October 13th, 2008
News to know: Wimax; Tech economy; Microsoft's big brains; Apple
Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily:
Jason Hiner: Beyond mobile broadband, WiMAX is about blowing up the wireless business model
Larry Dignan: Gartner’s CIO pep talk: Make a difference or be automated (or worse)
Photos: Top 10 reviews of the week
Ed Bott: Six money-saving secrets to help stretch your tech budget
- Cisco CTO: 10 ways for leaders to lean into the economic headwinds
- Joe McKendrick: Response to financial crisis may mean more IT work ahead
- Jason Perlow: Surviving the recession with Free Linux distributions (Part 1)
- Dennis Howlett: Tim Bray on surviving the tough times
- Entellium’s lost millions
- Seesmic fires a third of staff as recession bites
- Dan Kusnetzky: Can virtualization help when times get tough?
Mary Jo Foley: Live Services as Microsoft’s consumer Web platform
Images: Lego Death StarAdrian Kingsley-Hughes: Why Apple will shift to an NVIDIA chipset
- ElcomSoft uses NVIDIA GPUs to speed up WPA/WPA2 brute-force attack
- Apple HDTV … why not, it’s just a big iPod!
- Sean Portnoy: Hot rumor: Apple developing LCD HDTV with built-in networking, Apple TV?
- Jason O’Grady: Purported aluminum MacBook leak video
- Apple agrees to repair MacBook Pros with bad NVIDIA GPUs
Heather Clancy: Sun’s latest server packs a punch in performance while using less power
- New green certification program helps keep kitchens out of the frying pan in terms of environmental waste
- IBM signs up new client for sustainability consulting
- Print this: Actually, please don’t, but DO think about why printers should get more airtime in green tech discussions
NYT: Newspapers’ Web Revenue Is StallingMatthew Miller: MobileTechRoundup show #150, More netbook talk
- 1.5 million Android phones pre-sold? What’s up with th
e 16 October launch party? - Richard Koman: FCC: Free wireless spectrum won’t harm T-Mobile
- Sam Diaz: My three cents: Verizon’s text fee could cripple SMS services
- Image Gallery: Handy Tools Pack for S60 3rd Edition devices
John Morris: Report: Three Intel Nehalems in November
TechCrunch: The Prickly Prince From Microsoft Strikes Again
MySpace launches ad platform for small businesses
Roland Piquepaille: Repairing genetic mutations with lasers?
Koman: Text messages save elephants’ lives, villagers’ crops
Paul Murphy: Anatomy of an attack: The New York Times on Solaris
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