Operating Systems & Smooth Operators

1. On Tuesday, Microsoft announced that it would be giving its Windows Mobile a brand new look for the upcoming holiday season. The software maker is scheduled to release the updated edition on October 6th. The update is designed to make the portable operating system even quicker by going directly to a blue crash screen without delay.

2. On a Monday night preseason game against the Texans, Minnesota QB Brett Favre threw a low illegal block at defender Eugene Wilson, causing Wilson to limp off the field. Announcers called the veteran quarterback out on the dirty play and officials slapped him with a 15 yard penalty. After the game Favre apologized and then finally decided he will play for the Packers in the 2008 season.

3. Apple released its Snow Leopard operating system on Friday and users may be surprised to find that it loads with a 32-bit kernel by default even though it is capable of loading a 64-bit kernel and running 64-bit applications. And if you already knew that I may be surprised to find a naked woman in your room.

4. During the taping of a Central Park concert for Good Morning America, singer Whitney Houston's voice cracked repeatedly in her first public performance in years. Houston blamed her cracked voice on an appearance she did Monday for Oprah. Rather than waste your time, I suggest we step away from our desks, look out the window longingly, and remember all the wonderful Whitney Houston crackhead jokes we already know...

5. The New International Version (NIV) of the Bible, the top-selling Bible in North America and the preferred Bible for conservative evangelicals will reportedly undergo a change in its latest edition. "We want a Bible that is accurate, accessible and that speaks to its readers in a language they can understand," says Keith Danby, CEO of Biblica, the Colorado ministry that holds the copyright to the NIV. "For instance," adds Danby, "instead of 'the meek shall inherit the earth,' we're putting the more appropriate 'Obamacare is baby-killing death-paneled socialism.'"

High five.