Host your own Windows7 launch party?

At a loose end? Why not host your own Windows7 launch party? Here's how.

Thanks to Neil Hume of FT Alphaville for this.

What shall we do with Gordon Brown?

Moonwalker Buzz Aldrin says a global leader should commit to sending a man to Mars.

Go for it, President Obama. And may I suggest Gordon Brown as the lucky spacefarer?

IBM says world will drown in data next year

According to IBM, "Experts predict that by 2010, the amount of digital information will double every 11 hours."

That's really, really scary. If the amount of data were to double every 11 hours, it would quadruple every day. Over a month the quantity of data would increase by a factor of 36,893,488,147,419,103,232 (roughly speaking). Over a year it would increase by a factor of ...

No, I'm not going to work it out. But if anyone from IBM reads this please can you buy a calculator for the marketing department.