January 30th, 2009
News to know: Fannie Mae, RIAA, IBM, Storm components
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: WSJ: Dell eyeing smartphone biz
Larry Dignan: Fannie Mae IT contractor indicted for planting malware; Mortgage giant didn’t revoke server privileges
James Staten: IBM gets serious about cloud computing
Sam Diaz: More iPhone vs. Storm: Comparing component costs
Gallery: Up close and personal with iLife ‘09–photos
Christopher Dawson: Does the digital TV transition matter to ed tech?
Larry Dignan: Retail stinks, but Amazon doesn’t; E-tailer delivers strong fourth quarter
Ryan Naraine: Google plugs ‘high-risk’ holes in Chrome browser
Sam Diaz: Report: Tech layoffs skyrocket in 2008; not looking much better for ‘09
Larry Dignan: SanDisk-Toshiba tweak manufacturing joint venture
Andrew Nusca: What do you want from the next iPhone?
Christopher Dawson: Even I’d use Windows 7 if it was free!
Larry Dignan: Samsung: We have the highest density memory chip
Christopher Dawson: A day in the life of my Classmate
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Third-gen iPhone rumors roundup
Dana Blankenhorn: Microsoft makes a real open source move
Dennis Howlett: Honey I just blew up the ERP
Michael Krigsman: Angst in Oak Park over failed PeopleSoft project
jason D. O’Grady: Signs of iPhone v3 in latest firmware
Dana Blankenhorn: Five reforms we can do now
Jason D. O’Grady: iTunes Plus debuts a-la carte pricing (updated)
Joe McKendrick: Microsoft: ‘we’re bringing SOA to the masses’
Dana Blankenhorn: Medicaid for everyone but where is the supply?
Larry Dignan: Symantec makes case for recession resistant club; Touts storage business
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Is Mac still the safer bet?
Dave Greenfield: Batman Meets VoIP
Dennis Howlett: When will we learn?
Ryan Naraine: Purewire snaps up online reputation management vendor
Andrew Nusca: Intel to reveal eight-core Xeon processor Feb. 9
John Morris: Graphics market shrank last quarter, but AMD-Nvidia battle continues
Zack Whittaker: No student should go without (at least) two monitors
Andrew Nusca: Microsoft patents interface to transform phone into PC
Richard Koman: Putin snubs Dell at Davos
Jennifer Leggio: IT Management 2.0: Blame virtualization
Michael Krigsman: 6 hard-hitting tips to navigate ERP minefields
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: ATI Catalyst 9.1 drivers out - Full support for OpenGL 3.0
Adam O’Donnell: “Zombies ahead!” sign says something about SCADA security
Harry Fuller: Biochemical trigger to locust swarms
Heather Clancy: How green is your business card?
Harry Fuller: “Clean coal,” dream or possibility?
Sam Diaz: Juniper’s revenue grows but misses estimates; EPS in-line
Dion Hinchcliffe: Using Web 2.0 to reinvent your business for the economic downturn
Harry Fuller: Recession lowers all boats
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