December 17th, 2008

News to know: Jobs and Apple; IE 8 patch due; Adobe; Windows 7 Beta 1

Posted by Larry Dignan @ 2:04 am

Categories: General, News to know

Tags: Job, Adobe Systems Inc., Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Web Browsers, Data Centers

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

Larry Dignan: Can you have Macworld without Jobs and Apple? We’re going to find out

• Apple statement
• Techmeme
• Sam Diaz: What does Apple’s MacWorld departure say about future of trade shows?

Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft sends out Windows 7 Beta 1 invites

• On the road to IE 8 RC1
• Ed Bott: A new record for Godwin’s Law

Ryan Naraine: As attacks escalate, MS readies emergency IE patch

• Microsoft scrambles on IE zero-day; Can move when it wants to
• Firefox joins security patch day treadmill
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• Google sponsored links spreading (scareware) rogue AV
• ‘Extremely severe’ vulnerabilities in Opera browser
• Adam O’Donnell: Talkback Tuesday: Apple’s AV non-announcement
• TechRepublic: Distributed security cracking

Review: Microsoft Explorer Mouse (right)

Adobe’s reports fourth quarter; 2009 ‘challenging’

Brian Sommer: Workday - Where HR and Finance Do More than Interface

Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft’s datacenter software and services future: Trebuchet and Monsoon

• Microsoft inches ahead with new Live services build, new search brand

Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: NVIDIA first to offer full OpenGL 3.0 support

Sam Diaz: Facebook: Becoming your legal residence on the Web?

Brian Sommer: SAP Business ByDesign Update

• Paul Greenberg: CRM 2009 - Companies to Watch For - Second Verse, Different Than the First
• Michael Krigsman: LA school district and Deloitte in $18m failure settlement
• Larry Dignan: Green IT appears recession resilient (for now)
• Cloud computing: Think collective, not zero sum

Larry Dignan:PC units still selling; Apple flat but worries may be overblown

• Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Does Apple need to learn how to make a $500 computer that’s not a piece of junk?
• Netbook from Apple next month? Don’t bet on it!
• Jason O’Grady: Mac mini revision rumored for Macworld Expo
• Computerworld: Apple will unveil netbooks next month, says analyst
• Engadget: iPhone 3G finally unlocked by the Dev-Team!

Harry Fuller: Prius panic and other money mattersTechRepublic: Video: Top five IT Dojo episodes of 2008

• Video: IT Dojo Bloopers 2008
• Refurbished servers - good deal or something to avoid?

Sean Portnoy: Holiday Gift Guide 2008: Soundbar speaker systemsGoogle launches Apps Engine dashboard

VentureBeat: Twitter has made Dell $1 million in revenue

TechCrunch: Soon, All Your Blog Comments Will Belong To Facebook (Or Google)

Roland Piquepaille: Nanotechnology-based smart yarn for soldiers

Rating the vendors: Apple, IBM, HP shine; Sprint, SAP, CA don’t

Photos: Coveroos offer custom fashion for phones

Robin Harris: “Net neutrality” is stupid

• Richard Koman: Ou: Google hypocritical on neutrality
• Virgin Media will block BitTorrent

Dana Blankenhorn: Which open source projects are most secure?

• The health coaching shortage
• The myth of the palm prints
• What open source can teach charity

Laptop Magazine: Intel-Powered Convertible Classmate PC: The Touch Netbook to Emulate

Matthew Miller: Don’t get too excited, the Palm Software Store is just a browser hyperlink

• Consumer Reports picks the Samsung Blackjack II as the top smartphone

Dana Gardner: MapReduce-scale analytics change BI game as enterprises need to mine ever-expanding data sets

Review: Toshiba 46XV545U (right)

Best Buy hunkers down; Consumer electronics sales plunge; Home office remains solid

Paul Miller: Could Amazon provide a home to Linked Data?

• Inquira speaks in tongues with new release

Dan Kusnetzky: MiniFrame SoftXpand

Christopher Dawson: Can you believe it’s almost time for scheduling?

Jennifer Leggio: Three recommended ‘must-read’ social business books