Microsoft, Novell eye Moonlight beta, system management (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Marking the two-year anniversary of their controversial interoperability agreement, Microsoft and Novell this week are announcing upcoming availability of both the beta version of Moonlight, which puts Microsoft's Silverlight rich Internet application technology on Linux, and the general release of Advanced Management Pack for Suse Linux Enterprise for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2.

High-street shopping losing appeal in plugged-in Asia (Reuters)

Reuters - The Internet is replacing the high street as the shopping destination of choice in the Asia Pacific, with a new survey showing a majority of Internet users prefer to go online to buy everything from electronics to holidays.

Guns N' Roses album to debut on MySpace (CNET)
CNET - Updated at 8:55 p.m. PST to reflect that NPR Music had the streaming debut of Paul McCartney's album.

Google Gives Online Life to Life Mag's Photos
Google partners with Life magazine to host millions of never-before-seen images.

Waste Not! Nasa Turns Urine Into Water
New space recycling system to turn urine and sweat into clean drinking water.

Microsoft: New software not Symantec, McAfee rival (Reuters)
Reuters - Microsoft Corp's upcoming security software is not designed to take sales from Symantec Corp and McAfee Inc as it is a stripped-down, free product that focuses purely on anti-virus protection, a Microsoft executive said.