<b>Standards Blog:</b> "The President of the United States was treating himself to an early breakfast of bacon and eggs. Why not? If a Commander in Chief couldn't ignore his doctor's orders on his 70th birthday, why bother to have the job at all?"
<b>Linux Format:</b> "As an April Fool's joke, I created a fake Linux app for the iPhone that made it look like Linux was running on your phone...Sadly, Apple rejected the app for various reasons."
Gadget site uncovers simple way to force other users to follow you, even big movie and TV stars, but Twitter staffers rush out a fix to the weakness in the system.
<b>the linux experience:</b> "So I recently decided I wanted to find out more about Windows 7, have the opportunity to form an opinion about it. Having mostly heard good things, I wanted to give it a try and find out if the guys at Redmond finally got it right."
Search giant continues its acquisition blitz with the purchase of Global IP Solutions, a Norwegian firm specializing in technology to improve reliability of real-time audio and video.
A viewer asks for one tool to manage disparate contacts, FedEx fails big time and entrepreneurial coach, Noah St. John helps you get your foot off the brake.
<b>Linux Planet:</b> "One of the most beautiful aspects of LinuxLand is that, in its chaos, a wild creativity can spawn sweet and enduring projects. One of those projects, Compiz Fusion, was sparky enough to help me enter LinuxLand which in turn helped me build a hardware company."
<b>Wine-Reviews:</b> "With Linux and free software making a name for itself in the world of big business, many people are testing the feasibility of switching small and home office software to their open source equivalents."
<b>Montana Linux:</b> "I recorded them with a Samsung SC-MX20 which is a very inexpensive / budget rig. The sound quality is fair to good considering the camera does not have the ability to use an external mic. The video quality is fair to good considering that most of the rooms had the lights turned off for viewing projected presentation slides."
Next week Adobe Systems will put its new updater service to the test when it releases the latest security updates for its popular Reader and Acrobat apps.
The blank check IT security enjoyed has been pulled off the table as businesses reassess how much they spend to stay safe. Need some data on the mood? McAfee reports nearly three-quarters of SMBs have cut security spending, even though 71 percent believe a serious attack would put them out of business.
<b>Handle With Linux:</b> "available from chinagrabber.com this is the Bphone, a hybrid netbook/cellphone which features a rotating touch screen and a keyboard, beat that apple:"
Check out handy marketing tips on the latest Web TV episode of 'Help! My Business Sucks.' This week's topics: copywriting, improving productivity and customer research.
<b>The H Open:</b> "Ruby Logo According to a new schedule, the next version of the dynamic Ruby 1.9.2 scripting language will probably be released in mid August."