April 1st, 2009
News to know: Conficker; CTIA; LotusLive Engage; 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.
Jason O’Grady: Developers selling iPhone OS 3.0 on eBay (Updated)
CNET News: BlackBerry App World has landed
Ryan Naraine: Googling for Conficker clean-up information? Be careful
- Christopher Dawson: Are you ready for Conficker?
- Ed Bott: McAfee fails the Conficker test
Dana Blankenhorn: Show me how you beat Microsoft in patent fight
- Paula Rooney: Linux Foundation: Let’s kill Microsoft’s FAT
- OIN: TomTom settlement is no win for Microsoft, expect challenge
- Dave Greenfield: LotusLive Engage: Can you afford it?
Heather Clancy: Energy-efficient chips are cool, but Intel is reaching much deeper in eco-innovation
Alfresco 3.1 offers parity with enterprise rivals
- Tom Foremski: Forrester Slashes 2009 US IT Sales Forecast
- Blankenhorn: Roy Tanck helps make this recession different
- Andrew Nusca: MSI’s new Wind Top AE1900: nettop charm, Apple style
- Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Two mistakes Microsoft made in its “I’m just not cool enough to be a Mac person” ad
- Jennifer Bergen: Dell Inspiron Mini 10: not so perfect after all
- Jason Hiner: Three things to consider before deploying netbooks in business
- Thecus unveils ‘world’s smallest fully-featured NAS device’
- Samsung announces two new portable media players
- Olympus reveals E-450 entry-level dSLR camera for $699
Jennifer Bergen: Twitter Mentions: Know who’s talking about you
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Windows 7 editions at a glance
- Windows 7 Starter editions odd “three app limit” behavior
- First look: Windows 7 build 7068. Gallery (right).
Jennifer Leggio: Vignette Community Applications 7.1 debuts at Web 2.0 Expo
Jason O’Grady: Skype for iPhone works over 3G, but not in the background
Greenpeace: HP, Lenovo and Dell get an e-waste penalty point
Android Community: Android tethering apps pulled from Market
Larry Dignan: Palm chases biggest mouth (Howard Stern) for Pre word of mouth marketing
CNN: Critics slam Microsoft bridge as waste of stimulus money
Richard Koman: Va will rewrite antispam law
Malicious sites jump 200 percent
Samsung digital camera lineup for spring 2009–photos
Christopher Dawson: Good riddance, Encarta!
- Zack Whittaker: Encarta dies, passes baton to Wikipedia
- Microsoft and Monster: a career lifeline for students
Dana Blankenhorn: Who will do the open source health IT study?
Dignan: Google’s VC fund: Would you rather have a dividend?
Gadget Gal’s daily deals: Mac mini, Garmin nuvi GPS, Acer widescreen monitor
Harry Fuller: How green is my campus?
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