Apple-Microsoft MP3 battle could transform market (Middle East Times)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, USA -- Microsoft will strive to reshape the global portable digital entertainment market in its bid to unseat Apple's iPod as the leading MP3 player, analysts said on Friday.

Asia makes headway in IT standards push SOFTWARE (ZDNet India)
Thailand will soon join the ranks of Hong Kong, Singapore and India to establish a chapter under the IT Service Management Forum (itSMF) in a bid to drive IT service management standards and best practices.

The Myth of Web Based Applications
A discussion of some of the main benefits that web based systems tout, some of the compromises one has to live with in order to use them and a review of the principal alternative.