May 1st, 2009
News to know: Windows 7; Apple; Yahoo bonuses; Palm
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Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Verdict: Windows 7 - Like Vista, just a bit easier to use and less annoying
- Ed Bott: Database glitch causes Windows 7 download server meltdown
- Microsoft makes Windows 7 RC available, but can’t handle the rush
- Jason Perlow: Make no bones about it: Server 2008 R2 is really Windows Server 7
Gallery: Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Release Candidate (right)- Kingsley-Hughes: Windows 7 - Official system requirements
- Windows 7 RC1 made available for download
- Windows 7: Arriving in a system near you Oct. 23?
- Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft caught flat-footed by Windows 7 download rush
- Microsoft releases final Windows 7 system requirements
- Microsoft Windows 7 RC - MSDN download fail
- Death to Windows AutoRun!
- Windows 7 — as good as it gets
Andrew Nusca: Apple may introduce cheaper Macs for market share
- Tom Steinert-Threlkeld: It’s Not You. MobileMe Mail Delayed.
- Is Apple getting ready for an ‘iPad’
- Jason O’Grady: Apple goes on the defensive: brings chips in-house
Gallery: 20 Useless Firefox extensions (right)Sam Diaz: Fixing Motorola’s mess: kick that smartphone strategy into high gear
- Larry Dignan: Apple’s iPhone dials up J.D. Power smartphone win
- IDC: Global mobile phone shipments tank in first quarter; Smartphones up
- Matthew Miller: Is the Palm Eos going to be AT&T’s WebOS device?
- T-Mobile rolling out Android 1.5 cupcake update to G1 owners
Dignan: Disney joins the Hulu club; No. 2 in videos viewed likely
Comcast’s broadband subs shine: First quarter better than expected
Heather Clancy: Block your calendars for some Microsoft Green IT tip sessions
Fighting slump: A CIO’s game of golf
Richard Koman: Google, Books and the Nature of Evil
BoomTown: Flickr Co-Founder Butterfield and Chief Architect Henderson Working on Stealth Start-Up
Dana Blankenhorn: Microsoft sends mixed patent message
- Joe Brockmeier: Miro puts code up for adoption
Jennifer Bergen: Gadget Gal’s daily deals: SanDisk Sansa MP3 player, Soundmatters MainStage HD theater console, D-Link network storage enclosure
Christopher Dawson: Blacklists vs. whitelists
Jennifer Leggio: Typos: Acceptable or unacceptable behavior?
Dignan: Amazon’s Kindle: Your fat personal docs aren’t cheap
Joe McKendrick: SOA, mashup, cloud buzzfest
Time: The Twitter Guys — Years from now, when historians reflect …
Dan Kusnetzky: Marathon Technologies everRun 2G and everRun VM Lockstep
Harry Fuller: 500 billion tons, and counting
TechCrunch: Inspired By A Pile Of Crap, Gmail Adds More Emoticons
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