May 6th, 2009
News to know: Microsoft layoffs, Kindle, NetSuite, Skype, Tedx
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: Microsoft starts second round of layoffs. More to come?
- Mary Jo Foley: Ballmer’s layoff mail to the troops fails to rule out more cuts
- Sales, marketing and support bearing the brunt of new Microsoft job cuts?
Larry Dignan: The big Kindle: Pondering Wi-Fi; Netbooks; Market implications
Sam Diaz: NetSuite shares plummet day after report of “impressive” growth
Dave Greenfield: Skype’s Giving Away Skype Credits
Andrew Mager: TEDx: an independent cozy idea worth spreading
Larry Dignan: McAfee: Welcome to the United States of Zombie PCs
Andrew Nusca: Forrester: e-commerce ‘better suited to withstand economic downturn’
Joe McKendrick: IBM’s Mills: ‘Find me a company not interested in SOA principles’
- Larry Dignan: IBM picks up data analytics company Exeros
Jennifer Leggio: Three reasons companies fear social media – and why they shouldn’t
Sam Diaz: Report: RIM has Wall Street smiling
Oliver Marks: Oracle Beehive Activity Starts Buzzing
Paula Rooney: Citrix dazzles market — and Microsoft — with new Xen products
Tom Steinert-Threlkeld: No Device Will Save The New York Times. Only The Times Can.
Ryan Naraine: Businesses struggling with Adobe PDF security advice
Robin Harris: Cloud vs sand: Google vs Microsoft
Tom Foremski: GOOG’s dirty little secret . .
Sam Diaz: State AGs to meet with Craiglist over sex ads
Zack Whittaker: The mobile web is an utter letdown
Sean Portnoy: Wireless HD update: Sony drops price on DMX-WL1 Wireless Video Link, In-Stat says 802.11n Wi-Fi will win
Heather Clancy: Nexsan: Turn on the “green” feature in our MAID product and save some green
Harry Fuller: Here comes some R and D: nanotech in carville
Harry Fuller: Kansas to get coal plants after all
Janice Chen: The best cameras for Mother’s Day (with free 2-day shipping from Amazon)
Christopher Dawson: How much does open source cost schools?
Dennis Howlett: NEXT09: domination = stagnation: now the crumbling empires
Ryan Naraine: Study: Silent patching best for securing browsers
Heather Clancy: Could remote access technology help your green IT agenda?
Jennifer Leggio: Detroit Red Wings get social during NHL playoffs
Brian Sommer: Book Review: Why New Systems Fail
Jennifer Bergen: Mother’s Day Tech: Gifts for the geeky mom
Dana Blankenhorn: All ebook readers must tear down this wall
Mary Jo Foley: Silverlight-to-Linux Moonlight 2.0 preview ready for testers
Christopher Dawson: How about textbooks by Google?
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Windows 7 still allows unsafe files to be disguised as safe files
Dana Blankenhorn: WiMAX and the grid
Dave Greenfield: 9 Tips to Pitching the Press
Phil Wainewright: Web giants and the helpless individual
Dana Blankenhorn: Is our health coordination better than in Malawi
Ed Burnette: Flash disk drives are a hit with enterprise customers, says Sun
Andrew Nusca: iPod touch Web share triples; Windows reaches new low
Richard Koman: FTC investigating Google-Apple ties
Sam Diaz: SAP and Oracle announce software enhancements
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: XP Mode for Windows 7 goes live
Mary Jo Foley: Wave 2 of announced layoffs hits Microsoft
Dana Blankenhorn: Ending the flu panic
ZDNet UK: BlackBerry Voice System tailored for Cisco PBX
Jennifer Bergen: Gadget Gal’s daily deals: HP Pavilion notebook, Archos 5, Acer Aspire One netbook
Michael Krigsman: CA releases packaged services for project portfolio management
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: While Apple enjoys having billions in the bank, some iPhone developers are having a hard time getting paid
Andrew Nusca: Top 7 reasons people quit Linux? How about 7 reasons to try it
John Morris: Where to get the Windows 7 Release Candidate
Paul Greenberg: CRM, Heroism and 26/11 in India
Dan Kusnetzky: Vyatta Open Source Routing and Security Software
IT Dojo: Run Windows Vista on your Mac with VMWare Fusion [video]
Sam Diaz is a senior editor at ZDNet. See his full profile and disclosure of his industry affiliations.
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