Lisa Hoover still hasn't ventured into the "cold" Florida weather, so she's reporting from the office. Find out what the top stories were and what went on around the open source community this week.

While playing around with a MacBook Air notebook Engadget discovered another disadvantage of the new MacBook Air from Apple: it's too small for big USB devices like a 3G USB modem. Ouch, we just tested and confirmed that one of

NEW YORK, NY (MARKET WIRE) Converseon, a leading social media marketing and communications agency, today announced that it has won several important social media awards for work conducted in 2007. The awards include:

CHATSWORTH, CALIFORNIA (MARKET WIRE) Computrition, Inc., a subsidiary of Constellation Software Inc. (TSX: CSU), and a leading developer of hospitality, food management and patient care automation, announced the selection of its Hospitality Suite software solution by the United States Defense

TDVision Systems, Inc., the leader in design and development of 3D digital infrastructures and visualization systems, debuted the first portable, all digital high def 3D visualization system, the new 720p TDVisor-HD, at CES '08 in Las Vegas. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080125/LAF076 )

The First Church of Christ, Scientist announced today the launch of http://www.christianscience.com . At the heart of this new Web site is a collection of video clips in which people share their personal experiences in Christian Science. The public will

Optical Cable Corporation (Nasdaq GM: OCCF), today announced that it will release its fourth quarter and fiscal year 2007 results on Monday, January 28, 2008 before the market opens. The fourth quarter and full year results are for the three-month

Veraz Networks, a US-based IP products developer and Apertio, a UK-based provider of network technologies to telecom companies, have launched a new IMS service that enables integration of applications for fixed and mobile communication service providers.

Dassault Systemes (DS), a France-based provider of 3D and product lifecycle management (PLM) services, has launched PLM 2.0 and its new V6 platform.

Last.fm, a UK-based social music network, which was bought in 2007 by CBS Corporation, a mass media company based in the US, has launched an advertisement-based global jukebox service, which would enable music enthusiasts to listen to music of their

NetSupport, a provider of commercial software services headquartered in the UK, has launched a beta version of NetSupport Notify, a desktop alert mass notification system at the Florida Educational Technology Conference 2008.

Sophos, an IT security and control firm based in the UK and the US, has announced that its latest version of WS1000 web appliance will enable users to protect their businesses against growing web threats at the gateway.

RadioFrame Networks, a radio access services provider, will offer its software-controlled S-Series picocell system to Orange, to power the telecommunications service provider's recently announced Onsite Coverage service. The service aims to enhance coverage to smaller, remote and inaccessible business locations

CSR, a UK-based provider of personal wireless technology, will partner with Cheertek, a multimedia design company based in Taiwan, to produce reference design for a digital photo frame chipset with Bluetooth functionality.

Level 3 Communications' European Markets Group, a US-based communications company, has announced that it has signed a partnership agreement with BT Global Services, and is working together with BT to enhance broadband capacity in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE).

Broxap, a UK-based manufacturer of street furniture and associated products, has installed Invu's electric document management (EDM) system and two Kodak i160 desktop scanners to manage all client-related paperwork.

Mimosa Systems, a US-based provider of live content archiving services, has opened its offices in Reading, UK, expanding its operations in northern Europe.

In sync with its plan to expand Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) coverage expansion for local services by issuing a number of new local radio multiplex licenses, Ofcom, the UK's telecommunications regulator, has advertised a new license to cover Somerset. DAB

Pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca has completed its implementation of a new email system that has seen a 60% consolidation of the server environment, leading to significant financial savings.

Asigra has announced that Datastore365 has deployed its online backup and recovery software at Northampton Saints rugby club. The move comes after the club lost critical data during an IT disaster in 2005.