This Week in Tech 99

Borrowing Wi-Fi is a crime, Dell arrives at Wal-Mart, and Norton crashes Chinese PCs....

• A Symantec update has quarantined 2 critical files in the Chinese version of Windows which has bricked some machines.
• Male partial nudity is the cause of a delay in the impending Halo 2 PC launch.
• A Michigan man has been arrested for using a cafe's free WiFi from his car.
• Sony has developed a 2.5" razor-thin bendabledisplay.
• If you're driving a 2007 Infiniti G35 or Nissan Altima, do not place your cell phone near the electronic keys. Incoming or outgoing calls will erase them.
• Nokia and Qualcomm are in a patent spat.
• Facebook now allows you to add applicationsto your profile. They have an API. Mark Zuckerberg has even made mention about a Facebook social OS.
• It is Towel Day in tribute to the late author Douglas Adams.
• It has been 30 years since the release of the first Star Wars movie.
• Check out Dvorak's review of an IBM PS-2 computer from 1987.
• LucasFilm is providing 250 clips on the Star Wars website, and people will be able to mash them up.
• Finland is allowing DVD copying because the CSS copy protection has been deemed by them as ineffective.
• You're all invited to the TWiT 100 show/Jaiku party.
• On episode 168 of DL.TV, Patrick and gang played around with a $99 Linux computer.
• The RIAA says that the radio needs to pay royalty fees.
• Dell is planning on selling its PCs at Wal-Mart.
• Several politicians want to begin taxing Internet sales.
• Bill Gates and Steve Jobs will share the stage at the D: All Things Digitalconference.
• Dvorak thinks that Bill Gates is using too much makeup.
• There is a Zune Amnesty Bin in the Microsoft offices.
• Rumors are flying that Google may be purchasing Feedburner.
• Dvorak has been named as Vice President of Podshow.