OpenOffice 2.0 is out, and generating good news: Google throws bodies at OpenOffice and OpenDocument format gathers steam (IBM, others host conference to build on Mass.' statement of direction.)

Tim Coyle over at eHomeUpgrade has some excellent points about why Firefox extensions are a better place than Google to integrate all your Web resources. (Why Firefox is Web 2.0, Google Doesn't Get It and Microsoft Is Back in the Game) But even if that's true for now, I'd still like to keep the configuration data for my Firefox stack on the web, so that when I move from machine to machine I get the same consistent experience.

Lockergnome claims to be "Your Top Technology Information Resource!" and it certainly looks like they have a good list of tutorials. Also sections on Search technology and techniques, Internet Marketing, RSS, Hot downloads, Tech Newswatch, plus Linux, Windows and general IT posts. For instance here's a an Oct.2005 intro to Keyword Suggestion Tools for SEO (Search Engine Optimization) including the Google Suggest beta.

Serendipity strikes -- Librarian Blogs
While poking around the Forbes RSS feeds and trying to get a custom feed to work, I found this list at the host pubsub site: PubSub Community Lists: The Librarian List, which lead me to this top-ranked tech-librarian: The LibrarianInBlack, which is my kind of space. That in turn lead me to a neat intro on Web 2.0, with a fine list of citations. And now it turns out that the PubSub Community Lists are really new, witness this Nov.7th announcement from Steven Cohen, over at Information Today.

Microsoft will wipe Sony's 'rootkit' | CNET News.com: Microsoft is following the other big anti-virus security vendors in deciding to zap the unwelcome bits added by recent Sony BMG CDs -- "To protect Windows users, Microsoft plans to update Windows AntiSpyware and the Malicious Software Removal Tool as well as the online scanner on Windows Live Safety Center to detect and remove the Sony BMG software, the software maker said in its anti-malware team blog."