Jon Stokes at Ars Technica on Intel's Penryn launch. Apple is quick out the door with new Mac Pros with quadcore goodness, but as of yet no new laptops. See also Ars' review of the Santa Rosa MacBooks.
Boston's Back Bay from the Longfellow:
Sometime after I left for St Lucia, my Kindle's wireless stopped working. Modulo the inability to initiate a connection to Whispernet—which sounds like some sort of dorky crime tips hotline—the device works fine. Rang Amazon's tech support; a replacement device is en route.
Buy.com is back, or never left, and has Linux System Programming for a mere $26. Plus they support Google Checkout, with whom first-time users can save another $10. Now is your chance to grab another seven copies on the cheap.
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