1. Some Swedes are saying a new Internet service there that lets you find out what your neighbors earn goes too far. Other Swedes are saying they’re shocked that ABBA is still pulling in that much.
2. Russian computers that control the International Space Station’s oxygen and water supplies failed last week. The first mistake was naming them “Hal.”
3. Apple tells potential iPhone buyers they’ll need an iTunes account to make the device work. But that’s OK. Once they convert all their money to “Apple Scrip,” they’ll never have to worry about being outside of the Apple ecosystem again.
4. Trying to fight what it says are misconceptions about its food, McDonald’s invites moms behind the scenes to blog about what they see and will post their observations beginning Wednesday. So log on to McDonalds.com then and hear the true story from Marissa McCheese, Ronalda McDonald and the woman who still rues the day her son was nicknamed “Hamburglar.”
5. The rapid growth in online retailing is finally slowing down. It has reached a point where pretty much everybody who has bought something online has now had to try to return something online.
