New Google Stuff, Time-Warner Backdown, Mac V. PC, Dan Grobstein File

• A friend writes with a few good links:
  
  Google rolls out search changes
  
  I just ran across Similar Images yesterday. For example I did an image search for "golden gate", picked one result and got this collection of similar images, right down to the framing and lighting conditions.
  
  He also found two in Business Week:
  Time Warner's CEO said "It is clear from the public response over the last two weeks that there is a great deal of misunderstanding about our plans to roll out additional tests on consumption-based billing." The point he seems to be missing is that the public knew exactly what was going on, that "great deal of misunderstanding" was in the board room of Time Warner. Time Warner Cable Backs Away from Pricing Change
  
  Mac vs. PC: What You Don't Get for $699
  A 17-in. PC may cost a lot less than a 17-inch Mac. But you get less, too, including security, multimedia tools, and, some say, satisfaction

 

 

Dan Grobstein File

• What with the merging of sections and the new ads at the bottom of the front page the new slogan of the times should be "all the news that fits we print". I know that phrase is not original with me.
• U.S. / POLITICS | April 20, 2009
  Picking Letters, 10 a Day, That Reach Obama
  By ASHLEY PARKER
  An official assembles a briefing book of the letters, which offer the president a way to keep in touch with the public.
• I believe that France also has rules which tell you what you can name
  your child.
  
  From The New York Times:
  
  Name Not on Our List? Change It, China Says
  By SHARON LaFRANIERE
  
  Untold numbers of Chinese have characters in their names that a new
  system for ID cards cannot process....