Last Week in BusinessWeek

I'm lazy, and tired. Too much to do, and too little time to do it in. So, I'll summarize from my subway reading last week. Here are some articles of note from the Jan. 24th issue of BusinessWeek magazine:

Apple's Bold Swim Downstream -- the latest from Macworld is gobs and gobs of new products. Notables include the iPod Shuffle and the Mac Mini. Jobs and company however, remain total bastards for wanting to sue the enthusiastic faithful. Stop being such a fucking control freak Steve.

One Way to Hammer at Windows -- ever wonder what's in it for IBM in their ongoing support for the open source movement? Why profits of course. And if Microsoft loses marketshare, well, they won't mind either.

Korea's LG -- back in the 90s, LG and Samsung were racing neck and neck to be South Korea's biggest export. The LG made a mistake and Samsung invested heavily in innovation and design. LG hasn't given up, and promises big things are in their future.

Hydrogen Cars Are Almost Here, But ... -- hydrogen fuel stations are few and far in-between. So what's a person to do? Buy a BMW H2R. It's not a fuel cell car, but BMW is hoping that it will fit the gap before we get to affordable and sustainable hydrogen powered cars. The engine in the H2R is capable of burning either hydrogen or gasoline -- although the hydrogen burning does produce nitrogen oxides pollution.

The Gnat Nipping At Microsoft -- in case you haven't heard, Firefox is kicking some IE butt! Join the ranks of the converted and never look back!