News to know: Google auditions radio talent, Vista randomization

The key headlines of the day:

Google Ad Creation Marketplace auditioning radio talent: Exclusive First Look
Windows Vista Randomization Gets OEM Thumbs Up
Profits rise at Microsoft joint venture.
Building better mosquitoes.
Mark Cuban studies Googlenomics.

A lot of Skype news. From David Berlind's Testbed:
Another nail in the coffin for the Baby Bells? Skype offers unlimited annual calling for next to nothing Also: Mainstream media, blogosphere largely miss point about Skype free calling plan.

AMD hosts its analyst day.
The growth of mashups continued throughout 2006.
Talking Linux IP with Bill Gates.
Hardware costs make IBM-Yahoo’s enterprise search less free.
Windows CardSpace gets Firefox support.
Emergency communications interoperability at DHS questioned.
Symantec's software war.