Microsoft stuns Linux world, submits source code for kernel (Network World)

In an historic move, Microsoft Monday submitted driver source code for inclusion in the Linux kernel under a GPLv2 license.

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Blackberry Software For Mac Coming In September (BusinessWeek)

The Blackberry officially speaks Mac. Research In Motion says it will release its first official Blackberry Desktop Software for Mac in September.

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How to Behave: New Rules for Highly Evolved Humans (WIRED)

The editors at Wired asked a group of social scientists to develp "a scientific approach to 21st-century predicaments." Brad Pitt demonstrates in photos.

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Microsoft takes on Google as Office moves to Web (Reuters)

Microsoft Corp will release three versions of its dominant Office software that users can access over the Web, catching up with products that rival Google Inc launched three years ago.

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Chrome OS: What Is Google's Goal? (BusinessWeek)

Google's announcement that it is working on a lightweight, Web-based operating system for netbooks, to be called Chrome OS, is a surprise only in its timing.

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Facebook's Upcoming Privacy Changes: What You Need to Know (CIO.com)

Think you've already ensured privacy on your Facebook posts? The social networking service is changing the privacy rules again. Here's a guide to the new settings and options.

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Sources: Google OS lives (and it's coming to a netbook near you) (Ars Technica)

Ars Technica has learned from two separate sources, one inside the company and one outside of it, that Google is preparing to deliver a Chrome-focused operating system that targets netbooks.

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Michael Jackson memorial draws crowds online (CNN.com)

Millions of people around the world watched coverage of Jackson's memorial service on the Web, although the event appeared to fall well short of online viewership records.

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Gallery: Low-Tech Computers From Prehistory to Today (Wired.com)

People have built calculating and computing tools for thousands of years. Let’s take a look at a few of the non-electronic predecessors to today’s silicon circuits.

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