Grand Opening Apple's Bellevue Square Retail Store this Saturday. A preview of the Apple retail store in Bellevue, Washington for accredited media this Saturday, May 10 at 9:00 a.m. (PDT). The Apple Store Bellevue Square, 106 Bellevue Square, Bellevue, WA 98004. Accredited journalists may RSVP by calling 408-974-7625 to attend.

Apple will also hold the Public Grand Opening on Saturday, May 10 at 10:00 a.m. (PDT).

Bellevue is less than 9 miles from Redmond, the home of Microsoft Corporation. [MacDailyNews]

I may try to be there. I am so excited.  2:03:30 PM    

Richard Perle's Continuing Conflicts of Interest. LA Times: Consulting and Policy Overlap. In February, the Defense Policy Board, a group of outside advisors to the Pentagon,... [Dan Gillmor's eJournal]

He may not be chairman anymore but it must be nice to use your government gig to further your own business.  2:01:19 PM    

The Long Arm of Longhorn. Microsoft sends a mixed message as it readies the successor to Windows XP. The upcoming OS is designed to make sharing multimedia files easy -- but its digital rights management features restrict how those same files can be used. By Michelle Delio. [Wired News]

I'm sure we can trust MS to do the correct thing, right? Not if this keeps happening.  1:36:37 PM