Remains of the Day: Europeans Charge Each Other’s Phones Edition [For What It's Worth]

Microsoft rolls out official video tours of Windows 7, the Pirate Bay sails into YouTube territory, and Europe taunts U.S. cellphone owners with efficient charging cords.

• Tour Windows 7
  Four surprisingly concise videos showing off a few of Windows 7’s flashier features. For our non-WMV-file take on the hitlist, try 10 things to look forward to in Windows 7 [Microsoft].
• The Video Bay, Now in Beta
  The site itself warns you shouldn’t “expect anything to work at all,” but browsers that support HTML5’s tags (Firefox 3.5 RC, Opera 9.52, Safari 4, and Chrome 3) can check out a few samples. [Slashdot]
• Say Hello To The First Someecards Video Cards. Ads That Are Hilarious.
  SomeEcards, maker of e-cards that are actually good, rolls out video greetings starring Michael Ian Black and Michael Showalter that might actually make your friends laugh (and fans of The State feel just a bit older). [TechCrunch]
• First look to Firefox command line, Taskfox
  Firefox obsessives eager to see how the experimental Ubiquity search-action tool will become Taskfox in a future Firefox release can do one better than an interactive demo—a Firefox build featuring a rough draft of Taskfox is available for download.
• Fennec Alpha 2 now available for Windows Mobile
  Better panning, a JavaScript error console, and numerous bug and UI fixes are baked into this tester’s version of “Mobile Firefox,” available for Windows Mobile 6 users. [Boy Genius Report]
• Telecom firms back standard phone charger in Europe
  All the major cellphone providers of Europe, including Apple, agreed to make phones powered by micro-USB charging slots going forward. Back in the States, we’ll continue to clutter landfills with discarded wall warts and pray we remember the right cords when we’re traveling. [Reuters]