Remember that interactive guitar Google put on its webpage last week to honor Les Paul’s birthday? It turns out a lot of people around the world wasted a lot of time toying around with it. In theory, the entire world wasted $268 million in productivity fiddling around with that virtual guitar. That number assumes that the 740 million people who visited Google’s homepage in June 2011 makes $25 a hour.

A public beta version of Microsoft Office 2010 is being released next month. This is another way to build momentum for the release of the productivity software after July’s limited preview of the programs. Features of the new MS Office include screenshot captures, background removal tools, Jump Lists, numerous templates and web based Office applications. more »

That headline get your attention? A new bill may give the President the power to mess up the Internet. I wonder if this has anything to do with his BlackBerry. Also, goofing off can save the economy if done right. Plus, GPSs have warnings for a reason, so try to use some common sense.

Finally, Google’s Gmail (still in Beta, grrrr) has added tasks for users today. Available in Google Labs, users can add tasks to their main e-mail screen and begin using the program right away. It is typical Google in every fashion.

What does typical Google mean? Simple. Users wishing to make an e-mail a task to complete need only hit shift + “T” and the task is created. The Tasks addition is a pretty bare bones offering but that is where Google finds success.

With the number of home-based entertainment and productivity applications that are running over home networks growing by leaps and bounds, some Wireless-G routers just can’t handle users’ demands.

Netgear saw this problem, and as a result, developed a new Wireless-N technology, which they feel is leaps and bounds above anything out there now. The “Green” crowd will also appreciate Netgear’s new products since they are eco-friendly.