8. "Apple Beats Microsoft, Motorola in 4Q Phone Sales"
Macworld, Feb. 6

It didn't take long. Less than a half a year on the market, iPhone sales outpaced Windows Mobile phones in the U.S. in the fourth quarter of last year, according to Canalys research. The iPhone snagged 28 percent of the U.S. converged-device market in that quarter, Canalys researchers estimate. Research in Motion, with its popular BlackBerry line, kept the market lead at 41 percent. Windows Mobile phones had 21 percent of the device market. Globally, Apple lagged behind at third place with 6.5 percent of the market, just ahead of Motorola. Worldwide, Nokia dominates, with 52.9 percent of the global smartphone market in the fourth quarter.

9. "New Red Hat Boss Defines Company's Future"
Network World, Feb. 8

"Q&A: New Red Hat Boss Targets Virtualization, Execution as Keys to Future"
Network World, Feb. 7

Red Hat's new CEO, Jim Whitehurst, has been on the job for just a few weeks, but the 40-year-old former COO of Delta Airlines is already making the rounds, spreading the word that he aims to propel the open-source company into billion-dollar revenue within the next three years. Whitehurst, who is proving to be a lively interviewee, will give his first keynote address as CEO next week at Red Hat's JBoss World.

10. "Expert Advice for Lovelorn Techies"
Network World, Feb. 7

With Valentine's Day approaching, we thought we'd round out the list with some dating advice for techies. Don't fret, though—the advice is pretty simple and runs along the lines of: take a shower, put on clean clothes and that doesn't mean a T-shirt. "We definitely have to talk to techies about grooming and social skills," says Julie Paiva, CEO and founder of the San Francisco-area matchmaking service, Table for Six Total Adventures. "We tell techies to get a nice dinner jacket, even if it's just to pop over a Polo shirt. If they're wearing khakis and a T-shirt, we encourage them to have it color coordinated. Ponytails are OK. The problem is having them clean, shiny and well-groomed." All things considered, the best advice we can offer is probably that techies should just date other techies.