October 6th, 2008
News to know: Green PCs, IT; IBM; Nokia; Apple
Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily:
Larry Dignan: IBM launches beta of ‘Bluehouse,’ eyes Cisco’s WebEx
Matthew Miller: First impressions of the Nokia N96. Gallery (right).
Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft extends XP downgrade rights date by six months
John Morris: The quad-core laptops are here . . . sort of
Ed Bott: Slimming down the bloated iTunes 8 installer
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Put your PC on an energy diet!
- Heather Clancy: Forrester: There’s really no such thing as “green IT”
- Video: Green tech disconnect
- Paul Miller: Truevert stands on Yahoo!’s shoulders; learning to search for Green issues
Photos: Top 10 reviews of the week
Adam O’Donnell: Dropping the iPhone NDA is good for security
Kingsley-Hughes: SEC investigating fake Steve Jobs heart attack story
- Sam Diaz: Apple says report of Steve Jobs heart attack is false
- Richard Koman: SEC investigating false rumor on Jobs’ health
- Apple shares fall below $100 … again
- EIC podcast: Tech economy turmoil; Cloud computing; Citizen journalism fails
- Jennifer Leggio: Citizen journalism might try to kill you
- Silicon Alley Insider: Why We Linked To That Steve Jobs Heart Attack Report
Bits: Ask.com Revamps Search Engine9 to 5 Mac: The ‘Brick’ is…
Dan Kusnetzky: Why bother with desktop virtualization?
Dana Blankenhorn: Microsoft bad cop is up against the wall
Dennis Howlett: Mac ready for the enterprise?
TechRepublic: How do I install VMware Workstation 6.5 on Ubuntu 8.04.1 LTS
Garett Rogers: Google releases Chrome 0.3.154
Matthew Miller: T-Mobile clarifies G1 Android pre-order ava
ilability and text messaging question
- fring lets you make Skype calls from your iPhone, available for free
- Sony announces new Reader eBook device with integrated LED and touch screen
- Image Gallery: Matthew Miller’s mobile device history, 1997-2008
Jason Perlow: I’m Cookoo about Cucku Backup
Phil Wainewright: Could Zoho outgrow Salesforce.com?
- Dignan: Salesforce.com: Worries emerge
Robin Harris: Techies choose Obama - by a landslide
Paul Murphy: Data Processing scores big success! Linux loses, again!
Device Daily: CERN Launches The Biggest Computing Grid In The World
Betanews: Was the Yahoo/Google deal a ploy to weaken Yahoo?
- Koman: Sen. Kohl: Justice should look closely at Yagoogle deal
- Yahoo wins confidentiality order for Google ad deal
Zack Whittaker: Student Technology Day: Microsoft CEO’s keynote speech
- Enterprise 2.0 and business collaboration
- Student Technology Day: event photo’s
- Ballmer previews ‘Windows Cloud’
Sean Portnoy: Hands-on review of the Logitech Squeezebox Boom
Christopher Dawson: And the calculator saga continues
Foley: Zune services on Win Mobile = ‘Pink’
Jason O’Grady: Apple releases iTunes 8.0.1; Apple TV 2.2
Roland Piquepaille: Using space robots to fix ailing satellites?
Heather Clancy: Wind: A sound investment in unsound times?
Dignan: Hitwise: Microsoft’s cash for search program working (sort of)
Michael Krigsman: Stop brain-dead software testing!
Janice Chen: Amazon sets up post-Photokina shop: Canon G10 and 50D now shipping
Paul Murphy: More on wikipedia abuse
Andrew Nusca: Weekend Gadget Guidance: Find speed traps online
Churchill Club podcast: From Cell Phones to Software & Services: One-on-One with Nokia’s CEO
Dana Blankenhorn: Our second Linux laptop has a real keyboard
Sean Portnoy: Vudu offers new format to stream 1080p HD movies to its BX100 player
Photos: Nintendo showcases new DS-i, Wii games
Paul Miller: Washington Times amongst newspapers putting semantic technologies to work with help from Inform Technologies
Christopher Dawson: To ESped or not to ESped
Microsoft launches software for cheap Portuguese laptop
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