Early Computer <b>Developer</b> Roberts Dies
Dr. Henry Edward Roberts MITS Altair 8800, Precursor to the Modern PC, Inspired Bill Gates and Others

Touting tech tools of the future (Seattle Times)
While most people were turning their clocks backward over the weekend, Microsoft research chief Craig Mundie was moving his forward, five to 10 years in the future.

iPhone App Helps Software Developers Brother Lose 3.2 Pounds in 9 Days (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
Apple apps are a hit- 3 billion hits that is. While apps are used for games and business all the time, ever think your phone could help you lose weight? Well Healthy U Technologies is doing just that.

Surfware, Inc. Announces New 4- and 5-Axis Application Engineer (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
CAMARILLO, Calif.----Surfware, Inc., developer of SURFCAM® CAD/CAM systems, announced today that Bill Schwab has joined the firm as a 4- and 5-Axis SURFCAM Applications Engineer.

Biz Break: Beatles on iTunes? Wed like to, Paul McCartney says (San Jose Mercury News)
Plus: Be careful what you post on Facebook, President Obama says; Boots Del Biaggio sentenced to eight years in prison for securities fraud; new chips from Intel; Microsoft objects to Google Books settlement.