Segment 1:

*   An aggressive TV ad campaign from Verizon Wireless is adding to the support building for a software package from Google Inc. that is shaping up to be the most formidable challenge yet to Apple Inc.'s iPhone.
http://www.tennessean.com/article/20091020/BUSINESS01/910200333/Verizon+backs+Motorola+s+Droid+phone+with+aggressive+TV+ad+campaign+
*  Microsoft announced that it will release in November a public test version of Office 2010
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10377483-56.html

Segment 2:

*   Microsoft decided to forgo glitz and glamour and go all business with a decidedly low-key Windows 7 launch last Thursday.
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705337891/Microsoft-Windows-7-is-set-to-launch.html

Segment 3:

*    Microsoft said efforts to salvage personal data for users of its Sidekick mobile devices remain ongoing following a server failure last week that wiped out much of the information.
http://www.informationweek.com/news/personal_tech/smartphones/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=220700152

Segment 4:

* Lance Liden IBM Interview

Segment 5:

Question from listeners:

Mike from Hillsboro “I read your Blog on the Blackberry. I was very intrigued. So I have a question, being a Blackberry Pearl owner, I do send texts to my friends but after a week (only about 20 texts back and forth) the messages disappear.”