April 16th, 2009

News to know: Microsoft; Oracle patches; Google; HP; Facebook; Win 7 systems ;

Posted by Larry Dignan @ 2:00 am

Categories: General, News to know

Tags: Google Inc., Oracle Corp., Patch Management, Microsoft Corp., Twitter, Data Centers, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Taxes, Patches, Free Trade

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.

Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft makes it official: Forefront reaches the cloud

Ryan Naraine: Microsoft tackles patch management metrics with Project Quant

• Oracle drops mega critical patch bundle
• Dancho Danchev: Scareware pops-up at FoxNews

Forrester: Exchange 2010: Tier your workforce, split your domain, save money

• Next Exchange to include e-mail ‘mute’ button
• Microsoft releases Exchange 2010 beta

Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Building a “High Performance” Windows 7 PC

Financial Times: Yahoo ready to sell Hot Jobs

Paula Rooney: Firefox 3.5 Beta 4 code to freeze as tax deadline approaches

Sam Diaz: IDC: PC demand not as bad as feared

• Data center wars: HP preps its server sortie

Bloomberg: Chambers Indicates Cisco Unlikely to Bid For Sun Micro, Seeks Acquisition

Photos: Cracking open the Dell Adamo (right)

Mary Jo Foley: Axum: Another piece of Microsoft’s parallel programming puzzle

• Microsoft’s Pink: What’s the latest?

Dennis Howlett: RightNow’s DoD play: a good antidote to the cloud security naysayers

• Andrew Nusca: Is adopting the cloud a money-losing mistake?
• Heather Clancy: Psssst. Google’s data center efficiency secrets. Pass them on.

Michael Krigsman: IT scapegoats and blame

Google Operating System: Google Search Prepares for Switching to Ajax 

Tom Steinert-Threlkeld: Tax Day 2009: Why The IRS Loves A Good Recession

Nusca: External battery promises 16 hour battery life with Macbook Air

• Jason O’Grady:Review: Brando’s 200x USB Microscope
• Review: Richard Solo iPhone/iPod Dual Charging Station
• Should Apple keep its exclusive iPhone deal with AT&T?

Zack Whittaker: New UI rumours for Windows 7; I doubt it

Microsoft ‘Laptop Hunters’ ad backlash 2.0: parodies

Joe McKendrick: Moving SOA beyond ’service oriented integration’

• SOA and cloud journey — separate ways
• Algorithms everywhere: Can IBM automate business decisions?

Paul Miller: Leigh Dodds talks about Talis Connected Commons

Zeebo - the fourth game console?

Dignan: Skype could be bought before any IPO; Gauging valuation

Nusca: Amazon now one-third of all U.S. e-commerce, analyst says

Cutting costs by scrapping paper

Dawson: Apparently, using Linux is a crime at Boston College