December 15th, 2008
News to know: Google vs. Mozilla; SaaS renewals; Microsoft; Cloud computing
Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily:
Garett Rogers: Google delivers another blow to Mozilla
WSJ: Google wants its own fast track
Phil Wainewright: SaaS and the renewal question
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Internet Explorer users under attack
Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft datacenter architect defects to Amazon
- What ‘Zune Mobile’ is and isn’t
- Todd Bishop: Microsoft’s first iPhone app: Live Labs releases Seadragon Mobile viewer
Ryan Naraine: IE zero-day attack surface expands
- US-CERT: Beware of airline ticket e-mail scam
- Adam O’Donnell: McCain sells off unwiped campaign blackberry to reporter for $20
- TechRepublic: Next-generation firewall…really
Photos: Top-rated reviews of the week (right)
Garett Rogers: Chrome loses it’s beta, gains leverage
- Sam Diaz: Chrome’s EULA changes: Feels like Hotel California
- Dana Blankenhorn: Is Google desperate in taking Chrome gold?
Mark Cuban: What Yahoo Should Do
Larry Dignan: Handicapping cloud computing: The big picture
Dennis Howlett: HP joining the club of enterprise schizophrenics?
- Innovation in the midst of the downturn
- Forrester: Predicting the battle over collaboration infrastructure in 2009
- The case for Business Transaction Management in troubled times
- Brian Sommer: Hunker down or flourish - The choice of today’s service groups
- Michael Krigsman: Requirements and failure: Interview with CA’s SVP of IT Governance
- Dana Gardner: BriefingsDirect analysts handicap large IT vendors on how cloud trend impacts them
The Future of Things: 2009 - SSD Year of RevolutionSean Portnoy: Wireless HD standards battle for supremacy
NYT: Advertisers Face Hurdles on Social Networking Sites
Oliver Marks: Riot Tagging
Larry Dignan: Intuit nixes TurboTax prep and printing fees for additional returns
Jason O’Grady: Financial realities of the App Store — in real numbers
Boy Genius Report: New Nokia patent introduces an interesting new form factor
Joe Brockmeier: Herding cats for fun and profit: Four tips for working with online communities
Roland Piquepaille: Ultra-sensitive camera to measure planet sizes
Andrew Nusca: Move over, Psystar: EFi-X USA to sell Mac OS X-capable PCs
- Zack Whittaker: My final look at a near-ish feature-complete-ish Windows 7
Heather Clancy: Lease yourself some green blades or storage
- It’s OK to be a Grinch when it comes to giving green tech
- Harry Fuller: Blue Jeans, Not Green
- EU agreement on emission controls
WSJ: FCC Head Cancels Vote on Free InternetMatthew Miller: Great tips for using your cellphone as a smartphone
- Sony may be announcing iPod touch competitor at CES
- Clinton Fitch posts 5th annual Top 10 applications for Windows Mobile feature
- RadioShack to sell Acer netbook for $99 - with 2-year contract
- Mobius December 2008: Windows 7, Live Mesh, and the future of Windows Mobile and services
Photos: Searching the heavens for lifeAT&T completes Wayport purchase; Almost done with Starbucks Wi-Fi rollout
Christopher Dawson: Neither rain, nor snow, nor sleet, nor hail they said could stop the BlackBerry
Dana Blankenhorn: MRI scans are too routine
Photos: Creative Zen accessoriesKrigsman: IT failures town hall: Jan 7 in Boston
Richard Koman: Transitioning NASA: Tensions high between Griffin, transition team
Does Alcatel-Lucent really get Web 2.0 religion?
In the “What the hell were they thinking” department…
Downturn may turn techies to crime, say reports
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