May 15th, 2009
News to know: Google; Facebook; HP battery recall
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.
Ryan Naraine: Apple eliminates CanSecWest Pwn2Own flaws
Larry Dignan: 
Cloudy day: Google falters; Packets lost in key cities
- Sam Diaz: Google outage isn’t reason enough to avoid a cloud strategy
- Jason Perlow: Do our Operating Systems need Search Failover?
- Andrew Nusca: Google, Gmail down; Twitter raging; where’s Google outreach?
- Google News down - but bounces back with YouTube
- Techmeme
- Google: This is your pilot speaking. Now, about that holding pattern…
HP recalls 70,000 notebook batteries because of fire hazard
Facebook to revamp App Directory, launch “Verified Apps” certification
Crackberry.com: Exclusive: First Look at the BlackBerry Storm 2!!
Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft ‘Chelan’: A new Windows Embedded platform takes shape
Oliver Marks: Get Me To The Parts Store On Time
- Gmail makes it easy to switch mail accounts: Will it matter?
- Garett Rogers: Google Calendar gets tasks!
Cult of Mac: Exclusive: Steve Jobs’ Amazon.com Account Hacked, Hacker Claims
Silicon Alley Insider: MLB.com Gets Geolocation Patent
Christopher Dawson: Now this is stimulus
Future-proofing the application infrastructure
Data Center Knowledge: Who Has the Most Web Servers?
Dana Blankenhorn: Can the enterprise strategy work?
- Where does Obama stand on open source?
- Joe McKendrick: Forrester: Only one percent have negative experience with SOA
Tom Steinert-Threlkeld: Adult Attention Disorder: The ‘Splittering’ of Communications
CNET News: Why isn’t Zillow dead?
Image Gallery: imeem Mobile for the Apple iPhone
Engadget: ASUS Eee Keyboard to launch by end of June
Andrew Nusca: Can Cool-er e-reader undercut Amazon Kindle sales?
- Jennifer Bergen: Too cheap for an iPod touch? Try the Memorex TouchMP
- Gadget Gal’s daily deals: MacBook, Samsung HDTV, Canon EOS Rebel T1i
- AT&T: ‘Slinging’ violates ToS; barred on all devices
- Report: Apple made just $20-45 million from App Store
Photos: Unveiling the winged submersible (right)Robin Harris: The “erotic services” shell game: hypocrisy online
Gadgetell: Sprint says Pre is worth $542.01; hidden in contest rules
Dana Blankenhorn: The Cheerios Kerfluffle
- Doctor Oz takes a risk
- Harry Fuller: Teflon: is it safe?
- Money, at the root of all roots
- Regicide and some possible greentech solutions
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