January 29th, 2009
News to know: AOL layoffs, SAP layoffs, Cox Cable, DTV bill, Dell
Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily . For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage
Sam Diaz: AOL to layoff 700, consolidate groups
- Andrew Nusca: AOL lays off 700 due to ad meltdown
Larry Dignan: SAP plans to cut 3,000 jobs; 2009 seen as challenging
- Dennis Howlett: SAP job cuts - a time for opportunity?
Richard Koman: Cox Cable will block P2P traffic as it sees fit
Tom Steinert-Threlkeld: Cable Might Try To Kill TV. It Would Not Be Suicide.
Sam Diaz: Dell to record Q4 charge of $280 million
Jennifer Leggio: I am popular on Twitter. Here’s why this means nothing.
Matthew Miller: T-Mobile announces updated Shadow Windows Mobile Smartphone
Christopher Dawson: Why aren’t schools using open source software?
Sam Diaz: iPhone vs. Storm: I finally made my tough decision
- Larry Dignan: AT&T: 1.9 million iPhones activated
- Tom Steinert-Threlkeld: iPod Touch: No Panacea
CNET: AT&T, Comcast expected to help RIAA fight piracy
Sam Diaz: Newspapers in peril: NYT ad revs tank, looking to sell Red Sox; Media News forces furloughs
Jason D. O’Grady: iPhone app Grocery iQ acquired by Coupons, Inc.
Michael Krigsman: Oak Park, IL cancels PeopleSoft implementation
Richard Koman: MSFT: EU would force users to pick browser
Andrew Nusca: Imitate Google, or risk getting buried?
Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft delivers new Vista SP2 test build
Dana Blankenhorn: GNOME turns to Facebook for your support
Andrew Nusca: Click fraud at record high, poor economy to blame
Jennifer Leggio: Twiistup preview - which companies made the cut?
Tom Foremski: Titanic security battles in the cloud - live interview with Eva Chen, CEO of Trend Micro
Matthew Miller: Opera Mini 4.2 for Android brings microSD support and video viewing capability
Harry Fuller: What’s it take to build a new hyrbid car? Try 119 new patents.
Dana Blankenhorn: HealthCentral trying the consumer health roll-up
Zack Whittaker: Tagging: the most crucial technology from Microsoft to date
Heather Clancy: You against the green IT world. Do your practices stand up against the best?
Paula Rooney: Hyperic, JasperSoft team to provide IQ systems intelligence solution
Dana Gardner: Visibility and control over API use is crucial as enterprises ramp to SaaS and cloud models
Joe McKendrick: Shovel-ready SOA
David Morgenstern: Seagate offers drive firmware fix for Macs
Sean Portnoy: Buffalo Tech returns to the router game, updates NAS lineup
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