June 5th, 2009
News to know: FTC vs. botnets; Microsoft; Apple WWDC; Twitter
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: FTC shuts down notorious botnet ISP. FTC statement
- Patch Tuesday heads-up: Critical Windows, IE fixes coming
- Typo’d Google domains in Top 10 malware exploit sites
- StrongWebmail CEO’s mail account hacked via XSS
Mary Jo Foley: Kojax/Kirana: What Microsoft should have announced at JavaOne
- Sam Diaz: Microsoft at JavaOne: Today’s word is interoperability
- Microsoft’s commitment to interoperability [video]
Russian antitrust unit targets Microsoft over XP availability
Analyst says economy leading some users to bypass Office 2007
CNet News: Six months later, no ISPs joining RIAA piracy fight
Mac World: Lab test: $999 MacBook outpaces pricier models
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Snow Leopard and Windows 7: Two flavors of the same GUI?
- Apple’s WWDC: Wall Street expects to be underwhelmed
- Diaz: Apple TV: Games and apps would be a tough way to gain traction
- AppleInsider: New 16GB, 32GB iPhones appear in Carphone Warehouse systems
Zack Whittaker: Windows 7 saves Microsoft, but will it rebuild post-Vista spirit?
Brian Sommer: Accounting for success? Darwin meets the green eyeshade world
Gallery: NEC’s 43 in., 31:10 curved monitor commands $8,000 price tagTime: How Twitter Will Change the Way We Live
Larry Dignan: Time says Twitter will change our lives; I Tweeted that I puked
- Tom Foremski: People that love to hate Twitter and Facebook but aren’t on either
- Jennifer Leggio: Quick’n'Dirty podcast comes alive today
- Zack Whittaker: Young adults aren’t using Twitter enough: should they?
Jason O’Grady: Apple patent details iPhone media sharing
All Facebook: Facebook Removes Regional Network Privacy and Visibility Settings
Jennifer Bergen: Gadget Gal’s daily deals: MacBook sale, Sony Walkman, Nikon Coolpix
Gallery: Dress rehearsal for Opera 10 beta
Christopher Dawson: Overcoming the laptop wall
Future of netbooks, laptops unfolds at Computex
Paul Greenberg: Excerpt #2: Customer Experience - Chap 21 from CRM @ The Speed of Light, 4th ed.
Harry Fuller: Green boom busted?
Garett Rogers: Google unleashes Google Squared
Sam Diaz: Can a startup challenge Google on the re-invention of e-mail?
Richard Koman: Judge rejects telecom cases but Al-Haramain moves forward
Intuit drops restrictions on Quickbooks app development
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