I was tempted to pick FUD as a topic and talk about how McCain’s use of it killed his campaign. However, last week we had two major launches, one of which was Apple releasing its latest notebooks and embracing graphics as a defining feature but avoiding Blu-ray and HDMI. Apple works to drive the markets it occupies and is successful more often than not, but Google’s Android launch is an attempt to dispute Apple’s iPhone leadership and perhaps leapfrog Apple into dominance of the smartphone segment.