Of the more than two dozen vulnerabilities Microsoft is addressing in April's Patch Tuesday release, the firm's monthly security update, five are deemed critical.
<b>IT World:</b> "When Canonical announced its Ubuntu Light platform for netbooks and platforms Monday morning, a lot of fuss was made about the new Unity interface, the capability of Ubuntu Light to act as an instant-on environment for users of these devices who just want to surf, and the general coolness of the plan."
<b>IBM Developerworks:</b> "In this article, learn how to detect which capabilities are present and how to take advantage of those features in your application. Explore powerful HTML 5 features such as multi-threading, geolocation, embedded databases, and embedded video."
<b>Worldlabel:</b> "If you use the open source Mozilla Thunderbird email client, you're probably familiar with its powerful address book features: import and export, online status information for your friends, even synchronization. But one thing that's not so obvious is how to do a mail merge to your address book contacts."
<b>Standards Blog:</b> "It does leave open one tantalizing question though, that's harder to read: does the decision to charge for the plug-in indicate that Oracle is taking its ODF-compliant office suite unit seriously as a money maker, and plans to put serious resources behind it..."
<b>Tim Anderson’s ITWriting:</b> "Google is campaigning to reassure us that its Chrome browser is, well, no worse at recording your every move on the web than any other browser."
The latest clickjacking scheme on Facebook managed to trick hundreds of thousands of users into "liking" and posting malicious links on their personal pages.
Google's recent acquisition of Plink signals the company's growing interest in all things mobile. Is visual search a trend for ecommerce owners to watch?
<b>IT News Today:</b> "Unfortunately, Ubuntu and I must part ways, as well as any community involvement I once had with it. What strained this relationship? Read on for a first hand account."
<b>Packt:</b> "While Vim itself is inherently a powerful editor, personalizing it to suit your needs can be a daunting task. However, it is possible to do so with this book."
<b>Enterprise Mobile Today:</b> "The tech press and blogosphere are gushing about the new dual 3G/4G smartphone, and some writers attending the wireless conference even got a few brief minutes to test it out, so we save you the surfing and provide the highlights of the debut."
A beta release for the new edition of Windows Live Hotmail debuts with support for Office Web Apps, "sweep" functionality, and various other new features and enhancements.
<b>Linux Planet:</b> "Ubuntu developers invented Upstart as a replacement for the hoary old SysV init system, with the aim of meeting the complex demands of booting modern Linux systems. Upstart is being adopted by Fedora, Debian, and openSUSE. Akkana Peck introduces us to this Ubuntu success story."
If a competitor doesn't act quickly, the wildly successful iPad will become the new Microsoft Office -- the high-priced standard we'll never be able to get rid of.