News Update - Monday 18/10/10

Here's the pick of the last week's news stories that are likely to impact your business:

Cloud or Linux Chalk and cheese perhaps, but having started to run a Linux laptop with MS Office 2007 and other Windows apps, interesting that larger organisations are taking a shine to Linux rather than the cloud. The new Ubuntu10.10 release of Linux is getting good reviews

Using social media in the workplace  Balancing social medai use with time-wasting and security issues

Facebook Credits (global virtual currency)  How can your business leverage virtual currencies like this?

"Everything Everywhere" The new name for the combination of Orange and T-mobile in the UK, who have just amalgamated their voice networks (#importantbutstiflesyawn)

Windows Phone 7 launches I feel duty bound to mention this, even though Windows Phone 7 has nothing to do with Windows 7 for PCs . How well will it compete with Android, iPhones and the rest?


P.S. Apologies for the delay in this edition of the news update. I upgraded Norton AntiVirus on Sunday morning 17th, and with hours of technical help, finally got use back to the PC at 6pm Monday evening. I had to monitor what the technician was doing (and deleting!) on the PC, so couldn't do anything much else. In any case the reserve PC also suffered a similar but different problem with Norton 360. C'est la vie, or time for a change would you say?

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