Best of the blogs: The notion of computing that we don like clothes might seem outrageous, but “it can’t be much more expensive than the Diesel Jeans I just purchased,” cracks David Linthicum in Ubiquitous computing and SOA. “We simply deal with each device as a system itself with a physical data structure, abstracted data, services, composite services, and perhaps some processes as well.” Columnist’s corner: The new GPL has been a long time coming, yet the third draft, finally released last week, remains mired in controversy. Neil McAllister breaks down the debate in GPL v3: V for vindication. “It will reaffirm the very principles that have made the community so strong to begin with — strong enough to resist the ongoing vendetta declared by Microsoft and its allies,” McAllister declares, all the while urging commercial open source entities to embrace the new version. The news beat: EMI says it will drop DRM in a pact with Apple. Microsoft issues two new licenses for Windows Vista with a focus on lager datacenters and diskless PCs. And PCWorld examines the 50 best products of all time. Of course, the list begins with the dawn of the computer, not before. Technology Industry