Clean Windows?

Short AP article here on some Windows 7 features. A theme seems to be that they "mak[e] Windows 7 quieter than Vista" and trust people to do things like right click to see what an icon can do.

Another Use for RFID

Tracking nuclear materials; article on Wired's website.

RFID

Often, techy blogs are not big on RFID technology -- mostly for privacy reasons. Here, though, WIRED offers 10 cool uses of RFID, like making sure surgical sponges aren't left inside a patient. Sure, surgeons get to use the wands for their RFID systems, but not us. :-(

Reader

Here's an article from Wired on a new reader that's magazine-shaped, rather than chunky, like the Kindle.