Remains of the Day: Windows 7 Hits the "Airwaves" Edition [For What It's Worth]

The first Windows 7 commercials makes its way to YouTube, AT&T wastes a little less of your time when you’ve got to leave a voicemail, Bing 2.0 release is on the horizon, and student’s earn credit while playing Wii.

• Is this the first Windows 7 commercial?
  Microsoft drops the first Windows 7 commercial we’ve seen to YouTube, and our siblings over at Gizmodo even get a blurb. [Ars Technica; Thanks Slimy!]
• AT&T Relents, Drops Paging Instructions from Voicemail
  AT&T is wasting a little less of your time in their voicemail dialog by dropping the paging instructions. Sorry page lovers, but it had to happen sometime. [NYT]
  
• Google Internet Stats
  Google’s launched a new page devoted to their collection of searchable internet statistics, sporting goodies like: “Nearly three in five (57%) of youth consumers logged on to YouTube to watch a music video in the last 12 months, compared to 56% who watched a music TV channel.”
• Microsoft’s Bing 2.0: Coming this fall (maybe even next week)
  A big Bing update may hit the fledgling Microsoft search engine as early as next week. [ZDNet]
• The technology behind Tornado, FriendFeed’s web server
  FriendFeed and Facebook are open-sourcing the technology that powers its real-time web services. [Bret Taylor]
• UH fitness courses reach a whole new level
  Students at the University of Houston can now earn college credits on their Wiis. [Houston Chronicle]
• ‘One in 10 conned’ by ticket sites
  A whole lot of people end up getting fleeced when they try buying tickets online. [BBC]
• Facebook Lite
  Facebook launches a new lightweight, extremely fast experimental homepage called Facebook Lite. [via TechCrunch]
• Tag Friends in Your Status and Posts
  If you like the @user convention on Twitter, now you can start using it on Facebook as well. [Facebook Blog]