W. Hulme to modernize its operations, from automating its ordering system and updating its website to creating more au courant products (a leather iPad case is currently in development).

WSJ: Restitching J.W. Hulme, a Firm That Nearly Unraveled

As the digital and physical world continue to meld, we are going to need an aggressive system of testing and updating these systems.

FORBES: Yes, You Can Hack a Pacemaker (and Other Medical Devices Too)

Because the remote is a full peer in the network, you can do anything with it that you can do with the PC or Mac software, including updating the entire system.

ENGADGET: Switched On: The musical mesh for the moneyed

There are projects updating the seismic strength of structures (although most of those projects have already been completed), updating the electrical system to give more flexibility, adding special track to give the trains greater maneuverability between tracks, etc.

FORBES: Why Does BART Need To Do Nightly Maintenance?

In a bid to keep up with the rapidly evolving smartphone market, Microsoft is updating its Windows Phone mobile operating system to be more intuitive and tightly integrated with popular social networking sites like Facebook and LinkedIn.

FORBES: Microsoft Makes Windows Phone More Social, Intuitive With 'Mango' Update

The parts of the U.S. system that are designed to boost the economy need updating.

WSJ: Crovitz: The Economics of Immigration

Better, maybe (surely?), to put more money into updating the air-traffic-control system.

ECONOMIST: Business travel

Updating isn't the most taxing of activities, you just look for a system update in the About Phone menu and then give your blessing for the download to commence.

ENGADGET: Droid 2 Global gets Gingerbread, customizable dock and more in latest update from Verizon