Indian Premier League auction Part 2 (plus other cricket news)

A second round of auctions is taking place for the Indian Premier League, reports Cricinfo. Not many major names or prices, but given that the big money was spent in the first auction and most squads have little money to throw at potential players, that’s no surprise.
Of particular amusement though is the choice of names [...]

A brief history of Microsoft Word

Thanks to the ImpressionSift@Work blog, here is a look back at how the popular word processing software has grown and changed into what it is now. Even open-source devotees of the OpenOffice.org and similar office apps will see how Microsoft’s layout has been imitated to form the basis of the programs that they use.
I remember [...]