One for my computer architecture and design students - Electronic Business - Learning from failure:

The inside story on how IBM out-foxed Intel with the Xbox 360

A very interesting insight to the technical, contractual, organisational, and political machinations in the development of the Xbox 360.

Must remember to tell my students about the Google Code - Summer of Code.

via HtP - The Cell Broadband Engine processor security architecture

MONEY Magazine's Best Jobs (in the US):

MONEY Magazine and Salary.com researched hundreds of jobs, considering their growth, pay, stress-levels and other factors. These careers ranked highest.

#1 was Software Engineer and #2 was College Professor (aka university lecturer in the UK). Guess I get the best of both worlds then ;-)