April 6th, 2009
News to know: IBM-Sun; Microsoft; SaaS; Green tech
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: IBM’s Sun deal setting: Talks reportedly near collapse
NYT: I.B.M. Withdraws $7 Billion Offer for Sun Microsystems
Mary Jo Foley: New Windows ad hits a nerve (again)
- Jason O’Grady: New Microsoft TV commercial claims Macs are more about aesthetics
- Apple 2.0: Is the Apple press falling into Microsoft’s trap?
Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft delays Stirling security suite until late 2009/early 2010
- Wait: Could ‘Bing’ be the new name for Microsoft’s Live Search?
- Microsoft codename tracker: April refresh now available
Dana Blankenhorn: The failure of McNealy’s ponytail strategy
Photos: Top-rated reviews of the weekPhil Fersht: SaaS: Outsourcing out-of-control?
Jason Perlow: Frugal Friday: Conficker, SGI, TomTom, Tableau Software
Heather Clancy: Greener Electronics Council report: Designers need to remember end-of-life concerns
- HP does good by India with expanded tech recycling program
- IBM’s latest green tech product for transportion
- Harry Fuller: American cap and trade–it’s alive, unless it’s dead already
Dan Kusnetzky: Outrageous Comcast customer agreement - Frank Eliason’s reply
Chris Jablonski: How to make Government 2.0 a reality
Paul Greenberg: When Health Care Law, Health Insurance Companies & Customers Don’t Mix
Technologizer: Another Microsoft Ad That Ignores Windows
Matthew Miller: CTIA 09: PalmOS Classic lets you run Palm OS apps on the Palm Pre
Garett Roger: Google and Twitter together?
- Guest post: Google in talks to buy Twitter (hope) in the shadow of IBM buying Sun (fear)
- NYT: Google’s Plan for Out-of-Print Books Is Challenged
- Richard Koman: Opposition to Google’s book deal: Just Microsoft?
- AdWords suit is alive
Jason O’Grady: AT&T updates wireless plans, prohibits Slingbox
Richard Koman: Anti-sexting insanity out of control: False charges ruin vice principal
Gmail’s web-based app for any smartphone [video]
Nusca: Nintendo DSi to arrive on U.S. shores this Sunday, April 5
Gallery: Nintendo DSi discovers America
Dana Blankenhorn: Health IT excitement bleeds into wireless show
Larry Dignan: Will telecoms morph into cloud computing providers?
Tom Steinert-Threlkeld: Rowing Cable’s Canoe: An ‘Ecological Play’
Jennifer Bergen: What happens when Moleskine mixes with online tools?
Intel ships Moblin to the Linux Foundation
Harry Fuller: Polar meltdown both north and south
Gore: Wireless access to info means power
Forrester: The Open Cloud Manifesto
Jumping on the UGC bandwagon is a good move for businesses
Paul Murphy: Betting on the future: T2 vs. Nehalem
Zack Whittaker: Google (or at least someone in sound mind) should buy Twitter
Blankenhorn: Why would Google buy the Twitter open source project?
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