Carpentersville’s Sarto is on a blogroll (The Courier News)

Don't LOL -- it's true. Village President Bill Sarto has started his own blog, called About Carpentersville. Sarto said his, hosted by the free blogging service WordPress.com at www.carpentersville.wordpress.com , is a place residents can turn for news about what's happening in the village, the occasional commentary, and other useful information.

Web 2.0 helping businesses become agile (CIOL)

BANGALORE, INDIA: Web 2.0 is the hot trend on the Internet. Web designs based around Web 2.0 has revolutionized the whole way of sharing information and using the Internet as an exciting and more interactive experience.

Oakland Youth Arts Festival on Saturday (Oakland Tribune)

Art Saves Lives is the theme of the Oakland Youth Arts Festival on Saturday, a day-long showcase of performing and visual art created by and delivered by youth at the Oakland Museum of California.

Google’s Gears turns one (ZDNet Asia)

The project formerly called 'Google Gears' is increasingly being used to make online apps function when connectivity is unavailable.

Google’s Gears turns one (ZDNet Australia)

Google has given an update on the progress of its Gears project, which had its first birthday on Wednesday.

As Google Gears turns one, it lands its biggest customers yet (BetaNews)

Google's Web services project has been renamed simply "Gears," and the company has announced that MySpace will use the technology in its e-mail platform.

Opera Mobile Adds Google Gears Support (PC Magazine)

Google announced earlier this week that Opera was hard at work building support for Gears on desktop and mobile devices. Opera confirmed Thursday that Opera Mobile 9.5 will support Gears when it releases later in 2008.

Opera Mobile Adds Google Gears Support (PC Magazine via Yahoo! News)

Opera confirmed Thursday that Opera Mobile 9.5 will support Google Gears when it is released later in 2008.

Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist Marks 20th Anniversary (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

Novelist Paulo Coelho today announced the 20th Anniversary of The Alchemist, kicking off a yearlong celebration in Aviles, Spain and across the web. Coelho, invited by the Niemeyer Foundation, will host a special exhibition of his works and a live podcast taking questions both online and in person, and later posting the show on YouTube, Seesmic and MySpace.

Just a Twist (and Tilt) of the Wrist (New York Times)

Manufacturers are increasingly embedding accelerometers and other sensors into the machines, which allow them to respond to movement without waiting for their humans to push a button.