The 3 Best Tech Reads from Pinyadda Over the Weekend

This weekend provided some excellent Tech reads. Here are the top 3:

1. News Corp, Microsoft want to lock Google out (Variety.com)- Basically, Microsoft wants News Corp. (owners of the Wall Street Journal and Fox just to name a few assets) to pull all of its content off of Google. If this went through, it'd mean no more Googling for Wall Street Journal or New York Post articles. This is a must-watch development.
2. China Cyber Espionage Threatens U.S., Report Says (InformationWeek.com)- A congressional group claims that Chinese cyber attacks on the US will increase to 87,570 in 2009, a 60% increase from 2008. Some of these attacks, the group claims, will come from hackers not even affiliated with the Chinese government. Anyone else terrified?
   
3. Google Chrome OS Depends On Hardware Partners (InformationWeek.com)- Google's operating system Chrome (think Google's version of Windows) is outlined in this awesome read. I see two tremendous advantages with Google Chrome OS. First, it will be open source so the creativity of all developers can be leveraged to make awesome programs and features. Secondly, it will be all in the cloud, meaning you'll have access to your documents wherever you go.