Best of the Week

We've been glued to our RSS readers all week here at the Switched office searching for the latest and greatest. We probably won't be switching over to a Kindle DX anytime soon for our daily news fix, seeing as Amazon's newest e-reader is priced at $489; expensive even in good times. Also appearing on the Switched radar this week: The world's smallest light bulb, a Sacramento teen sent out 300,000 (yes, that's 5 zeros!) text messages in a single month, and Dutch cops are employing mini helicopters to sniff out marijuana.
- Crafting the next viral hit and not sure about that crazy thing called copyright? You might want to check our list of 17 ways you might be breaking the law with your tech.
- Why are text messages limited to 160 characters? The LA Times has the answer.
- Even if you're not eating, sleeping, and breathing computers like us, you're bound to come across a couple frozen apps that are not responding. We've got a tip to help you kill those apps quickly so you can get on with crafting your PowerPoint presentations.
- Here's a weird one: According to Fox News, Cosa Nostra (the Mafia) is going green by getting in on wind farm subsidies on the island of Sicily.





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