New and Noteworthy: A Windows user spends a week with a Mac; Motorola takes Wi-Fi to the living room; more

A Windows user spends a week with a Mac Acts of Volition has a piece detailing one user's experience with using a Mac for a single week: "I've been conducting a user interface experiment with myself as the subject. A long-time Windows user and armchair graphical user interface critic, I have spent a week working in Mac OS X. What follows is my review of the experience." More.

Motorola takes Wi-Fi to the living room Motorola has started connecting home-networking devices using its new combination cable modem and Wi-Fi access product, a move it hopes will spur demand for more connected gadgets. "The chipmaker's broadband services division, called the Broadband Communications Sector , on Monday began selling the $350 SBG1000, a combination cable modem, wireless networking access point, Ethernet router and switch, print server and advanced firewall." More.

RealNetworks-Listen make online music noise RealNetworks has agreed to buy Listen.com for about $36 million in cash and stock, a deal that could alter some key alliances in the online music business. "The two companies announced an agreement Monday, under which RealNetworks will pay $17.3 million in cash and 4.1 million shares of stock for privately held Listen. Real had already taken a minority stake in the San Francisco-based company in February." More.

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