February 17th, 2009
News to know: Windows Mobile 6.5; Red Hat; CRM; Facebook
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
Matthew Miller: Windows Mobile 6.5 disappoints, where’s the beef?
Image Gallery: Windows Mobile 6.5 screenshots- Garett Rogers: Microsoft responds to Android with Windows Mobile 6.5
- Nokia announces S60 application store, Ovi Store, with social location feature
- HTC announces Touch Diamond2 and Touch Pro2
- Nokia brings two new form factors to the Eseries with E75 and E55
- Adobe: Full-featured Flash 10 coming to a smartphone near you; Apple stand-off continues
- Fred Wilson: Does Apple Have A Blind Spot About Flash?
- Mary Jo Foley: Cheat sheet: A quick guide to Microsoft’s mobile announcements
- John Morris: Archos announces new 10-inch, 9-inch netbooks
- CNet News: Skype strikes deal with Nokia
Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft and Red Hat sign virtualization pact
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: ARM announces “Sparrow” multi-core netbook processor
Financial Times: Liberty Media close to deal for Sirius XM
Paul Greenberg: UPDATE: CRM on The Mac is Like Oranges to, uh, Apple
Brian Sommer: When things actually go right: Technology that works as advertised
- The new physics for IT shops: PPM
- Dana Blankenhorn: How technology is saving tons of money right now
- Netbooks killing Windows faster than expected
- Google Android business plan starts to come together
Heather Clancy: Fujitsu Siemens aims for zero-watt desktop milestone
Sean Portnoy: DirecTV, Verizon FiOS lead in offering HD channels
Christopher Dawson: Are MIDs the answer?
Joe McKendrick: Making the case for SOA in a tough economy: remember, services are the business
Oliver Marks: The Security Conundrum
Ryan Naraine: Is your Java up to date?
Jason O’Grady: Thoughts on migrating to a new Mac
Joe McKendrick: Amazon: king of the enterprise IT cloud
- Larry Dignan: IBM, Amazon foreshadow a bevy of connecting clouds; Is Microsoft surrounded?
- Dan Kusnetzky: Clouds, virtualization and lifecycle management what’s not to love?
Andrew Mager: Extending Dunbar’s Number with the social web
- Bay area nerds celebrate 1234567890 Day
- Jennifer Leggio: Are you going to SXSW 2009?
- Lunch 2.0: Zoosk, the world’s leading social dating site
- Ed Burnette: Market moves: Android Market opens to paid applications
- Jason O’Grady: Look out App Store: Android Market accepting paid apps
- Review: Destroy tanks, bunkers, enemies and more with Astraware iPhone games
- MWC 09: Microsoft Recite provides voice storage, search, and retrieval on Windows Mobile
- Zune team splits in response to Microsoft cutbacks
- MobileTechRoundup show #162, Kindle 2, G1 TeleNav, and more
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Photos: Olympus E-30 (right)
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