April 15th, 2009
News to know: Intel, Skype IPO, Microsoft netbooks, EMC
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.
Sam Diaz: Intel: The bottom is in for PC demand
Larry Dignan: eBay: We’re spinning Skype off in an IPO
Dana Blankenhorn: Why Microsoft won round one of netbook wars
Larry Dignan: EMC rolls out new high-end storage lineup; Aims to push data center flash adoption
Andrew Nusca: Apple to sell $899 20-inch aluminum iMac to schools
Jason D. O’Grady: Apple releases third iPhone 3.0 beta to developers
Janice Chen: DSLRs with HD Video under $800: Nikon D5000 vs. Canon Rebel T1i
Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft moves ahead with plan for app virtualization for servers
Dana Blankenhorn: Is billing consolidation a good thing?
Larry Dignan: IBM launches business analytics services unit; Eyes predictive modeling
Michael Krigsman: 7 (nasty) truths about IT spending
Ed Burnette: Top 5 features in Android 1.5 (Cupcake)
Harry Fuller: Ethanol, our trash and our economy
Brian Sommer: De-Briefing the Satyam Sale
ZDNet UK: Canonical hits back at Microsoft in netbook spat
Dana Gardner: CollabNet rebrands ALM product to better support distributed development and cloud applications
Ryan Naraine: Microsoft ships fixes for Excel, WordPad malware attacks
John Morris: Reviews: Dell Adamo is all beauty, not enough brains
Matthew Miller: Work out with your iPhone? Keep that headphone jack dry
Andrew Nusca: Top 10 lessons for iPhone adoption in the enterprise
Larry Dignan: IBM math wonk: Social media another source of data
Joe McKendrick: Will enterprise mashups kill off corporate portals?
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Microsoft extends Xbox 360 “Red Ring of Death” warranty to cover E74 error
Brian Sommer: How Multi-Nationals Should Use ERP
Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft courts startups to build the next big Windows Mobile app
Mary Jo Foley: Office 2007 SP2 coming April 28
Harry Fuller: Global warming: new stuff
Dana Blankenhorn: Open source and the mythical man month
Harry Fuller: Wind dying down…for the nonce
Ryan Naraine: Audit thyself: New energy evaluation service looks at the total IT, facilities picture
Jennifer Bergen: Sony Walkman X-series: OLED touchscreen to compete with iPod touch?
Jennifer Leggio: Citrix NetScaler ‘push’ technology aims to reduce costs for Web 2.0 service providers
Ed Burnette: New Coverity products verify use of open source software
Brian Sommer: Tech - the new knowledge worker
Heather Clancy: Convergence alert: Keep an eye on the building network tech guys
Jennifer Bergen: Gadget Gal’s daily deals: Sharp AQUOS blu-ray player, Western Digital 1 TB hard drive, Motorola bluetooth headset
Zack Whittaker: Conficker hits US university; why it wouldn’t happen in the UK
Dana Blankenhorn: Simon Phipps amazed Google dancing around Java compatibility
CNET: Amazon’s ‘adult’ book fail: Glitch or hack?
Andrew Nusca: Honda demonstrates prototype walking assist devices
Sam Diaz: Sun stays focused on products, not acquisition talks
Larry Dignan: Twitter: Can it make security a priority?
Andrew Nusca: Are fonts on Amazon’s Kindle 2 too fuzzy?
Sam Diaz: Trend Micro wants enterprise to re-think security
Zack Whittaker: Addicted-to-games students “get worse grades”
Christopher Dawson: Facebook causing lower grades? Doubtful…
Andrew Nusca: Nikon D5000 dSLR debuts with 360-degree flip-twist LCD, video
Dan Kusnetzky: Virtual Computer releases NxTop
Jason Hiner: Seven big tech acquisitions to watch for in 2009
Christopher Dawson: The Microsoft ads are working
Larry Dignan: Citrix aims to ease servers’ Web 2.0 app pains
Dancho Danchev: Twitter hit by multiple variants of XSS worm
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