March 9th, 2009
News to know: Wolfram Alpha; iPhone developers; Windows 7; Cyberwar
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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.
Larry Dignan: Wolfram Alpha: ‘A new paradigm for using computers and the web’
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: iPhone developer: You need Apple but Apple doesn’t need you
Paul Greenberg: Do We Really NEED CRM 2.0?
Andrew Mager: Your guide to SxSW Interactive 2009
Joe McKendrick: Time to get bullish on SOA, IT, and the economy
Zack Whittaker: Internet remote media streaming in Windows 7
- Gallery: Windows 7: media access from anywhere (right)
- Andrew Nusca: Is a modular Windows 7 a good thing?
- Kingsley-Hughes: First look at Windows 7 build 7048
Gallery: First look at Windows 7 build 7048 (right)- Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft admits users will be able to turn off IE 8 in Windows 7
Sean Portnoy: Netgear introduces “cloud backup” service for its ReadyNAS network drives
Garett Rogers: Google accidentally exposes private documents
Dancho Danchev: USAID.gov compromised, malware and exploits served
- Adam O’Donnell: Russia kinda-sorta owns up to Estonia cyberwar
- Ryan Naraine: Dan Bernstein confirms DJBDNS security hole, pays $1,000
- Metasploit’s HD Moore releases ‘war dialing’ tools
- FAA confirms data breach; 45,000 affected
- Security holes in Apple Time Capsule, AirPort Base Station
Photos: Top-rated reviews of the weekAMR Research: Cydia and Apple: Lawsuits will be a sideshow
James Farrar: From Blackberry to Greenberry: RIM Goes Green at CeBIT
Dennis Howlett: I’m a porn star
- Michael Krigsman: Twitter and identity theft
- NYT: When Everyone’s a Friend, Is Anything Private?
Jason O’Grady: Review: QuickBooks 2009 for the Mac
Richard Koman: New CIO’s Job One: Fix federal contracting
Howlett: Weekend rant: cloud computing myths
- Mary Jo Foley: Chewing the FAT in the Microsoft vs. TomTom case
- Dana Blankenhorn: Who should Software Freedom sue on FAT32?
Harry Fuller: Economy killing off some polluters
- Heather Clancy: An update on energy vampires: Home tech that sucks up power in its sleep
- Lean follows green: Cisco-sponsored survey suggests green IT initiatives won’t entirely resist economic downturn
- More options for technology recycling coming your way, whether you like it or not
- Atlantic City bets big on solar. Really big.
- Extreme capitalism. Consumption supreme. Is it over?
- Peak oil, peak coal and a peek at the future
- Give us more alcohol
- Global warming winners and losers in the world of weeds
Thefunded.com: The VC Apocalypse: Careful with Your Time
Silicon Alley Insider: Another AOL Layoff This Week?
Zack Whittaker: Microsoft Recite: pointless, tiresome, plain awful Vs. Matthew Miller: Microsoft Recite: useful, interesting, drop-dead simple and powerful
Joe McKendrick: Five changes now shaping SOA as we know it
Jason Perlow: Talkin’ netbooks on blogtalkradio
- Christopher Dawson: Windows 7 a tough sell on netbooks? No kidding!
Gallery: The Eyeborg ProjectLarry Dignan: Tech jobs holding up as unemployment rate moves higher
Andrew Nusca: ICANN: Largest change to domain name system in history
Tom Steinert-Threlkeld: If Blackberry Maker Eavesdrops On Itself, Who Else Gets To?
Joe McKendrick: Agility for agility’s sake
Matthew Miller: MobileTechRoundup show #164, Kindle on iPhone and ebook moves
Richard Koman: Is Craigslist ‘Pimp 2.0′?
Blankenhorn: Where cheaper is not better
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