It’s Memorial Day Weekend starting in a few hours so that means we are all CO’d here at work so, here is all the news that’s worth checking out:

Facebook cleans up the clutter.  Your friends facebook profile starting to look too much like a myspace page? Too many apps have caused the sleek and clean feel of facebook to disappear, which was much of the appeal in the first place. I always avoided myspace because it was too ad heavy and it gave me high school flashbacks. At least facebook got the hint and will be reeling in some of the gaudiness.

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Roku-who? Netflix and Roku combine forces to give us the best of the internet movie and mail-in movie rental business. For $100 you can buy a box that will play downloaded movies on your TV that have no 24-hour time limit, aren’t stored on the device and aren’t pay-per movies. This magic box created by Roku is also ready for high def. and has the potential to be supported by rivals such as Blockbuster.

Whip-lashing good. Indiana Jones returned to the big screen yesterday with ‘Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull’ and I know you want to be the first on your block to see the whip cracking archaeologist in action. Variety is reporting the sure-fire blockbuster made $25 mil on Thursday alone. Don’t worry, if you want to see it this extended weekend you’ll have 4,260 different theaters around the country to do so. If you find yourself in Tokyo this weekend might I suggest going on the ride that holds a suspiciously similar title at Tokyo Disney Sea.

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Worst kept secret. AT&Tcontinues to annoy Steve Jobs by discussing future iPhone developments. This time AT&T’s CFO, when discussing the future 3G iPhone, told reporters “there hasn’t been any pricing decisions made.” Even the “rumor of a rumor” of the phone sends Apple’s stock flailing wildly.

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‘Google Health’ steps into beta mode. I’m working on a separate post regarding this subject but Google stepped into the medical records world this week as ‘Google Health’ went public. It’s worth checking out just to confirm with yourself that it’s not something you want to be a part of.


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