Remains of the Day: Mozilla's "Boot to Gecko" Will Be Like Chrome OS for Firefox [For What Its Worth]

Source: http://lifehacker.com/5824973/remains-of-the-day-mozilla-announces-latest-project-boot-to-gecko

The team behind Firefox officially begins work on a new web OS, Google's latest updates include improvements to GoogleDocs, quality of sleep proven to be just as important as quantity.

• Mozilla Announces Boot to Gecko: Mozilla's latest project aims to build a "complete, standalone operating system for the open web." The Wall Street Journal's TechEurope blog pegs the project as a possible Android competitor. [MozillaWiki]
• Facebook for Business: The social networking site launched Facebook for Business today, helping companies build their own pages and run ads. [Facebook]
• Google Apps Highlights 7/22/2011: Google's latest highlights entry recaps the changes that the company has implemented over the past few weeks, including the latest updates to Google Docs: support for .pptx files and a spreadsheet shortcuts menu. [Official Google Blog]
• Barack Obama Thinks Your Password Sucks: The President seeks to up cyber security with the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC). [Gizmodo]
• Fragmented sleep 'harms memory': A research study at Stanford University recently found that disrupting sleep negatively affects memory. [BBC News]
• Nook for iTunes Adds 175 Magazines and Newspapers to its Library: The addition includes publications like Esquire, Forbes, and Newsweek. The Barnes & Noble ereader app is also offering free two week subscriptions. [iTunes]
• Twitter Symbols: Add some iconographic flair to your tweets. [Twitter Symbols]