links for 2008-01-17

“Home media centres are finally arriving, says Bill Thompson. We just called them games consoles until now”

“Jesse Warden (dot Kizz-ohm) was recently in town to meet with Bill Gates and the Silverlight team. Jesse is well-known for helping people fuse hardcore coding and Flash design. Between the lively and top-secret internal meetings, Nishant grabbed a came

“Everyone loves to get stuff for free. We line up to get a free drink, we sign up for free checking accounts, and we’re happy to get a free gift with the purchase of our next car. We love free stuff, even though we all know and understand that free is an

“We can all agree that the MacBook Air is a slick-looking little laptop. It’s so thin! You can’t argue with that! But if you’re in the market for a small, high-performance laptop, is it the best option?”