TV pitchman Billy Mays was found dead this morning in his Tampa Bay home. The unmistakable Mays, whose signature high decibel delivery was a staple for dozens of quirky TV commercial wares and gadgets, was 50.

The video at left was Mays' recent visit to The Tonight Show, where he pitched his new reality show, Pitchmen. [FOX News]

A quiet addition to the relatively new Lenovo S12 grants users a bit of a speed boost if they're willing to sacrifice some battery life to get it.

The option is a VIA Nano ULV 2250 processor with Chrome9 HC3 graphics. This setup replaces the usual Intel Atom and GMA 950 tandem that ships normally for about $500.

Incidentally, the new option is $50 cheaper too. [Lenovo via Engadget]

A quiet addition to the relatively new Lenovo S12 grants users a bit of a speed boost if they're willing to sacrifice some battery life to get it.

The option is a VIA Nano ULV 2250 processor with Chrome9 HC3 graphics. This setup replaces the usual Intel Atom and GMA 950 tandem that ships normally for about $500.

Incidentally, the new option is $50 cheaper too. [Lenovo via Engadget]

Surely this is some kind of innocent SEO-related keyword slip, right? I mean, Microsoft definitely doesn't want one of the biggest online retailers in the world billing its new OS as Windows Vista 7 Home Premium, right? Right?!

I mean, such labeling would play right into detractor's hands.

Regardless, Hodgman has been dispatched. New Apple I'm a Mac ad is imminent. [Amazon Windows 7 Resource Center - Thanks, Matthew]

Surely this is some kind of innocent SEO-related keyword slip, right? I mean, Microsoft definitely doesn't want one of the biggest online retailers in the world billing its new OS as Windows Vista 7 Home Premium, right? Right?!

I mean, such labeling would play right into detractor's hands.

Regardless, Hodgman has been dispatched. New Apple I'm a Mac ad is imminent. [Amazon Windows 7 Resource Center - Thanks, Matthew]

The recently released Nokia N97 has been drowned, put on a diet and was unlucky enough to share its launch with the Palm Pre and iPhone 3GS. We still thought it was "quite good," and now it's getting new firmware.

However, that said there is as of yet no nanotechnology update process available to us that will physically fix that keyboard. You know, the one with the space bar placed precariously toward the far right extreme of the typing area?

Seriously, if this were in my hands and I was firing off a text in the heat of the moment after six pints or so at the local Irish pub I frequent, my message on the other side would probably look like a viral marketing campaign for that cheesy V remake coming to TV this fall. [Nokia via BGR]

The recently released Nokia N97 has been drowned, put on a diet and was unlucky enough to share its launch with the Palm Pre and iPhone 3GS. We still thought it was "quite good," and now it's getting new firmware.

However, that said there is as of yet no nanotechnology update process available to us that will physically fix that keyboard. You know, the one with the space bar placed precariously toward the far right extreme of the typing area?

Seriously, if this were in my hands and I was firing off a text in the heat of the moment after six pints or so at the local Irish pub I frequent, my message on the other side would probably look like a viral marketing campaign for that cheesy V remake coming to TV this fall. [Nokia via BGR]

Did Jesus's manhandling of the HTC Hero get you all hot and bothered? If so—and you live in the U.K.—you can pre-order the $710 phone today for a July 15 arrival (subject to change). [Amazon via Phandroid]

Did Jesus's manhandling of the HTC Hero get you all hot and bothered? If so—and you live in the U.K.—you can pre-order the $710 phone today for a July 15 arrival (subject to change). [Amazon via Phandroid]

Imagine Slate columnist Daniel Gross's surprise when he arrived at the Nekkei offices in Japan and was greeted by businessmen, sans ties. To appear so casual in the workplace is almost sacrilege in Japan, and yet here it was, happening.

But why?

Simple: It's the environment, stupid. And ironically, in a country obsessed with technology and where "business casual" is rarely allowed, it's a low-tech, remove-your-tie solution to the energy consumption problem that's ultimately to blame for Gross's, well, gross and sweaty Japanese experience.

You see, in 2005, Environment Minister Yuriko Koike, a woman who had once had perspiration aspirations for the prime minister position, was vetting various ways to cut energy consumption. Her brainstorming led to "Cool Biz," a campaign that set all government building thermostats to 82.4 degrees during the summer. I'm sweating just typing that out this morning, but apparently it worked, and soon the business world adopted the practice too.

But since those temps are somewhat unbearable in the summer, Japanese energy scientists set to work on alleviating workers' pain. Their big solution? Suggesting they remove their ties and undo their shirt collars. Fun fact: People feel 4 or so degrees cooler when they do this.

The result is a Japan that consumes less energy at the expense of some ripe-smelling arm pits. Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to go adjust my air conditioner. [Slate]