This is, literally, incoherent. The iPhone is a "fad", because:

most of the attention being paid to it has to do with applications and games, not telephony.

A few paragraphs later, under the list of "dead technologies", we have... "telephony".

Meanwhile, on his list of hot technologies is: alternative interfaces (where the guy actually cites the iPhone as an example!), portability, location-specific apps, intelligent recommenders, and sensor networks. All of which are being explored on the iPhone platform.

The title of this post is clearly misleading, even with the word 'might' in it. Neurogenesis in mice was detected when the mice were given Prozac or HU210, a cannabinoid different from the active ingredient in marijuana.

The article then goes on to describe another experiment in which mice dosed with D9-tetrahydrocannabinol (the cannabinoid in weed) did not show any signs of neurogenesis, no matter what dose was used.

The list is funny. I kept expecting it to keep going and turn into a parody.

Don't build edutainment.

Don't build an iPhone application.

Don't build a website.

Don't build an application that runs on any platform that is already popular.

Don't build anything that your customers can already understand.

Don't build anything that's like anything that people currently find useful.

Don't build anything that you expect to actually work.

Don't build anything that might turn on you and force you to stake it through the heart before it devours your spunky sidekick.

Don't build anything with a computer.

Don't build anything.

It's very nice for Bruce Schneier to express opposition to invasion of privacy. I agree with him. But unless I totally misunderstand Schmidt's comments, Schmidt is not suggesting people should not make love to their wives, for example, but rather, that if you are going to do something that you don't want the government to know about you, you shouldn't give it to someone that is legally obligated to tell the government about it if they ask.

Regardless of how Google feels about privacy, it's unreasonable to expect them to martyr themselves for our sakes when the Department of Justice or the FBI knock on their door with a subpoena. The way to protect your privacy is to not tell people things you don't want them to know(or to use Tor or the like).

Edit: fixed a minor typo