February 3rd, 2009
News to know: Perfect Windows storm; Nokia; SugarCRM; Google Earth
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
Paula Rooney: Firefox 3.1 beta 3 delayed again
Mary Jo Foley: XP, Vista, Win 7: The brewing of a perfect storm
- Ed Bott: Vista gets a halo effect from Windows 7
- Windows XP still powering 71 percent of business PCs
- Microsoft delivers tool updates for Oslo, Live Framework
- Zack Whittaker: The next generation Windows and Office: an open letter to Microsoft
Matthew Miller: Pocketables posts detailed hands-on experiences with Sony Vaio P
- The world’s first 12-megapixel cameraphone is coming
- Mobile software Monday: WMWiFiRouter turns your Windows Mobile device into a mobile hotspot
- Dana Blankenhorn: Celebration of mobile open source victory premature
Nokia denies threat to leave Finland
Paula Rooney: SugarCRM previews next release, new cloud connectors
Brian Sommer: Customer Intimacy and Software - The Halogen Story
Joe McKendrick: Soft talk: What is service oriented communications, and why will it matter?
TechRepublic: The IT Strategic Plan Step-By-Step
Dana Blankenhorn: PHRs are operating systems
- Snorocket makes health reform possible
- Open source can also close markets
- Will Pentagon take open source seriously?
Andrew Nusca: Would you buy a wireless plan with your Netbook?
Russia engaged in cyber war with neighboring countries
MobileCrunch: Can’t afford a G1? T-Mobile will now let you split the bill across 4 months
Ex-Fannie Mae programmer says not guilty of virus
Sam Diaz: An updated Google Earth changes the learning game
Jason O’Grady: Google Earth 5 released for the Mac
- Flash coming to Android, can iPhone be far behind?
- Video conferencing coming to iPhone?
- Energy monitoring (and control) in the palm of your hand
- Nusca: Flash on the iPhone? Don’t hold your breath
Christopher Dawson: Happy birthday to me: a $20 laptop?
Five cloud computing myths exploded
Web 2.0 taskforce to make recommendations to UK gov’t
- Larry Dignan: Google’s flub: Do we have a Web monoculture too?
- ReadWriteWeb: Google: “We’re Not Doing a Good Job with Structured Data”
Joe Brockmeier: More FOSS security scare-mongering
Jennifer Leggio: Focus on success: HubSpot’s rapid growth
Dana Gardner: TOGAF 9: Take control of your IT architecture
Sean Portnoy: Verizon Hub next-generation home phone system is now on sale
Michael Krigsman: Did California’s CIO mislead public on IT success?
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Sapphire make the Radeon HD 4650 and HD 4670 even better
- Highlights from NetApplications data for January ‘09 - Firefox and Mac u
p, Windows continues to slide - ReadWriteWeb: Soon, Majority of Web Users Will No Longer Use IE
Dave Greenfield: SwitchVox 4.0: A Lesson in How Voice 2.0 Can Transform the SMB
Heather Clancy: Does your electric utility let you manage your bills? Wish mine did.
Tom Steinert-Threlkeld: Bye, Bye EDGAR (Eventually). Hello, Interactive Financial Data.
Ed Burnette: Jetty jumps on Eclipse train
The Register: Passport RFIDs cloned wholesale by $250 eBay auction spree
Dignan: Seagate launches enterprise drives as it retools
Data breach costs, customer churn up a bit; Repeat offenders abound
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