December 3rd, 2008

News to know: Mac malware, Windows 7, Netbooks, Google

Posted by Sam Diaz @ 2:00 am

Categories: General, News to know

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Apple Macintosh, Data Center, Microsoft Windows 7, Malware, Data Centers, Storage, Microsoft Windows, Hardware

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

Adam O’Donnell: Despite what blogs (and Apple) say, Macs will eventually have malware

Ed Bott: Windows 7 Beta 1 to arrive January 13?

Andrew Nusca: Netbooks dominate Cyber Monday sales

• Dana Blankenhorn: Whassup with Netbooks?

Larry Dignan: Google analyst sees falling revenue and board conflict

• Sam Diaz: Google feeling the pinch? [video]

Techmeme: Conflicting reports: Jon Miller raising funds to buy Yahoo. Or Not.

Gallery: Top 10 holiday gifts for the tech team

Tom Steinert-Threlkeld: 2009: Will It Be Better For Cable TV Than 2010 … or 2011 … or 2012?

• Oh, and BTW: ‘Intellectually Bankrupt’ FCC Chief To Be Around Until Mid-2009

Heather Clancy: Doh! HP has some “green” data center news, too

• Dell applies its own data center lessons to new green IT services

Larry Dignan: Nokia’s N97: Is this your future netbook?

• Sam Diaz: In other Nokia news today…

Andrew Nusca: Why Amazon needs Kindle 2.0

Mary Jo Foley: Vista SP2: What’s inside?

• Microsoft advances its Win Live Wave 3, Gen4 datacenter rollouts

Zack Whittaker: Podcast: gadgets for Christmas, iPod lovin’ and the Blu-ray war

Larry Dignan: Zoho launches CloudSQL; Plays anti-lock-in card

• Dennis Howlett: Zoho’s CloudSQL: a real step forward

Sam Diaz: Group calls on Washington to establish national Broadband strategy

• Harry Fuller: Big Three Automakers get Wall Street Fever: give us more money

Larry Dignan: Yahoo: Going private trial balloon floated; Is private equity the solution?

Dancho Danchev: Vendor claims Acrobat 9 passwords easier to crack than ever

Tom Foremski: A 1968 computer demo that changed people’s lives

Larry Dignan: Tech CEOs: Will they step up in a downturn?

Jason D. O’Grady: Holiday Gift Guide 2008: Best luxe Mac accessories

Larry Dignan: Google Chrome and the extension conundrum

Jennifer Leggio: Fortune 500 series: How Newell Rubbermaid uses social media

Paul Miller: ‘Semantic Web for Business’ ultimately misses the mark

Sam Diaz: iPhone clouds true Smartphone snapshot

Michael Krigsman: ‘IT has no inherent value’

Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Is your employer doing enough to prevent you from being the next Julie Amero?

Jason D. O’Grady: Apple Confuses Speech with a DMCA Violation

• Google Calendar now supports iCal

Dana Blankenhorn: The code is all right

• Springsource releases Tomcat appliance
• Is this CT scan necessary?
• Can Healthline give insurers wellness on the cheap?

Richard Koman: Does Drew decision criminalize TOS violations?

Video: IT Dojo: Stop Check Disk from constantly running when Windows Vista starts

Brian Sommer: Mervyns – The cautionary tale of selling one’s business

Dan Kusnetzky: VDIworks2Go

Dennis Howlett: Sage to step into the on-demand ring

Roland Piquepaille: Robots mimic razor clams