September 18th, 2008
News to know: Palin's email hacked; Seinfeld-Microsoft; Tech meltdown; Visual Studio
Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily:
Ryan Naraine: Sarah Palin’s Yahoo account hijacked, e-mails posted online
- Adam O’Donnell: Don’t be the next Sarah Palin (security victim, not VP candidate)
- Wikileaks: Sarah Palin Yahoo inbox 2008
- Dancho Danchev: Targeted malware attack against U.S schools intercepted
- The most “dangerous” celebrities to search for in 2008
Sam Diaz: Microsoft pulls the plug on Gates-Seinfeld ads; Campaign’s next phase set to begin. TechmemeDennis Howlett: Opportunities in the impending tech fallout
- Richard Koman: Tech will suffer from financial meltdown
- What the credit crunch means for IT
- Oliver Marks: Profiting from Contagion
- Tom Foremski: Wall Street fallout likely to chill innovation
Paula Rooney: Firefox 3.1 beta cycle pushed back to pack in more features
Sam Diaz: Google takes Street View mobile; no creepier than desktop version. Techmeme
- Larry Dignan: Google’s mobile Street View: Definitely creepy
Ed Bott: Apple, not Gear, deserves the blame for iTunes crashes
Roland Piquepaille: Multi-touch smart desks in the classroom
Mary Jo Foley: What’s next for Microsoft’s Visual Studio
Zack Whittaker: What Microsoft gives you for free
- Ultimate Steal spreads across the pond: Vista Ultimate included
- Galleries: Wave 3: Windows Live Photo Gallery (Beta 1); Wave 3: Windows Live Movie Maker (Beta 1); Wave 3: Windows Live Mail (Beta 1);
Wave 3: Windows Live Messenger (Beta 1) (right)
Paul Miller: Powerset is making Microsoft Live Search better…
- UpTake announces $10,000,000 investment with a new Series B
- Semantic Exchange offers online briefing exploring New Developments in Semantic Technology for the Enterprise
Jason O’Grady: Stuffit Deluxe turns 20
Paul Murphy: An open response to a Jonathan Schwartz blog
Engadget: Mysterious new 4GB iPod nano 4Gs begin appearing on store shelves
AppleInsider: Apple’s North American notebook share jumps 60 percent
LA Times Blog: More than 20 million homes have cut the cord on landline phones
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: A quick look at the Cray CX1
Jason Hiner: VMware enlists Cisco to help supercharge virtualization
Larry Dignan: DHS still doesn’t quite get this cybersecurity thing
Michael Krigsman: IT failure: The definition game
Matthew Miller: Review: Electric Pocket’s PhoneFace, Ringo, & FlipSide for BlackBerry devices
Dana Blankenhorn: Google is the new Microsoft
TechCrunch: Yahoo’s All New Home Page A Mix Of Old And NewCrackberry.com: Leaked: Verizon BlackBerry Storm Pre-Launch Details!
OLPC faces ‘vicious’ rivalry in laptop market
Christopher Dawson: I guess Vista isn’t so bad
Heather Clancy: Tesla plans San Jose manufacturing site for electric car
- No, this is not bathroom humor. Brondell touts toilet seats that cut back on toilet paper usage
- Harry Fuller: Drill, baby, drill–revisited
Andrew Nusca: Panasonic Blu-ray Home Theater Preview. 
Gallery right.
Janice Chen: Canon finally announces 5D Mark II, as predicted
- Sean Portnoy: Kodak introduces world’s first OLED wireless photo frame
Dennis Howlett: Boingo - a traveler’s lifesaver
Nortel whacked by currency, carrier spending, delays
Silicon Alley Insider: The Mystery Of The Incredible Shrinking Video Sites: What Gives?
Sean Portnoy: Welcome to ZDNet’s new Home Theater blog
- Poll: What type of HDTV do you own?
- Matthew Miller: Check out the new ZDNet Smartphones and Cell Phones blog
Nathan Myhrvold: Alpha patent troll?
Dana Gardner: iTKO’s SOA testing and validation role supports increasingly complex integration lifecycles
Zoho goes for distribution grab with Jamcracker deal
Video: Vinod Khosla: ‘It’s about main tech, not clean tech’
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