May 5th, 2009
News to know: Windows 7; RIM; Botnet hijack; Amazon
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.
Ed Bott: What to expect from Windows 7. 
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Mary Jo Foley: So many Microsoft codenames, so little time…
- The logistics: Windows 7 RC public download to last through July
- Microsoft to defend its IE policies in closed-door antitrust hearing
- Windows 7 RC users get new IE 8 ‘tab responsiveness’ feature
- Jason Hiner: The two trends that are conspiring against Microsoft
- Windows 7 RC ready for public download
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Verdict: XP Mode gets an F
Sam Diaz: Free speech wins privacy tug of war; Law students school Scalia
Paula Rooney: SugarCRM launches express edition that comes with onsite and cloud accounts
- Paul Greenberg: CRM Playaz Episode #7 - Short, Sweet, Sage, SAP, See-are-em, & End of Maintenance — or Days
- Dana Gardner: IBM cements cloud, appliance, BPM, CEP and SOA into an IMPACT 2009 solution brick
- Larry Dignan: Oracle tweaks extended support fees
- Diaz: Netsuite reports Q1; CEO calls growth “impressive”
Jennifer Leggio: Fortune 500 Series: Duke Energy drives green initiatives with social media
- Don’t be sheep: Follow your peers, not necessarily the ‘A-list’
- Twitter Conference: Special offer for Social Business readers
- Oliver Marks: Jive Introduce ‘Software as a Service’ Social Business Express
Reuters: RIM plans next-gen Storm as it eyes untapped market
Sean Portnoy: Vizio delays release of its first Blu-ray player to August
Diaz: RIM beats Apple in one-hit wonder quarter. What’s next?
- Andrew Nusca: BlackBerry Curve outsells Apple iPhone in Q1 2009
- Sprint still drops customers, but offsets with Kindle, Boost subs
- Matthew Miller: Nokia E71x now available at AT&T for just $100
- Looks like AT&T neutered another Nokia device
- First look: A 15-year old’s perspective of the T-Mobile Sidekick LX 2009
Image Gallery: First look at the T-Mobile Sidekick LX 2009 (right)- AT&T announces Curve 8900 for early Summer
- Gadget Gal’s daily deals: Buy one get one free Verizon BlackBerry, Altec Lansing iPod speaker, Mimobot USB drive sale
- RIM rolls out latest BlackBerry Enterprise Server
Jason Perlow: Mr. Bezos, Tear Down This Wall
Larry Dignan: Amazon plans big screen Kindle: Textbook margins are the real aim not saving newspapers
- Christopher Dawson: Screw Kindle…just give me a decent app for textbooks
- Heather Clancy: Amazon’s Kindle enters the paperless office fray?
- Zack Whittaker: A bag full of books, or kilobytes of Kindle?
- Large-format, newspaper-friendly Kindle may be coming
Handheld devices: fashion over functionality?
John Morris: More 12-inch netbooks coming this month
Andrew Mager: Event: TEDx on the future of enterprise
Fred Wilson: The End Of The IPO Drought Is Coming
Ars Technica: Mozilla ponders policy change after Firefox extension battle
The ‘world’s first SSD-based CD ripping’ NAS device
MediaWeek: YouTube: Placement Police
Dana Blankenhorn: The political battle growing around not-swine just-flu
Gateway TC7804uHarry Fuller: Old-time oceans became deadly
Tom Foremski: Poking for holes in Silicon Valley’s future
Inventor: SSL not to blame for security woes
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