Steve Ballmer, given a chance to finally be right about something Steve Jobs was wrong about, fucks it up — iPods carry more legal music than stolen music. [CD Freaks]
But while the RIAA can hold off on whatever lawsuit it was cooking up, Apple shareholders are suing the company for giving wonky stock option grants that could have illegally benefited execs (but not Steve Jobs). [thisismoney.co.uk]
Googling is now an Oxford-English-Dictionary-approved verb, sparking the Motley Fool to write a piece that dismantles itself by paragraph six. [Motley Fool]
The Open Source Business Conference organizer calls on his industry not to move to America, because if the open source community leaves Europe, how will it maintain its condescending liberal attitude? [Computer Business Review]
National Semiconductor, which gave 8500 employees free iPods last month, made the brilliant PR move of firing 35 employees and demanding the iPods back. You stay classy, National Semiconductor. [Star-Telegram]
