April 10th, 2009
News to know: Conficker; Patch Tuesday; Fiber optic sabotage; App Easter eggs
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.
Ryan Naraine: Patch Tuesday heads-up: 8 bulletins, 5 critical
Conficker botnet stirs, with a scareware business model
- Dancho Danchev: Fake “Conficker Infection Alert” spam campaign circulating
- Christopher Dawson: More “scareware” - no kidding, right?
- Ed Burnette: Can good worms solve the Conficker problem?
Phil Wainewright: Opening the kimono on Salesforce.com’s green crystals
Silicon Alley Insider: YouTube Is Doomed
Zack Whittaker: Office 14 to become Microsoft Office 2010
Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft disbands its Live Labs group
- Microsoft revisits ‘Apple tax’ ahead of Tax Day
- Microsoft’s free XP, Office 2003 support ends April 14
- What is Microsoft SiArch (and why did they hire a Sun chip guy)?
- Microsoft patent loss: It’s about activation not validation
Jennifer Bergen: Virgin Mobile offers ‘Pink Slip Protection’ for the unemployed
Sam Diaz: Fiber optic line damaged in Silicon Valley; impact is far-reaching
Michael Krigsman: 5 reasons to discuss failure
Paul Greenberg: Who Do You Think Is On Top in Enterprise Technology Innovation?
Richard Koman: Courts’ PACER system hides law, exposes private data
Dana Blankenhorn: What open source should tell the FCC
Jason O’Grady: Apple hoarding NAND flash memory, 32GB iPhone here I come!
The five defining characteristics of cloud computing
Gallery: Riding the PUMAHarry Fuller: Petroleum Age continues
- Smart to make the Smart Car bigger?
- Sick of work? Or is work making you sick?
- Heather Clancy: Tech distributor Tech Data now an EPEAT partner
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