Firefox 3.0 finally outstrips IE7's market share in Europe, with 35% of the market vs. 34%. A thin margin, but one following a trend:
http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/03/firefox-3-marketshare-exceeds-internet-explorer-7-in-europe.ars
Deputy State Services Commissioner Laurence Millar resigns after "numerous irregularities" in NZ$7.5m of contracts given to Voco:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/2310622/SSC-deputy-stands-down
Review of IE8 concludes "... unless you're unhappy with the browser you're already using, there's no compelling reason to abandon it":
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10565012&pnum=0
Debian adds the FeeBSD kernel to its "unstable" repository, on the road to Linux without the Linux kernel...:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2009/04/msg00001.html
A Melbourne University study finds workers who surf the web are more productive than those who don't - within reasonable limits:
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/technology/workplace-web-bludging-good-for-productivity-20090402-9ktm.html
While Android phones may be Open it appears the Apps Marketplace is not. A utility to connect your laptop to an Android phone is pulled:
http://www.itworld.com/mobile-amp-wireless/65504/google-bans-tethering-app-android-market
And finally. 56 uses for the Perl of Real Life - duct tape:
http://www.collegehumor.com/pictures/gallery:ducttape
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