I’m about 12 hours late. I had to work late last night and early this morning- sooo sorry. That said, here we go:

• iPhone 3G is finally official, starts at $199, available July 11th
• App Store has size and price caps, opening with iPhone 3G
• MobileMe announced for iPhones, Macs, and PCs — .Mac is dead
• Next version of OS X will be called Snow Leopard
• And Mahalo Daily recapped the keynote in 60 seconds.
• Moving on, Firefox 3 comes June 17th.
• And Firefox 3 and Safari 4 are in browser speed race
• And be part of download day for Firefox 3- get a World Record!
• Moving on, Canada Proposes Draconian Anti-Piracy Law
• And Dell launches some ultra-slim MacBook Air killers.
• And How to Get and Keep Windows XP After June 30.

And that’s this week’s Manic Monday. I do apologize for the wait, and I hope you stay tuned for more stuff to come this week. Enjoy!

Good Morning- here is the US it’s Memorial Day, hence why this didn’t go live until later. That said, here we go:

• Firefox 3 On Track To Be Speediest Browser. Sweet.
• The US to shutdown Pirate Bay on their own?
• EBay Pulls Feedback Option for Sellers. That’s too bad- let’s take another caller!
• Hate DRM? Don’t let Microsoft overrun your home library.
• Best Buy to FCC: “You have no power to fine us over analog TVs”. Yea right!
• On to Apple Stuff, iPhone line forms at Apple’s flagship for absolutely no reason. Hmmm.
• iPhone 3G Launch to come at WWDC? Guess we’ll just see.
• Afterall, they did just take delivery of 188 mysterious ocean containers.
• Canadians beware: Canadian DMCA about to come down the pipeline.
• Facebook to launch new cleaner, clutter free profile.

And that’s this week’s Manic Monday. I have finals this week, and Gradutation this weekend, so posts might be a bit on the slow side this weekend. However, starting Monday, June 2nd, I’ll be at full posting- one post everyday and a bonus 2 or 3 days a week. Enjoy!

Good Morning once again. As it is Monday, you know what that means: Manic Monday.

• Firefox 3 Release Candidate 1 is now available. Fixes bugs, improves this, etc.
• Google kills Anonymous AdSense account. For shame.
• Michael Jackson, the Village People, UB40 and more are now going after the Pirate Bay.
• Asus says they are going to embed Linux into all motherboards. Sweet.
• CBS is to Acquire CNET for $1.8 Billion. It’s G4techTV all over again…
• Comcast Lied to FCC, Blocks BitTorrent Traffic 24/7. Shame, shame…
• The Pirate Bay Enters List of 100 Most Popular Webites. Interesting…
• Brits Want Microsoft Office 2007 Expelled From Classrooms. I can’t blame them.
• With the new Fedora 9, you can run the entire thing off of a Flash Drive.

That’s this weeks Manic Monday. I’ll be sure to post everyday this week. Things are getting better, which means I can get back on track. Enjoy!

Good Morning once again. In case you’re interested, stamps go up to 42¢ today, which makes today inflated and overrated. On to the news:

• For those of you who are anti-Microsoft, Open-Office 3.0 Beta launched.
• For those of you who love the Internet Archive, it successfully fought the Patriot Act.
• For those of you who think your ISP is throttling your bandwidth, there’s a way to find out.
• For those of you… Okay, I’ll stop.
• The real question is, what can a second Ethernet port do for you?
• The Geek Squad is under fire after a former employee confesses.
• Flash is cool, unless you have epilepsy. And it’s not funny, either.
• The MPAA wants $15 Million from the Pirate Bay.
• The MPAA also wants $110 Million from TorrentSpy.
• The Apple Store is out of iPhones. 3G iPhone coming?
• Comcast to put restrictions on bandwidth? Say it isn’t so!
•Why do I love the iSight? It can save your stolen MacBook.
• And the Zune has officially sold 2 Million. Too bad they stole the market from Creative, not Apple.

Good Morning and Happy Cinco de Mayo- the only fiesta going down here my is poor Spanish and Manic Monday- let’s roll:

• Let’s start off with some Microsoft Bashing: First, they’ve backed out of Yahoo.
• Also, this week they released Windows XP Service Pack 3.
• And according to John C. Dvorak, Vista has 11 pillars of failure.
• Moving on, You’d better hide those files if you’re headed for the border.
- Adobe is opening up their FLV and SWF standards. Cool beans.
• And the MPAA has dropped their case against DVDr-core.
• On to Apple stuff, New iMacs came out this week.
• The OQO can be hacked to run Leopard.
• And their were rumors of a 3G iPhone, but those have been debunked.
• Gizmodo claims HDTV are to get “Stupid Cheap” this month.
• And the BBC has gone public with a Facebook flaw.

That’s this week’s Manic Monday. Slowly, but surely I’m getting things back on track and with luck I’ll have 6 posts this week (verses the usual 5). Enjoy!

Good Morning once again. Believe it or not, the end of April is almost here, which means some big tech news to come in May and June. But let’s focus on last week, shall we?

• Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron was released. It’s looks cool (haven’t tried it yet)
• The question is, can your girlfriend use it?
• Intel has cut their quad-core price by almost 50%- in your new machine soon.
• Windows XP SP3 it to hit the Automatic Updates tomorrow. Download Away!
• Should be cool as long as you don’t need a Password that 18770 characters.
• And what about the June 30 XP cutoff? Dell doesn’t care, Microsoft is covering their ears.
• Moving on, The Pirate Bay has hit 12 Million Users.
• Too bad the BitTorrent Throttling ISPs have been Exposed by Azureus.
• On to Apple stuff, the 3G iPhone could be here June 9th.
• Rumor has it Apple’s working on an iTunes/iPhone controller.
• Finally, the IT people have lost their no-Mac battle…

That’s this Manic Monday. I back it town to stay, so things on the site should be back to normal. And I still have no idea where Thursday’s post disappeared to. I guess you’ll be seeing it this week. Enjoy!

After my quick leave last week and some much needed sleep over the weekend, I am back. Let’s start this Monday right with Manic Monday.

• Blue Jeans cable vs. Monster Cable- too bad the owner of Blue Jeans used to be a lawyer.
• Believe it or not, May is due to see Holographic Storage.
• Is the American Cell-Phone system all that American? Dvice begs to differ.
• Facebook and Digg have teamed up to allow you to import your Digg stories into Facebook. Cool.
• A U.C. Berkeley student arrested in Egypt saved by Twitter.
• Wanna big MP3 player? How does 500,000 GB sound? (Sounds like a lie).
• Wanna impress your friends? Make a sawed off USB key!
• Lifehacker show how to turn your iTouch into an iPhone with VoIP. Cool.
• Is faster memory really worth it? Tom begs to differ.
• Apple clone company Psystar might not need the courts to be shutdown- Apple’s using tech.
• But we can’t find their offices, so don’t worry too much.
• Looking to propose? Be a real hacker and use Bejewled.
• PayPal is at it again, this time, blocking unsafe web browsers.
• Finally, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer says “Vista is a work in progress”. We knew that already.

That’s this week’s Manic Monday. I leave town again this week, but I should still be able to give you the best in tech content. Enjoy!