links for 2009-08-16

Ouch. In the comments, Arnon Mishkin basically destroys Jeff Jarvis' counter-argument.

Turns out, people don't return Linux netbooks more than Windows ones.

Outlook might be coming (back) to the Mac, but it's way too late for Microsoft to win over James Kendrick, who's now switched to a Google-based solution.

Only a few months to the next big Ubuntu release.

Some sensible suggestions for how to make the iTunes Store better for movies and TV shows.

A detailed review of the product which might save the touchscreen BlackBerry as a concept.

Joe Wilcox has a nice article about Jim Dalrymple's new site "The Loop". It's all about personal branding – and Jim's done a very fine job on his.

<p>Google Reader now lets you send blog posts directly into Evernote. When you send a post to Evernote, we go out to the source page and clip the whole thing –that way you get everything, not just the bit that you see in Reader.</p>
<h3>Why I love this feature</h3>
<p>A lot of my web life can be broadly classified as research: recipes, drool-worthy gadgets, lifehacking ideas, articles to read, etc. Much of that stuff enter my consciousness through Google Reader. The usual workflow is something like–see an interesting post, go to the blog, clip it into Evernote for later, return to Reader. Now, I can do everything without leaving Reader. Awesome. </p>
<h3>Super simple setup</h3>
<p><center><img src="http://blog.evernote.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/sendtoevernote.jpg" alt="sendtoevernote" title="sendtoevernote"></center></p>
<p>Sign into Google Reader and click on the Settings link at the top of the page, then click on the “Send To” tab. Next, click “Create a Custom Link” and enter th