October 27th, 2008

News to know: Windows 7's latest build; Ubuntu; Chip density; Tech economy

Posted by Larry Dignan @ 1:59 am

Categories: General, News to know

Tags: Ubuntu, Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Chip, AMD Announces $150 Radeon HD 4830 Cringely, Microsoft Windows, Web 2.0, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn)

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily:

PDC coverage:

• Mary Jo Foley: Windows 7 pre-beta build: What’s inside
• Jason Hiner: Windows 7: Five things Microsoft must do
• Microsoft: Expect Vista SP2 in the first half of 2009
• Microsoft launches a development-tool-focused incubator
• Phil Wainewright: Gathering clouds brew up a storm

Paula Rooney: Ubuntu 8.10 desktop, server to ship Oct 30

News.com: Google Earth brings virtual tourism to iPhone

Tim O’Reilly: Web 2.0 and Cloud Computing Nick Carr: What Tim O’Reilly gets wrong about the cloud

Garett Rogers: Google readying SearchWiki?

Oliver Marks: A Transparency Engine for the WorldWide Web

Ed Bott: OS X versus Vista, RAM division

Reviews of the Samsung Epix (AT&T right)

Crackberry.com: BlackBerry Storm Hands-On First Impressions!

Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: How long until Apple is bigger than Microsoft?

• AMD Announces $150 Radeon HD 4830
  
• Cringely’s right, Windows Mobile is dead
• Intel: We love you, iPhone!
• The idea of “Open Source DRM” makes me want to vomit with rage
• Ubuntu 8.10 release candidate is out

Deb Perelman: No rest for the weary techie

• Michael Krigsman: Managing recession: IT failures and layoffs
• Larry Dignan: Tech’s economy careens into the great unknown
• NYT: To Survive, Net Start-Ups Slow Their Metabolism

Roland Piquepaille: Improving chip density by a factor of 100

• Jambot, a musician robot that improvises
• Zack Whittaker: The technologies which will change our lives

TechCrunch: YouTube Enables Deep Linking Within Videos

Dana Blankenhorn: On the Linux laptop the distro is key

• Open source looks to catch the falling knife

NYT: If No One Sees It, Is It an Invention?Adam O’Donnell: “Joe the Plumber”’s data compromised by government insider

• Paul Murphy: Associative arrays and elections data

Symantec to identify safe software by ‘reputation’

Review: iHome iHM77 portable multimedia speakers (red right)

Dana Gardner: Web 2.0 acts as accelerant in pending corporate Darwinian shake-out, says Palladium Group CEO

Heather Clancy: Could being sustainable save the world AND the economy? New book makes convincing case.

• More e-waste drop-off options, but only if you live in California

• What’s the damage? Consumer Electronics Association quantifies eco-impact of electronics

Jennifer Leggio: Diary of a Web nerd: The Wii as a social platform

• Read and recognize - 10 must-know social business bloggers

EIC podcast: Tech demand murky

Tom Steinert-Threlkeld: Take Stock. Turn Off The Tech. Turn Off The Echo Chamber. Think.

Andrew Nusca: Weekend Gadget Guidance: $50 off Amazon Kindle thru Nov. 1

• Dell readies ‘Mini’ Vostro netbook for small business
• Janice Chen: The best way to download photos from your digital camera to computer

Dignan: Stand-alone Yahoo Messenger for Vista: R.I.P.

• OLPC meets XP: Does charm matter?
• Photos: A kid-tested XO laptop

Matthew Miller: HTC Touch Pro from Sprint available next week

• Will the ALP be the next mobile Linux OS?

Ryan Stewart: New York Times rolling out HD video content with Brightcove