November 4th, 2008
News to know: E-voting security; Salesforce.com; NetSuite; SAP; Microsoft
Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily:
Jason Perlow: Linux: The Joe Sixpack Strategy
Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft Big Brains: Brad Lovering
- Microsoft confirms MinWin is in Windows 7, after all
- Ed Bott: That “unlocked” Windows 7 taskbar is also unfinished
Jason Hiner: Who would be better for tech, McCain or Obama?
- Adam O’Donnell: Will e-voting machines tilt the election?
- Jason O’Grady: Track the election on your iPhone
- Larry Dignan: My fantasy: Robocall, meet Do Not Call Registry
WSJ: Key Apple Executive to DepartGarett Rogers: Google lets you measure how useful corporate documents are
Brian Sommer: GRC in the current economy
Dreamforce coverage:
- Sam Diaz: Salesforce partners with Facebook, Amazon to spark more app development
- Forrester: Can Force.com help consolidate your web tier?
- Dennis Howlett: CyberSafe: CODA2go’s first Force.com customer speaks
- Jennifer Leggio: Facebook, Salesforce.com aim to create common developer network
- Michael Krigsman: Salesforce.com ‘gets’ enterprise blogging
- Salesforce.com and Facebook: Should you care? [podcast]
- Oliver Marks: DreamForce clouds deluge San Francisco
- Dreamforce: Taking SaaS and the cloud in new (and old) directions
- Phil Wainewright: At last, this is how websites should be built
- Techmeme
Andrew Nusca: Do you change printer ink when you’re told? If so, it’s costing you
Paul Murphy: Speculation on Papermaster’s “huh?”: IBM, Apple, and FreescaleTechRepublic: Top IT college programs focus on real-world experience
Dennis Howlett: NetSuite’s Q3 revenues top $40.4 million but…
- Brian Sommer: NetSuite Q3 earnings announced - SaaS still growing
- NetSuite vs. SAP: really a question of back office economics
- SuccessFactors ups guidance
Larry Dignan: Yahoo confirms exec departure
- Google, Yahoo cave a bit to save ad deal
- MediaMemo: How Low Will Online Ads Go? Lower, Says J.P. Morgan. Very, Very Low, Says Gawker’s Nick Denton
- Techmeme
Into Mobile: Verizon BlackBerry Storm site updated, treasure hunt announced
Macworld: Apple: No new products before the holidays
Dan Kusnetzky: Sun xVM Ops delivering on promises
Kingsley-Hughes: What’s the take-away from Apple slashing iPhone production?
David Morgenstern: Useful PDF formatting tips for iPhone
Heather Clancy: HP to data center managers: Put a lid on it
John Morris: Intel’s Core i7 gets put to the test
- John Carroll: Harnessing a multicore future
Mary Jo Foley: New virtualized sandbox, Vista SP2 and other PDC-week leftovers
Zack Whittaker: Explaining the buzzwords which students will need to know
Sean Portnoy: WD TV Media Player plays HD files from external hard drives on your TV
Matthew Miller: MobileTechRoundup show #153, Netbooks and MIDs
Silicon Alley Insider: Apple Slashes iPhone Production, Says Chip Analyst (AAPL)
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: BD+ busted - Blu-ray on Linux one step closer?
Infinite Loop: Class action suit filed over PowerBook G4 memory slots
Roland Piquepaille: How our brain sees objects in 3-D
‘60 Minutes’: Decoding language of the brain (Part 1)
Dana Blankenhorn: Software and business method patents may still be valid
Richard Koman: Auditude could transform entertainment - but it won’t
- Steve O’Hear: MTV and MySpace partner to monetize pirated content
- Dignan: MySpace, MTV cast lot with Auditude: Who will follow?
Koman: Judge wants to see legal memos in NSA wiretapping case
Cloud-computing zombies for $299 per month
Programmable Web: 1,000 Web APIs
Ars Technica: Amazon takes on “wrap rage” with packaging initiative
Dan Kusnetzky: Rio Grande - an Egenera customer profile
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