eWeek Newsbreak, April 13, 2009

Apple is close to hitting 1 billion downloads from its App Store and plans on a prize giveaway for whoever downloads the billionth application. A few of those prizes include a MacBook Pro and an iPod Touch.

Facebook now has 200 million users. Here to give us a little more insight is eWeek reporter, Nick Kolakowski.

Adobe Systems is offering free (Professional Version) Flex Builder 3 licenses to unemployed developers.

Twitter has grown exponentially since its creation, now hosting roughly 8 million unique users. Given such popularity, it’s almost inevitable that celebrities and luminaries would utilize it as a way of solidifying their brand and expanding their base of support. We’ll show you a list of the top 10 celebrities on Twitter.

The malicious worm affecting Twitter over the weekend has now mutated and continues to invade the popular micro-blogging network. We’ll show you what to look out for to avoid being affected.