The Technology newsbucket: lovable Clippy, if Microsoft made the iPhone and more

It looks like you're giving a presentation. Photo by medigirol on Flickr. Some rights reserved A quick burst of 6 links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology team Strategic Content Management >> A List Apart An exhaustive explanation about how and why to choose various CMSs. (Thanks @wtfcuk.) How I Made Clippy Lovable >> Gizmodo Professor Clifford Nass: "To stop Clippy's annoying habits or to have him learn about his users would have required advanced artificial-intelligence technology, resulting in a great deal of design and development time. To show Microsoft how a small change could make him popular, I needed an easier solution. I searched through the social science literature to find simple tactics that unpopular people use to make friends." Hackers exploit new PDF zero-day bug, warns Adobe >> Computerworld OH HAI ADOBE READER AND ACROBAT EXPLOIT Tablets killed Smartbooks says Qualcomm CEO >> SlashGear Seems a bit premature to declare netbooks dead, though. But: tablets have the battery life, says Paul Jacobs of Qualcomm. CHART OF THE DAY: What If Microsoft Had Invented The iPhone >> Business Insider Add the market value Apple gained from the iPhone to that of Microsoft. Simples. And big. Kurrently - A real-time search engine for Facebook and Twitter Interesting: real-time, auto-updating search only of Facebook and Twitter. You can follow Guardian Technology's linkbucket on delicious