Microsoft Does Know Something About Bloated

In Japan, you can enjoy a special Windows 7 Whopper, featuring seven meat patties on the same sandwich. Explain this, Microsoft: when you launch a new operating system that's supposed to correct the oversized mess of Windows Vista, why connect it to a sandwich that's guaranteed to make people feel sick?

Microsoft Brings the Thunder

Understandably tired of seeing Apple and Steve Jobs get all the attention for the iPhone, Microsoft has leaked this amazing video for the Courier, a prototype tablet computer that could really change the way people work with their computers. Of course, Microsoft didn't exactly announce that they were ready to manufacture the Courier, so there's no price and no ship date. But, still, this is awesome. (via Gizmodo)

Hope for the Digitally Obsessed

Silicon Alley Insider reports that compulsive computer users can now get treatment at the reSTART Internet Addiction Recovery Program. If your family thinks you're spending too much time playing World of Warcraft, they can pay $14,500 for you to spend 45 days on a farm in Washington state, taking care of goats and chickens while you're unplugged from the grid. If this business model works, someone will surely open a fantasy football rehab by 2011.

Get Off the Internet!

According to Wired, the Marine Corps has banned MySpace, Facebook, Twitter and all other Web 2.0 social media sites from its computer networks for the next year. No word yet on how many of the Joint Chiefs of Staff's 4,000 followers will be affected by the new rules.