Yahoo Writes $350 Million Check for Zimbra

Zimbra, an online/offline e-mail and collaboration service, has been acquired by Yahoo today for $350 million in cash. This catapults Yahoo into online office ring along with Google. Who will prevail? Who knows. I think we're headed for an office suite fight of cola war proportions.

I haven't looked at Zimbra much, except for blog postings here and there, but on closer inspection, it appears to be a pretty powerful corporate collaboration tool. It's equipped with key business e-mail features, such as creating, approving, or denying purchase orders from within the e-mail client. It looks good, too.

A good grab for Yahoo. A good grab, indeed.

George Harrison Leaves Nintendo

Some hardcore Nintendo fanboys have probably already heard that Nintendo of America was to move some operations to San Francisco and Nintendo Power to New York. Well, it's soon to happen, and some are jumping ship before it sets sail.

IGN is reporting that George Harrison, NOA's Senior Vice President of Marketing and Corporate Communications, has announced to his staff that he will leave at the end of December. A few other execs are running off, as well. This could be a good thing or a bad thing. I just don't know which.

The Weekender: That Crazy Britney!

Well, we've probably all at least seen a little bit of the abomination that was Britney Spear's performance at the VMAs. I really don't care about what she does, but apparently this guy does.

What happens when a flamboyant Britney fan gets pissed? He covers himself with a sheet and cries! Way to go, evolution, you've crapped out quite a gem in this little bugger.

Logitech Blessing PS3 With Luxury Keyboard

This is purdy. Logitech has created a cordless Bluetooth keyboard and headset for the PlayStation 3 set to be released in November. Don't worry about the mouse, fellas. It's got a little touchpad built right in! The duo isn't being sold as a bundle, as they cost $80 each. But hey, for the hardcore gamer that has everything, this could make a heckuva gift.

Deal Of The Century: Office Ultimate '07 $60

Microsoft will be offering Office Ultimate 2007 at a $620 discount in about an hour. The price is now 60 bucks until April 30, 2008.

Office Ultimate includes every single component of Office except Communicator, and it's the steal of the millennium. Sure, it's available for a while, but get it anyway. You can't lose. In case you need more persuasion, here's the list of the programs you get.

• Word
• Excel
• PowerPoint
• Outlook
• Accounting Express
• Publisher
• Access
• Infopath
• Groove
• OneNote

I can't push this anymore than I am now! Buying one of these programs by itself costs more than this whole package! BUY IT! GAAAAAAAHHAAHAHHAHHHH!

Freedom! iPhones Now Unlockable For Free Thanks To Hack

It's over. The iPhone is now hacked and free to travel across networks. And the best thing? The hack is free. Get it. It's yours for the taking thanks to the iPhone Dev Team and to Gizmodo for giving them a mirror. So unlock those puppies!

[iPhone Free Software Unlock Confirmed! (Death Star Explodes)] Engadget

Blogger: Now With Video!

Looks like Blogger has finally taken advantage of their cousin YouTube, as they have added video posting to their service.

I can see the video upload picture up in my toolbar as I type, and we'll take advantage of it as soon as we can come up with something to tape.

On closer inspection of the actual video player, it looks a whole lot like the Google Video player, so this may be a way to recycle the soon-to-die Google Video site. Not a bad idea, as I liked the Google Video interface.

In closing, I just wanted to say a few words concerning today's anniversary.

It's been six years since the 9/11 attacks, and I just want everyone to remember what happened this morning six years ago, and to look how far we've come. If it wasn't for trademark American resiliency, none of us would be able to blog as we can today. If any jihadists out in Afghanistan are reading this, I just want to say just this.

We won. We've got Blogger, bitches.