Notes from the field: Like a certain one of my neighbors, Robert X. Cringely is full of questions this week, such as ‘Will the Feds ever learn how to use Google?’ And when he’s not contemplating answers, Cringe attends a zoo party with Bono and a singing tech banker guy he calls Q. Microsoft swoons, tech banker croons. Podcasts: Jon Udell speaks with Anders Hejlsberg about LINQ. They discuss the project in general, and what’s in the preview that went live just yesterday. The ‘cast is here. Apps: SAP subsidiary TomorrowNow will begin supporting Siebel products next week, and claims it will cut the cost of customer service agreements in half. “We expect to grow aggressively based on Oracle’s strategy of making so many product lines redundant.” Those words in that order were spoken by TomorrowNow CEO Andrew Nelson. The news beat: NEC and Mitsubishi link quantum encryption networks — perhaps the first time that such interoperability has been accomplished. A Chinese researcher fakes chip development. And Infineon tests cell phone chips that bring higher-performance while using less power. Technology Industry