Google Android finally delivers what was promised at the very beginning. While everyone was speculating if Android is going to be an open source platform, they have come out with Android Open Source Project, which will give public at large the opportunity to make contributions.

India’s Reliance Communication has come up with free netbook with Wi-Fi plan for a monthly subscription basis. In order to get a free netbook, consumers will need to sign a two-year deal for Reliance NetConnect.

As you know, Jason Calacanis, CEO of Mahalo, fired 10% of his staff and then wrote an emotional email to his private mailing list, stating specifically, "Please feel free to forward this to folks you think it would help, but please don’t republish this on the web.". The copyrighted content was published in its entirety by Erick Schonfeld of TechCrunch. Jason was obviously not very pleased about this and throughout the day tried to get TechCrunch to remove the post without success. Some of his twitter messages on this context are illuminating:

Artweaver is a freeware graphics editor for Windows developed by Boris Eyrich to indulge in creative painting. It is capable of simulating a wide range of classical effects (such as oil paints, acrylics, pastels, pencils, airbrushes, etc) to create natural-looking artistic images. It can be used on Linux too with wine. Artweaver has a very clean and welcoming window that actually helps both professional and amateur artists to create artworks without being concerned about complex maneuvers. It is an able competitor to PhotoShop. Read the review after the break for details.