1 After holding out for years, Led Zeppelin will finally make its songs available in digital format. The “Stairway to Heaven” ring tone is 27 seconds long.
2 People are reporting a kind of “phantom-buzz syndrome” where they feel their BlackBerrys or cell phones vibrating even when the devices are nowhere near their bodies. Still, they’ve got to try to answer: It might be one of their 7,586 Facebook friends calling.
3 A new parking-meter gadget being tested in Chicago requires users to call in their meter number then wait for a confirmation text message. By which time the meter has expired.
4 The Craigslist CEO claims mainstream journalists are under orders to write only negative stories about the free classified-ad site. Like the one about how it failed to generate even one inquiry for the water pitcher and filters I was selling?
5 Engineers at computer chip maker Intel have instituted e-mail-free Fridays. They were tired of not being able to show off their great casual wardrobes.
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