Best wishes for a happy and prosperous 2008! Want to keep XP? Of the many changes expected for later this year, the end of life of Windows XP is probably a primary concern for many IT departments. If you're wondering why, welcome from that long trip from Mars: Here on Earth many fear that discontinuing Windows XP will force or at least accelerate a migration to Vista, the new Microsoft OS that like a well groome Best wishes for a happy and prosperous 2008! Want to keep XP? Of the many changes expected for later this year, the end of life of Windows XP is probably a primary concern for many IT departments. If you’re wondering why, welcome from that long trip from Mars: Here on Earth many fear that discontinuing Windows XP will force or at least accelerate a migration to Vista, the new Microsoft OS that like a well groomed but unconvincing politician has failed to win the hearts and minds of the majority. Are you sharing the same concern? Then, join the Save Windows XP petition and let Microsoft know that you want to keep the OS running for a long (longer?) time.A Leopard as a server? Speaking of OSes you should not miss the review of the Mac OS X 10.5 Server that the holiday schedule makes easy to overlook.It’s a rose that has its thorns, but Leopard server makes the power of Unix easy to control and deploy, Tom Yager reports. Scanned on my cell What happens when you put together mobile phones and barcode technology? You could carry a boarding pass on your phone, for starters, and use the built-in camera as a bar code reader. Learn more in this intriguing chapter of Geeks in Paradise where Brian Chee explores the various options brewing around this fascinating topic. And don’t forget part two Technology Industry