Have you had trouble accessing websites like Wikipedia, Reddit, or Boing-Boing? Have you noticed that brazen, black rectangle centered on Google’s homepage? There’s no need to reboot your computer or fiddle around with your wireless modem because there’s absolutely nothing wrong with your CPU or internet connection. The problem is in Washington D.C. where lawmakers are trying to step on the toes of the United States Constitution.

News of Steve Jobs death hit hard earlier this week, with people using social media to express their favorite memories, inspirational quotes, and other homage’s to the Apple cofounder. AdWeek, for example, added Jobs to the iconic “Crazy Ones” commercial, including him among legendary leaders from Gandhi to John Lennon; countless websites including Apple, Google, and Wired have featured him on their homepage; and, devoted fans have even left flowers at Apple stores all around the world. As the flag hangs at half-mast at Apple HQ, the world mourns for the loss of an innovative, influential leader who was full of heart.

Microsoft Office 365 was released only a week ago, but it already is getting mixed reviews. As an online based version of Microsoft Office, it initiates the company's plunge into software as a service (SaaS.) 

“For the first 15 years of its life, the microprocessor improved its performance by an impressive 35% per year. As a result of research at universities and industrial laboratories, though, this rate increased in 1987 to about 55% per year -- a doubling of performance every 18 months! Had the prior rate of 35% been maintained, computers today would be only one third the speed we actually enjoy. Stated differently, it's as if we had been granted a wish to use the computers of the year 2000 in 1995.”¹