Today’s New York Times reviews Apple’s latest operating system upgrade, Panther.

Acer President Wang Chen-tang recently commented about why Acer’s Tablet PCs account for only 5% or its notebook sales. It’s due to the price of the OS. “The cost of a tablet PC is $200 (7,000 Taiwan dollars) more than its notebook counterpart. Of this difference, the hardware cost is only between $30 and $60. The majority of the difference comes from the OS license”

eWeek : Microsoft Opens Windows Source Code to Its MVPs Microsoft is giving its Most Valued Professionals access to the more than 100 million aggregate lines of Windows source code.

An article in Computerworld finds that free hot spots pay dividends. For Schlotzsky’s Delis “Wi-Fi service brings in more than $100,000 per year per outlet in return for an investment of about $8,000 per restaurant for wireless infrastructure.” That’s for a T1 connection too!

Microsoft Office 2003 is now available. I have already ordered my upgrades and I eagerly await the chance to upgrade and develop.

Knowledge @ Wharton article details some specifics about outsourcing to developing nations: specifically India. “According to a NASSCOM-Hewitt Associates survey, the average salary of a call center worker in India is $180 a month. This is five times the country�s per capita income. For a fresh college graduate, a call center job pays about 2.5 times as much as other job openings.”

According to Rolling Stone Vanessa Carlton‘s new album will be “goth.” “”I’m twenty-three now, and I think I’m more evolved, more secure in who I am. I’m beyond the diary-confessional chapter of my writing.” Should be interesting at least. I saw Vanessa play 3 times last year and I was always pumped to see her play Rolling Stones’ Paint It Black.

Bill Gates claims that developing Longhorn will cost as much as the first moon mission. Wow.