links for 2007-10-26

More from Hugh on ‘social objects’

Top 10 most brilliant gadgets of 2007 on Popular Mechanics featuring the Microsoft Surface on 1.

“It’s official — the truth is less profitable than fiction. Facebook has secured the cornerstone of its $15 billion valuation with today’s Microsoft alliance. But at $240 million, that’s only a 1.6% slice of a much larger pie.”

“Mary Jo Foley wrote recently on Microsoft’s seeming reluctance to promote Spaces within the US, and indeed if you read the press in the US or follow the blogs, Windows Live Spaces is not much more than an also ran. From looking at these numbers, though,

“This amused me today from a friend of mine who noticed this. A job application on the Google website for the “Executive Assistant to the Executive Director, Google.org – San Francisco””

“Microsoft has released its quarterly earnings report, and how good was it? The stock is up $30 billion!”