News to know: Open Office; Google; Security metrics; IT jobs

Notable headlines:

Dana Blankenhorn: What could Open Office do with a business model?

Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: First look at Ubuntu 8.10 - Intrepid Ibex. Gallery (right)

Paul Murphy: Internet abuse and Cloud Computing

• An IT productivity horror story

Robin Harris: Linux for housewives. XP for geeks.Security wrap: Can Mozilla's security metrics project end the patch-counting nonsense?

• Dancho Danchev: Storm Worm's Independence Day campaign
• Ryan Naraine: On deck from MS: Four 'important' patches but nothing for IE
• Apple caught neglecting iPhone security
• Nate McFeters: Say it ain't so AVG, say it ain't so: AVG LinkScanner = Badware?
• Airport security part 4: Attack of the body scanners!

• Ed Bott: Nothing stealthy about this Windows Update update
• Opera patches serious code exection flaw
• Getaway day: How to secure your laptop for holiday travel. Gallery (right)
• Gmail, Yahoo and Hotmail's CAPTCHA broken by spammers

NYT: Google, Zen Master of the Market

Garett Rogers: Google trying to take privacy seriously

• Stolen: Google employees' personal data

Heather Clancy: Far out! Another power management option for my Mac

Zack Whittaker:Students and the browser war

Deb Perelman:Beaches and BBQs vs. Blackberrys: Holiday weekends of the IT set

TechRepublic: Can you really declare independence from Microsoft?

• Can cheap broadband displace the traditional communications infrastructure?

Boomtown: The Yahoo Circus Pulls Into Sun Valley Next Week

PaidContent: Deal Done: Weather Channel Sold To NBCU and Bain/Blackstone Combo

Roland Piquepaille: Giant rubber snakes to capture wave power?

• Your computer as your singing coach
• Smart HCCI cars talk to the pump

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Per

elman:Why tech jobs are beating the employment odds

Photos: Army designates year's best inventions

NYT: As Web Traffic Grows, Crashes Take Bigger Toll

Heather Clancy: Texas Instruments pulls power management efforts under new division

• TechForward advocates the cause of temporary ownership
• Harry Fuller: Energy Independence Day...not yet, but it's a popu
  lar idea

Jennifer Leggio: When microblogging keeps you cozy

The ToyBox presents: Top 10 Summer Gadgets 2008. Gallery (right)

Tim O'Reilly: Segway CTO Leaves for Apple as Product Design VP

EIC podcast: Search wars; Viacom vs. YouTube (and its users)

Michael Krigsman: Runescape graphic glitches 5 more reasons IT projects fail

John Carroll: Whither Blu-ray?

Matthew Miller: Camera UI and photo comparison between four high end Windows Mobile devices