• Monday morning kicks off a week that will see the launch of Windows Mobile 6.5 - also known as Windows Phone. It's Microsoft's attempt to get back on track in the mobile market, and we looked at the prospects for its phone business a couple of months ago, but the proof of the pudding - as always - is in the eating. Will it be enough to get you to pick a Windows handset?
• Plenty of people rightly respect Apple-centric blogger John Gruber for his smart observations and predictions about the company. More evidence of his influence? A one-line note that we might see "all-new Blu-ray-equipped iMacs" made news itself - until he retracted the mention of Blu-ray, that is. Still, looks like there's some new Apple stuff on the way before Christmas.
• A couple of weeks ago I pointed to a terrific rant by entrepreneur Jason Fried against the tendency of dotcoms to raise venture money and then sell to anyone who'll pay. This weekend investor and former PayPal executive Dave McClure fired back with his own strongly-worded riposte. It'll probably wake you up if your coffee hasn't already - the language is definitely not safe for work - but it's certainly a robust argument for why startups should sell out early if they want to.
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