Happy Independence Day to all out US readers. To our international friends, since it is a national holiday, we are taking the day off. I am flying back from Israel, and will be offline for most of today, and regular programming will resume tomorrow afternoon, if I can manage to lick the jetlag.

Meanwhile, here are some stories from our other sites.

* WebWorkerDaily: A Look at Lightning: Mozilla’s Calendar for Thunderbird. Continue reading.
* NewTeeVee: Azureus’ planning a Vuze upgrade, new player. Continue Reading.
* Found+READ: Stop hiring people to do your JOB. Continue Reading.