Remember when the growing number of people working at home was considered a sign that employers had grown wiser and more trusting of their employees' own sense of responsibility, sense of duty, maturity, and professionalism? Remember when working at home meant that you found yourself empowered at least to manage your own time, and find your own balance point between your family and your work. Well, don't look now, but those days are almost over . . .and paranoia and distrust won. By Edgelings' Michael S. Malone

EXCLUSIVE TO EDGELINGS -- Fabled Silicon Valley venture capitalist Tim Draper takes Congress to task for tamping down American innovation and entrepreneurship with irresponsible policies like the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

In hearings with NYC first responders, FCC officials admitted they are still unsure of what form a national broadband public safety network should take - an astonishing admission for a group that is years into the process. The commissions initial idea was to auction a block of spectrum space with the caveat that the winning bidder would have to take part of the space and build a non-commercial national first reposnder network. The price tag was estimated in the tens of Billions. Little wonder the recent "D block" spectrum auction generated absolutely zero interest from bidders. So, it's back to the drawing board for the FCC brain trust and meanwhile public safety is no closer to solving the disastrous communications troubles highlighted by 9/11. The commission is scheduling a series of public discussions. Maybe this time they will listen.

The rumors have been around for a week that Apple will be dumping certain Intel chip sets for those of a competitor.  Such a shift would be significant in the relationship between the two tech giants but Jon Stokes, Sr. Editor at Arstechnica. Com is more than a bit skeptical.

An obscure technical paper in an equally obscure technical journal offers a first glimpse of what will likely soon spark a commercial and cultural revolution. What is it? Nothing more than a DVD . . .which holds 1 trillion bytes of data. By Michael S. Malone, Edgelings

Early morning stories worth spilling a cuppa joe over: Scrabulous, renamed Wordscraper, returns to occupy logophiles; Will Apple Mac get a new core? By Edgelings Staff

Even great brands occasionally launch a dud. David Strom observes that the best companies fess up fast and course correct. The dumb ones, apparently, start insulting the analysts.

The free ride is over for eBay sellers. In an effort to fund the housing bailout, new IRS tax rules could have a chilling effect on online auction sales. Your little eBay venture to sell your lunchbox collection will now be reported to the IRS and you could owe more than just sales taxes. How many homes will be lost in this attempt to save careless homeowners from themselves? By Edgelings' Robert Grove.

Early morning stories worth spilling a cuppa joe over: Olympic journalists thwarted by Chinese Internet restrictions; IRS whacks businesses for employee cell phone usage. Tom Hayes, Edgelings

Several of Silicon Valley's biggest companies have joined with the Federal government and several universities around the globe to create a new computing network. So, who will get to play with it?

In an oddly self-defeating act of protest, billionaire investor and energy tycoon T. Boone Pickens reports that he has sold off all his shares of Yahoo stock--at a loss. Now if we could only harness that wind...