May 11th, 2009
News to know: Windows 7; Google; Vizio; Treknology; Green tech
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: Windows 7 RC gets its first bug, and it’s a doozy
Sean Portnoy: Surprise! As HDTVs price rise, sales drop and Vizio becomes the biggest brand
Andrew Mager: Easily spam Twitter with trending topics API
Garett Rogers: Google does 3 Chrome updates, and runs out of bandwidth
- Larry Dignan: Analyst: Google will start walking away from bad AdSense deals like MySpace
- NYT: Data, Not Design, Is King in the Age of Google
- ReadWriteWeb: Google Execs: Twitter-like Functionality Could Be Added to Search
Tom Steinert-Threlkeld: From Payola ‘Pay for Say’: Will Metrics Aid Honesty or Abet Dishonesty in Online Conversation?
ZDNet UK: EC wants software makers held liable for code
Photos: Integrated circuit celebrates 50th birthday
Sam Diaz: SEC filing: Sun shareholders sue to block Oracle acquisition
Forrester Blog: Leveraging cloud computing for new business enablement
Jason O’Grady: Unannounced touchscreen Nokia outed in new ‘Trek film
Jason Perlow: Advances in TREKnology
- Frugal Friday: Presto, Project Forks, Kindle DX, Star Trek, Sonatype
- Pano Logic brings us closer to “The Screen”
Dana Blankenhorn: Open source enterprise software shakeout
Zack Whittaker: Podcast: ZDNet and Neowin meet in the middle
Mary Jo Foley: More fallout from Microsoft’s moves to consolidate its ad platforms
Ryan Naraine: Heartland says malware breach cost $12.6 million
Michael Krigsman: Enterprise student laundry system fails
Gizmodo: Long-Exposure Shot of a Roomba’s Path Shows Beautifully Organized Chaos
Oliver Marks: How to Avoid Collaboration Traps, Create Unity and Get Results
Richard Koman: Schmidt doesn’t see problem with Apple board seat
Heather Clancy: Green technology design: Easier said than done?
- Manufacturer pushes pseudo-Energy Star rating for Ethernet gear
- Harry Fuller: Alternative energy and alternatives to alternative energy
- Global warming heating up Washington D.C.
Photos: Top-rated reviews of the weekDana Blankenhorn: Why health reform remains possible
- Phil Wainewright: Another week, another $70m vote for SaaS
- Joe McKendrick: ‘SOA is Dead’ debate lives on and on
Photos: Getting an armchair off the ground (right)- Matthew Miller: Will the new Kindle DX complicate plagiarism prevention?
Report: US air-traffic control systems hacked
Diaz: Are Amazon and Real one-upping Apple?
AT&T and Verizon: Is the smartphone growth train slowing?
Social networks will need to do more for Asia
Paul Murphy: NCIS: Episode #140: Breakout
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