In today's podcast: Red Hat's CEO says the company won't cut prices because of Oracle's announcement to provide low-cost Linux maintenance, as Oracle proves to the world how important Linux is to its strategy and Red Hat's stock price tumbles as a result; Microsoft mandates a piracy check for Office users; Apple posts a fix for MacBook's sudden shutdowns; Google's Blogger service outages spark a user firestorm; nearly 1.5 million back-office U.S. jobs are seen moving abroad; Sun Microsystems posts a narrower loss as revenue rises; and private conversation is the aim of new blogging software.
Today's In Depth is about smartphones, and our editorial is about stupid computer tricks.
Your host today is Johanna Ambrosio.