There is an old saying “Lies, Damn Lies, and then there are statistics.” Microsoft however goes waaaay past this in the latest reported numbers and their own predictions.

I think they must be handing out some of Albert Hofmann’s meds in Redmond these days. Fuzzy math and crazy predictions rule the day at Microsoft. In the space of about a week the drum beating coming from Microsoft is a bit ridiculous.

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Contrary to their FCC testimony, Comcast is blocking BitTorrent traffic pretty much all the time according to new data being reported by TorrentFreak. Now “that’s Comcastic!”

According to both companies, BS has signed an agreement to acquire CNET Networks in a deal valued at $1.8 billion. The acquisition will make CBS one of the 10 most popular Internet companies in the United States, with a combined 54 million unique users per month, and about 200 million users worldwide.

If you want to have some fun with one of your Mac using friends install this kernel panic screensaver, wait until it kicks in and watch their face. If your friends use a Windows box, try the BlueScreen Screen Saver. Both a free.

“Comcast’s ambition is to make more and more content available to consumers across all platforms,” said Samuel Schwartz, executive vice president for strategy and development at Comcast Interactive Media, in an interview. “When you add the social dimension to these products, you can navigate through those platforms based on what your friends are doing.” See more at the NY Times Bits Blog.

WSJ Tech Reporter Walt Mossberg has his say on two of the newest Bluetooth wireless headsets - new $130 Jawbone, and the $150 Plantronics Discovery 925. I have the original Jawbone and thought this was interesting.

Apple has announced officially that they have sold out WWDC (Worldwide Developers Conference) that is scheduled to start with Steve Jobs widely anticipated keynote on June 9th.

Developers still interested in the conference are being asked to wait for the immediate aftermath, at which Apple will upload the videos of events to iTunes. Some clips should become available with a free developer account; others, however, will require a paid membership.

WWDC runs June 9th to the 13th at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, and will for the first time have three separate development tracks: iPhone, Mac and IT.

onOne Software’s Essentials 2.1 for iPhoto, $59.95 is a collection of four easy-to-use tools to help you correct color, add depth of field by realistically blurring the background, add creative borders and resize your photos to get a larger print.

onOne Software has brought some of the power of their Photoshop plugins to iPhoto and have included some built-in tutorials.

equinux has released The Tube 2.7, a free update to its Mac TV software that adds live-streaming of content via iChat.

Place-shifting, allows users to share what they are watching with friends using iChat Theater allowing the receiving person to even record the show.

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I saw this on YouTube and just thought it was cool! Song is “Again & Again” by the Bird and the Bee [iTunes link]. Here is the link to the actual music video [iTunes link]

HP will become and instant technology service giant to rival IBM with the $13.9 billion purchase of Electronic Data Systems. EDS will form the basis of a new division within Hewlett-Pachard, branded “EDS - an HP company,” headquartered in Plano, Texas.

If the next iPhone does get 3G support as we all expect, it may be just fine on AT&T in my area. At least according to ComputerWorld who took Verizon, Sprint and AT&T’s 3G data services for a spin all around the tri-state area in NY, NJ and CT shows any indication.

Using data cards from each carrier and a Lenovo ThinkPad X300 at over 500 points in order to determine the king of 3G. Surprisingly, AT&T was the snappiest of the bunch in both average (755Kbps) and top data speeds (1.6Mbps).

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The Google Reader team has announced a new beta version of Google Reader for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Go to http://google.com/reader/i/ or when you are just in Google Reader on your iPhone or iPod touch (it will default to the classic view) go to the very bottom and choose the “Mobile” view.

Apple ads new Mac - PC ads. See them on the Apple website.

Bee Documents has released Timeline 3D, a new edition of its timeline creation software. This software can create amazing “timelines” for presentations, print and video productions. You can import easily from Address Book, iCal, iPhoto, iTunes, RSS, etc.

In addition to the features of the Standard Edition, the 3D Edition can create and display three-dimensional interactive timeline charts. It can also export timelines as full motion video to the iPhone, iPod, or Apple TV and as HD quality video for other video projects. Slideshow presentations can be created through integration with Keynote. Timeline 3D Edition is $65 for Mac OS X 10.5. Standard version is $40.