May 19th, 2009
News to know: IBM; SAP; Microsoft; Sarbanes-Oxley; EMC
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.
Larry Dignan: IBM rolls out the ‘Smart Cube’ with app market: Think enterprise iPod-iTunes combo
Joe McKendrick: Goodbye, SOX?
Dennis Howlett: In search of SAP Business ByDesign
Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft, Linux Foundation issue joint letter opposing proposed software-licensing principles
Dana Blankenhorn: Linux and the channel
EMC World:
- Jason Hiner: Can EMC keep cloud computing from forking?
- Sam Diaz: Tucci, Maritz talk acquisitions, customers and competition
- EMC World: A view of the enterprise from above the cloud
- EMC World kicks off with new cloud offerings
- Iomega eGo BlackBelt portable hard drive: 500GB that can survive 7 ft. drops
- Facebook: Facebook Supports OpenID for Automatic Login
- AP: Israeli intelligence issues Facebook warning
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: What does it mean that we surprised that Windows 7 is so good?
- Andrew Nusca: Is Windows 7 really too expensive?
Scott Adams’ “home server” would be a massive DRM and vendor lock-in
Mozilla wants help to reinvent browser tabs
Larry Dignan: Craigslist CEO: South Carolina AG’s antics ’simply beyond the pale’
- Craigslist: An Apology Is In Order
- Richard Koman: Craigslist CEO demands apology
- Review: Jawbone PRIME Bluetooth headset
- David Morgenstern: Earbud static: It’s the heat, not the humidity
Koman: Scalia gets a schooling in online privacy
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