You-Tubing at Work? Read This....

There is new villany afoot in You Tube space.  Someone has figured out how to spoof youtube pages.  Read about it here

Tired of Working at the Microsoft Office?

Have we got a sweet new shop for you:  OpenOffice 3.0 is now available, and it looks pretty sweet.  I have been trying out the previous version and it works, but, well, I can't really get excited about it because I have a copy of M$ORIFICE2K3.  When the next iteration of Office comes out, making '03 so outdated no one uses it (read:  2012 or later) ....or when M$ figures out a way to force me to purchase an upgrade (read: any minute - they're losing their shirts right now up in Redmond)... I'll probably chuck office and stay with Open.  You should check it out right away!

Your Rights Online (If you're in Europe)

So, The NY Times recently reported that the European Commission released a proposal to guarantee consumer rights across the 27-nation member bloc, in an effort to spur online, cross-border shopping.

The legislation would require retailers to make product information available before sale, guarantee delivery within 30 days and allow a 14-day “cooling off” period in which purchasers could change their minds.

Consumers would also be entitled to full refunds within seven days if goods failed to arrive, and companies would be banned from using “get out” clauses that allow them to supply products different from those advertised.

What might be next for North America?  Is there a possibility (remote nonetheless) that the US could enhance the Uniform codes to be inclusive of these new rules?  Perhaps to expand our markets in a less "in your face" kind of way?