| Software Can you really live without Microsoft Office? Open source and cloud computing alternatives can replace Office in some circumstances |
| Consumer Electronics iPhone 3G buyers? Doctors, teachers, salespersons, engineers Amid the hundreds of people waiting in line for a new iPhone 3G in downtown Boston on Friday were "Family iPhone" -- three members of the Kozlek family from Shavertown, Pa. |
| Government Antitrust review of Google-Yahoo deal no surprise The U.S. DOJ's investigation of an ad deal between Yahoo and Google comes as little surprise to many in Washington, D.C. |
| Interview This is Field IT, Part II In the first edition of this Q&A, Walter Puschner VP—World Wide Field II, Microsoft IT, talked about the challenges of standardisation and integration his global IS organisation faced in its first year. Here he delves further into the specifics of driving shadow apps out of his infrastructure at Microsoft. |
| Robotics Scientists build robot that can replicate itself The machine has been dubbed RepRap, which is short for replicating rapid-prototyper. |