February 24th, 2009
News to know: Microsoft's reversal, Obama's policies, MySpace, Apple netbook
Posted by Sam Diaz @ 2:00 am
Categories: General, News to know
Tags: Larry Dignan, Citrix Systems Inc., Mary Jo Foley, Apple Inc., SOA, Microsoft Corp., Sam Diaz, Netbook, MySpace, HL7
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.
Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft lets laid-off employees keep overpayments
Tom Foremski: A panel discussion about Obama’s tech policies and Silicon Valley
Larry Dignan: Watch out MySpace, here comes Rupe
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Do you really think Apple’s going to take business advice from a bunch of cheapskates?
Mary Jo Foley: Red Dog: Can you teach old Windows hounds new tricks
Larry Dignan: Web video isn’t killing cable subs…yet
Garett Rogers: Google.org: Full steam ahead!
Adam O’Donnell: Brand spanking new Excel 0-day being exploited in the wild
Heather Clancy: How green is your e-tailer? Survey finds Internet and e-commerce businesses lacking in green tech leadership
Larry Dignan: Motorola dishes off Good Technology to Visto
Joe McKendrick: Survey: SOA delivering; SOAP out, REST in
Ed Bott: Who needs another Windows 7 beta?
Michael Krigsman: Forrester CRM analyst discusses IT failure [podcast]
Phil Wainewright: Coghead’s demise highlights PaaS lock-out risk
Tom Steinert-Threlkeld: Bits By B.I.T.: Is Instantaneous Large-Screen HD Video Over the Net Here?
Adam O’ Donnell: Competitors for the next hash standard found to have security-related coding flaws
Ed Burnette: PPoPP 2009 wrap-up
Dancho Danchev: eBay solutions provider Auctiva.com infected with malware
James Staten: Red Hat and Citrix ratchet up open source virtualization relevancy
Jason D. O’Grady: The new iTunes paradigm, release your music as an app
Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft’s MashupOS leaps like a Gazelle
Jason D. O’Grady: Concept: App management in iTunes
Harry Fuller: Offshore wind, a new tack

Andrew Nusca: Google triggers annoying DoS CAPTCHA prompt?
Richard Koman: Senators cry ‘child abuse’ as they seek to dismantle the Net
Harry Fuller: Young generation greening the nitty-gritty of government
Dennis Howlett: Oracle apps: an innovation free zone since 2006?
Dana Blankenhorn: Flu prevention grabs virus by the neck
Sam Diaz: Is the U.S. a broadband leader or laggard?
Jason D. O’Grady: Using TrapCall to view blocked numbers
Joe McKendrick: SOA will accelerate cloud computing — here’s why
Dana Blankenhorn: Will telcos ever embrace open source?
Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft drops new hints on next Communications Server release
Joe McKendrick: Commentator ‘depressed’ that cloud sounds just like SOA
Dana Blankenhorn: Could the Linux Foundation get too big?
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Is dual-booting more hassle than it’s worth?
Dan Kusnetzky: Citrix launches a free version of XenServer and Citrix Essentials
Larry Dignan: Intel: HP accounts for 20 percent of annual sales
Dancho Danchev: Chinese hackers deface the Russian Consulate in Shanghai
Tech Republic: CIO for Hire: Ignorance may be bliss, but it’s also dangerous
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