1)
Computer Viruses Hits One Million
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7340315.stm
"The number of viruses, worms and trojans in circulation has topped the one million mark. The new high for malicious programs was revealed by security firm Symantec in the latest edition of its bi-annual Internet Security Threat Report."

2)
Gartner: Windows is Collapsing
http://www.news.com/8301-13860_3-9916717-56.html?tag=nefd.pop
Gartner analyst Michael Silver appears to be noting some important long-term issues that threaten to make it harder for Microsoft to maintain its dominant position in the market. These threats are not new, but nonetheless all bear consideration. First, Microsoft has had an inordinantly difficult time upgrading its core product. Although Microsoft has said it will not go as long before its next release of Windows as it did between XP and Vista, even the possible sped-up timetable hardly shows a product that can quickly adapt to change.
Meanwhile, while Apple was able to build the iPhone on OS X, Microsoft has had to extend another lifeline to Windows XP because its latest product can't even fit onto the cheap mini-laptops from HP, Asus, and others.
"Windows as we know it must be replaced," Gartner said in its presentation, again according to ComputerWorld. Meanwhile, the company faces other threats, such as a diminished role for the operating system in a world of hypervisors.

3)
Oxford U Press publisher compares Wikipedia with the OED
Niko Pfund (OUP publisher) responds to the question "Do you hate Wikipedia?"
An excerpt:
"I’m actually increasingly bored by this question of whether Wikipedia is good or bad, and even more so by the easy vilification of it, a reaction often rooted in professional self-interest."
See item #2 at:
http://blog.oup.com/2008/04/inside-oxford-questions-for-niko-pfund/

4)
Library of Congress' New Interactive Web Site
"The Library of Congress is scheduled to open a new interactive Web
site on Saturday, as a companion to a high-tech exhibit designed to give
visitors a close-up view of some of the institution’s treasures.  A
copy of the Gutenberg Bible, for instance, is in a glass case at the
library, but the new Web site will let users flip through the book and
zoom in on its pages virtually."
http://www.loc.gov/experience

5)
 The Battle for Wikipedia's Soul
http://www.economist.com/science/tq/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10789354
"IT is the biggest encyclopedia in history and the most successful
example of “user-generated content” on the internet, with over 9m
articles in 250 languages contributed by volunteers collaborating
online. But Wikipedia is facing an identity crisis as it is torn between
two alternative futures. It can either strive to encompass every aspect
of human knowledge, no matter how trivial; or it can adopt a more
stringent editorial policy and ban articles on trivial subjects, in the
hope that this will enhance its reputation as a trustworthy and credible
reference source."

6)
Users Fight To Save Windows XP
<http://ap.google.com/article/ ALeqM5hP-PJpWPOXhxZHpqZ_M-Euh6DntwD901KB280>
<http://tinyurl.com/552bmj>
SEATTLE (AP)  Microsoft Corp.'s operating systems run most personal computers around the globe and are a cash cow for the world's largest software maker. But you'd never confuse a Windows user with the passionate fans of Mac OS X or even the free Linux operating system. Unless it's someone running Windows XP, a version Microsoft wants to retire.
Fans of the six-year-old operating system set to be pulled off store shelves in June have papered the Internet with blog posts, cartoons and petitions recently. They trumpet its superiority to Windows Vista, Microsoft's latest PC operating system, whose consumer launch last January was greeted with lukewarm reviews.
No matter how hard Microsoft works to persuade people to embrace Vista, some just can't be wowed. They complain about Vista's hefty hardware requirements, its less-than-peppy performance, occasional incompatibility with other programs and devices and frequent, irritating security pop-up windows.
For them, the impending disappearance of XP computers from retailers, and the phased withdrawal of technical support in coming years, is causing a minor panic.


7)
Google Maps Set to Include YouTube Videos
Business owners can add videos to company descriptions, reviews and photos now on site
By Heather Havenstein Computer World
<http://tinyurl.com/4j7dnu>
Google Inc. Monday announced that local business owners can now add YouTube videos to their listings on Google Maps.
Google said that adding the capability to Google Maps was a natural extension to its move last year to allow geotagged YouTube videos to run on Google Earth. Users can launch videos on Google Maps from the Photos and Videos tab of the information bubble that appears when a user clicks on a listing.

8)
Socrato Site http://www.socrato.com
"Socrato, a Massacusetts-based company, is offering a free, crowd-sourced test-prep service online. . .The site currently has test-prep questions for national academic standardized tests (SAT, GRE, LSAT, etc.), as well as for the U.S. citizenship test and individual course exams."