AOL's Mobile Ambitions (BusinessWeek)

The company once known for bringing the Internet home wants to make its software available on cell phones worldwide.

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Apple 2.0: Amazon vs. Apple: Why Are the Songs So Cheap? (Business 2.0 Beta)

On hearing the news that Amazon (AMZN) had put 2 million songs, free of copy-protection, for sale on its new MP3 music store, I -- like nearly everyone else who writes about Apple (AAPL) -- went straight to the site to do a cost-comparison with the iTunes Music Store. My choice: KT Kunstall's new album, Drastic Fantastic, $9.99 or $14.99 (for the Deluxe Edition) on iTunes, $8.99 on Amazon. Savings: from 10% to 40%.

Which raises an immediate question: why are they doing this?

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Providers Ogle Google Wireless Possibilities (eWeek)

The way the Federal Communications Commission is conducting its upcoming auction of portions of the 700MHz radio spectrum is not unlike the Wild West: It's wide open and anything could happen.

With talk of Google entering the bidding, wireless network equipment providers are salivating at the prospect of a potential nationwide buildout of a brand-new network. But what form that network would take, how widespread it would be and which company Google would choose to partner with to build it are far from clear.

Providers Ogle Google Wireless Possibilities

Nerds To Auction Themselves To Women (AP - kyw.com)

Looking to recruit more women into computer science programs, the largest computer club at Washington State University hopes to hold a "nerd auction."

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