1 By halting production of many regular TV series, including Jay Leno’s and Jon Stewart’s, the Hollywood writers’ strike that began Monday could prove to be a boon for watching video over the Web. It could also accelerate the pace of people realizing that there’s a lot to be said for professionalism.
2 MySpace will allow more ads targeted at site users based on their personal profiles. The goal is to never let the level of clutter on MySpace drop below 11.
3 Google, with the announcement Monday of its long-awaited mobile phone plans, is trying to simplify the development of software applications for the devices. I’d settle for the company getting cell phone makers to standardize battery and charger sizes.
4 The most anticipated feature of the so-called “G-phone” might be the return of the infamous “I feel lucky” button that used to appear next to the Google search box. Push it, and the phone randomly dials someone from your contacts list.
5 Fed up with the deluge of e-mails from PR people, Wired editor Chris Anderson blocked more than 300 of them from sending him story pitches or anything else via e-mail. The move will allow him to devote more of his time to reading sob stories from deposed foreign royalty.
