Thursday. So close to the weekend. Yet so far. * Google and Salesforce.com to announce deal next Tuesday. Not too many specifics yet, but the duo is obviously aiming at Microsoft's hosted version of its CRM and ERP systems. Possible treasure chest for SMBs willing to do a little exploring. (Source: InfoWorld) * Neat gadget for road penguins. The TurboLinux Wizpy should be selling next month. 2GB-4GB multimedia p Thursday. So close to the weekend. Yet so far.* Google and Salesforce.com to announce deal next Tuesday. Not too many specifics yet, but the duo is obviously aiming at Microsoft’s hosted version of its CRM and ERP systems. Possible treasure chest for SMBs willing to do a little exploring. (Source: InfoWorld)* Neat gadget for road penguins. The TurboLinux Wizpy should be selling next month. 2GB-4GB multimedia player for about $280 that also has a PC-bootable version of Linux installed. Should let you really screw up those kiosk machines at FedexKinkos. (Source: InfoWorld) * Lenovo does new muscled ultraportables. The new ThinkPad X61 and X61s have a new wireless system with embedded pop-up antenna that’s supposed to increase wireless performance up to 30% (presumably they’re talking about range), and they also have a new rated battery life of up to 12 HOURS! Just hope the batteries don’t go nuclear on your lap. (Source: InformationWeek)* More Penguin power with Fedora 7. Red Hat gets Fedora 7 off the ground–definitely a viable desktop SMB OS, especially for small dev houses. Big news here is that Red Hat is actually a little less involved, instead opening the programming chain to the open source development community. Should mean more innovation and speedier releases. Also probably means an offshoot or two if history is any indicator. (Source: ComputerWorld) Technology Industry