November 19th, 2008
News to know: Microsoft; Psystar; Mozilla; Storm; Office 2.0
Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily:
Ryan Naraine: Microsoft kills OneCare, replaces it with freebie ‘Morro’
- Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft kills off Windows Live OneCare and Equipt subscription services
- Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Microsoft to deliver free anti-malware to Windows users
- Adam O’Donnell: What really happened to the candidates’ computers?
- Dancho Danchev: Commercial vendor of spyware under legal fire
- Fake Windows XP activation trojan goes 2.0
The day Microsoft killed the “Vista” name - January 31, 2006
Sam Diaz: Judge tosses Psystar’s countersuit
- Kingsley-Hughes: Apple dodges antitrust bullet
Mary Jo Foley: Two more Microsoft Labs deliverables debut
- Microsoft and Novell at two: Was the patent pact worth it?
- Seattle Times: Microsoft’s decision to change Vista Capable marketing for Intel angered HP, others
Ed Burnette: iPhone vs. Android development: Day 2
Sean Portnoy: HomePlug revival continues with new Netgear Powerline gear
Mark Cuban on SEC’s insider trading suit
Jason O’Grady: Sneak Peek: BlackBerry Storm
- YouTube on the Blackberry Storm
- Copy and paste on the Blackberry Storm
- Boy Genius Report: Verizon Wireless Blackberry Storm “Private Sale” causes a furor
Zack Whittaker: Office 2.0: a digital revolution for students worldwide
- Gallery: Office 14 Web Applications (right)
- Christopher Dawson: Is there anything teachers or students need that Google Apps can’t do?
Paul Greenberg: CRM 2009 Forecast: How’d I Do in 2008? Gimme A High Four!
- CRM 2.0 = The Conversation - But First….The Intro
- Brian Sommer: Forrester, SaaS and market uptake in IT management
- Michael Krigsman: Texas gov. intercedes in failing IBM project
- Sam Diaz: Central Desktop launches Enterprise SaaS suite
CIO Sessions: Mozilla CTO: Brendan Eich
- Setting a vision and stepping back
- Adding applications and evolving email
- Browser wars: who’s the fastest?
- Mozilla to end support for Firefox 2
Tom Steinert-Threlkeld: SAP Trimming Head Count, “Can’t Rule Out” Layoffs
Larry Dignan: HP: We’re fine for the fourth quarter, 2009
Jason Perlow: UPS saves $30M and goes Green with new HP printing and scanning handheld
- Heather Clancy: More tidbits about electronics recycling and e-waste
GigaOM: SC08: Michael Dell Details Everyday Supercomputing
Dick, Jane, and MySQL: why recessions favor open source
Jerry Yang: Stepping down
- Larry Dignan: Yahoo: Pondering Yang’s replacement; The next move
- Richard Koman: Yang out: Justice scrutiny paved the way
- Foley: Ding, dong: Yang is gone. Now what?
Matthew Miller: LG INCITE Windows Mobile 6.1 device now available from AT&T
Image Gallery: REDFLY C8N Smartphone TerminalDana Gardner: Changing business landscape makes identity and access management key to IT security
Sam Diaz: Echosign prepares for tipping point of e-signatures
MacRumors: Mac OS X Snow Leopard (10.6) Due in 1st Quarter of 2009?Crave: Microsoft chopping Zune prices
Search Engine Land: Google Hosting Time-Life Photo Archive, 10 Million Unpublished Images Now Live
Washington Post: How Can So Much Spam Come From One Place?
TechRepublic: No such thing as effective license enforcement
Photos: Adobe moves Flash 10 to smartphones
Dana Blankenhorn: How medical device makers can improve U.S. health care
Roland Piquepaille: Firefly satellite will study thunderstorms
Richard Koman: High-tech exec sent space info to China
Jennifer Leggio: Should big brands fear or revere the mommybloggers?
Mobile industry calls for RFID payment push
Can Facebook do anything without raising a ruckus?
Amazon launches CloudFront; Content delivery network margins go kaboom
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