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The Pakistani government hates YouTube - they claim it's because of content that's disrespectful of Islam. But local bloggers think the real reason is more political in nature. Whatever the reason, ZDNet has the tale of how Pakistan took down YouTube globally, and how YouTube took out all the Internet in Pakistan.

EA made a 2 billion dollar bid via an open letter. Alley Insider reports the bid was first made privately. ArsTechnica says this could be bad for gamers.

Adobe's AIR platform just launched, and John Markoff has an excellent overview on the New York Times site. Air has plenty of competitors, like Microsoft's Silverlight, and Google Gears. If you want to give AIR a whirl, Read/Write Web has some suggestions for an easy start.

The New York Times has a new Web 2.0 app targeted at anyone with a cell phone. Reviews are mixed.

USA Today reports eBay auction listings fell by thirteen percent during the boycott.

Britain's SuperBrands organization says Google is now the number one brand in the country.

There's a rumor that Apple is rolling out a new line of it's top-end laptop, the MacBook Pro. Apple Insider has even seen product numbers cropping up in inventory management systems. MacRumors reports that Apple's high-end laptops have previously gotten updates approximately every 186 days, and now we're at day 266.