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This issue's column focuses on the following hot topics: mobile computing, social networking, cloud computing, open source developments, web developments, Ebook technology and virtualization.

Many authors express the complexity of providing an architecture for handling hardware, software, connectivity, software applications and operating systems. Editor in chief of InformationWeek, Jonathan Erickson, talks about smart phones being more and more used as a mobile computing platform. He feels that there will be continued growth in open source mobile development to spur more applications. The following article by Avo Reid talks about development issues in choosing a mobile platform to standardize on....