Mac OS X Leopard will cost $29. Only the server version has a different price. By my count, Microsoft’s Windows 7 has about 10 different price tags, depending on the version.

Unlike Vista, every edition of Windows 7 is a superset of the previous edition, so you will not lose any features when upgrading. Once you have some edition of Windows 7 on your system, whether you purchased it via an OEM or just upgraded from Windows XP or Windows Vista, you will be able to upgrade to a “more premium” version of Windows 7 by purchasing an upgrade key to unlock additional features, just as with Vista.

US prices range from $50 to $320. $50? Yes, Windows 7 retails for $50 through July 11, 2009 or while supplies last. The money you save can be used on anti-virus and spyware software.

It’s a blast from the past. Google, the high technology advertising company, launched a billboard advertising campaign to promote Google Apps vs. Microsoft Office.

Commuters in New York, San Francisco, Chicago and Boston will see a different message promoting Google Apps each weekday throughout August. Called “Going Google”, the campaign targets IT managers stuck in traffic and informs on the benefits of switching to Google Apps.

The billboards are distinctively black text on white background with a simple message in a plain typewriter font.

The new campaign for Google Apps can be widely seen as a direct stab at Microsoft’s productivity and e-mail offerings, explaining the benefits of using cloud computing solutions. Microsoft is also planning to launch Office Web Applications, free of charge, together with the 2010 of its desktop productivity suite.

It’s a good thing we don’t have roadside billboards in Hawaii.

The Vatican is bringing in experts “to study the possibility of extraterrestrial alien life and its implications for the Catholic Church.” Jose Gabriel Funes, astronomer and director of the Vatican Observatory:

The questions of life’s origins and of whether life exists elsewhere in the universe are very suitable and deserve serious consideration.

Perhaps the Vatican has forgotten what the Bible teaches.

If biology is not unique to the Earth, or life elsewhere differs bio-chemically from our version, or we ever make contact with an intelligent species in the vastness of space, the implications for our self-image will be profound.

Would not angels be considered extraterrestrial life which differs bio-chemically from humans?

So, you think a coin toss has a 50-50 chance to go heads or tails? The physics and math are somewhat complex, but boiled down, the actual flight is determined by initial conditions.

Recent research into coin flips has discovered that the laws of mechanics determine the outcome of coin tosses: The startling finding is they aren’t random. Instead, for natural flips, the chance of a coin coming up on the same side as it started is about 51 percent. Heads facing up predicts heads; tails facing up predicts tails.

Then it gets complicated.

Another month and another drop in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser share, courtesy of Firefox, Safari, and Google’s Chrome. The telling statistic? IE drops, and Mac users upgrade faster and more frequently. Emil Protalinski:

Compared to last month, IE lost share, but so did Firefox. Safari and Chrome gained, and Opera’s share remained unchanged. Safari made significant gains with Snow Leopard’s release, so it’s possible that Internet Explorer (8) will once Windows 7 is out.

Microsoft’s browser effort is shameful.

Interesting interactive painting representative of American people and values by Jon McNaughton. Mouse over each person in the painting to view an interactive description.

These men and women were passionately religious and saw the hand of God all around them. To God they gave Thanks for His Hand in the founding of this great nation. To Him, according to their own testimony, they turned for wisdom and strength when life and liberty hung in the balance.

What determines whether God blesses a specific nation? Prosperity? Righteous principles? How people behave? How they follow the teachings of their religion?

Chris Pirillo videos a Mac mini unboxing for his online show. It’s a show about the experience of opening a box. Seriously.

Mac mini is the world’s most energy-efficient desktop computer. When it’s idle, Mac Mini uses less than 13 watts — that’s 45 percent less energy than ever before.

What other companies have customers who record a product unboxing as an event?