1 Even when everyone knows exactly where Paris Hilton is — back in jail, finally — she’s still the most searched-for person on the Web. Exactly what is it you’re hoping to find, people?
2 Apple is trying to get major movie studios to help it set up an online film-rental business this fall. The interruptions caused by the download-and-playback process will make it feel just like your average poorly run movie theater.
3 Ravinia Festival will commission new chamber music works featuring the words of Abraham Lincoln. The songs are expected to be the least illegally downloaded in Internet history.
4 For the 10th consecutive quarter, American spending on Web advertising hits a new high. The growth is expected to continue until advertisers realize people are even better at ignoring ads online.
5 Apple sets the release date for its iPhone at June 29. That gives you two weeks to scrape together $500 for a cell phone without a keypad, Apple cultists, while the rest of us brace for a publicity wave of a magnitude not seen since the glory days of Krispy Kreme.
