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Comics: The New York Times discusses the death of newspaper comic strips, as paper costs force editors to cut strips. I use Yahoo to follow my favorites, like Get Fuzzy and Boondocks. I rarely read an actual newspaper, and newspapers tend to carry dull strips like Mary Worth and Judge Parker.

Tech: Taiwanese manufacturers are marketing relatively inexpensive Tablet PCs, just in time for the fall buying season. The Averatec C3500 has 802.11g wireless and a 12 inch screen. PC Magazine seemed to like it.

Tech: It’s reverse outsourcing: US IT managers and executives are finding jobs in India, while Virginia encourages Indian firms to set up offices in that state.

Tech: The NYT discusses how school teachers are using blogs in their classrooms. Students seem enthusiastic, but they don’t blog when the class is over.

Tech: The Guardian discusses Microsoft’s geopolitical incompetence. Windowsx 95 was banned in India because of an error on the Date/Time time zone map. Microsoft included chants from the Koran in a fighting game. The list goes on and on.