The Morning Reboot:
- Rumors of an Apple product announcement via a Super Bowl ad proved to be unfounded, but Reuters reports that Apple has settled their long-running trademark dispute with the Beatles' record company of nearly the same name. Which means you can probably expect to see the Beatles' music on the iTunes Store sooner rather than later.
- Speaking of Super Bowl ads, YouTube has got them all in one spot.
- Microsoft has turned on a feature in Internet Explorer that allows Web sites with a new type of security certificate to display a green-filled address bar in IE 7. The certificate is designed to help prevent phishing scams.
- Is a Google Powerpoint clone on the way? Techcrunch reports that someone posted what appears to be a header file from an existing Google application by the name of “Presently.” The files has since been edited to remove that reference, but Techcrunch posted a screencap of the original if you're curious.
- This is the headline every traveler has been waiting for: Wireless Internet for All, Without the Towers. The New York Times reports that Meraki, a start up founded by two MIT grad students is hoping to solve the “last ten yards” problem of universal WiFi access by using in-home boxes to create a “mesh network.” The network then “dynamically reroutes signals as boxes are added or unplugged, and as environmental conditions that affect network performance fluctuate moment to moment.”
