It has come to pass that HDCP - High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection (or, in this case, DisplayPort Content Protection) - is now built into the new MacBooks to protect iTunes Store media. Most of the content is not protected but it seems some newer videos are, which means you can't play them over a non-HDCP compliant TV or monitor.

Facebook’s integration of Microsoft’s Live Search raises two main questions: first, how does Facebook stand to benefit? And second, how does Microsoft? To answer these questions, we must recognize that each company faces its own type of problem and, therefore, stands to benefit uniquely.

In a departure from HP's original iPaq smartphone mission, the company is planning a consumer-oriented smartphone that may or may not be the slider-QWERTY phone codenamed "Oak." Greg at MobileCrunch writes:

Wow. I’m completely speechless right now. Our very own Editor-in-chief John Biggs has himself a real book deal.

The WSJ is reporting that Google is set to launch a venture fund to give it the option of investing in startups instead of just flat out buying them.