Lotus strategist says Linux on Netbooks making inroads on Windows in 2009

"Linux and open source will start to chip away at Microsoft Windows desktop software thanks to their popularity on netbooks, those ultralight, low-cost laptops. IBM Lotus strategy director predicts this as a major trend in 2009, as well as the proliferation of messaging and collaboration technologies as a function of UCC, SAAS, cloud computing, enterprise social networks and Web services. "


http://blog.collaborationmatters.com/blog/cmblog.nsf/dx/lotus-strategist-says-linux-on-netbooks-making-inroads-on-windows-in-2009

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Bute Park : Once gone, these open and green spaces will be lost for ever.

"THE council has announced plans to dispose of part of Bute Park so that the College of Music can build an auditorium and performance venue."


http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/letters-to-the-editor/south-wales-echo-letters/2008/12/16/vested-interest-in-park-plans-91466-22483627/

"Could it be, therefore, that the underlying reason for this move by the council is that such a disposal will involve the College of Music transferring a strip of land to the council that it needs in order to progress with its controversial access road scheme."

Study Says Cars Make Us Fat

"Countries with the highest levels of active transportation generally had the lowest obesity rates," Bassett and Pucher conclude in the study published in the Journal of Physical Activity and Health. "Walking and bicycling are far more common in European countries than in the United States, Australia and Canada. Active transportation is inversely related to obesity in these countries."

http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/12/surprise-people.html