Open Source ERP Software Provider xTuple Announces Winner of its "haxTuple" Developer Contest (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
NORFOLK, Va.----Core News Facts: xTuple, the leader in Mac and open source enterprise resource planning software, has announced the winner of its haxTuple Contest â?“ Scott Zuke of Core Services Group in Western Michigan.

Engineer made a splash in hydroelectric work (Tulsa World)
Despite his shining list of career achievements, Donal D.K. Holway was never the kind to just bask in the glow.

TRW co-founder Simon Ramo: The epitome of a Renaissance man
The accomplished researcher and the R in TRW refined the concept of systems engineering, which he defines as engineering complicated arrangements so the failure of one element wont destroy the whole. One doesnt have to know that Simon Ramo recently c

Key rig alarm disabled before blast
A rig engineer says an alarm that could have warned workers aboard the doomed Gulf of Mexico drilling rig was intentionally disabled.

Microsoft Xbox exec Shane Kim leaving company (Seattle Times)
Shane Kim, Xbox vice president for strategy and business development, is retiring after 19 years at Microsoft, the company said today. Hell leave at the end of the year, after helping with the transition.