Microsoft confirms plans for potential iPod rival (USA Today)
Microsoft has confirmed it's working on music and entertainment products that are expected to compete with Apple Computer's wildly popular iPod and iTunes music service. Microsoft is planning a series of hardware and software products with the first expected to be available this year. The products will be called Zune.

Linux gains traction in software market (Chicago Tribune)
IBM's backing helps add more followers When IBM introduced a version of Lotus Notes that runs on the desktop computers using the Linux operating system this month, it was a sign of confidence that open-source software is gaining market traction.

Translation for De-abstraction
The article is about my research is on translating from an abstract model of a problem expressed by a user, to software to solve the problem, and visualise the solution.