June 16th, 2009
News to know: Android notebooks; Twitter bugs; Samsung, Nokia
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.
John Morris: Five big issues with ARM and Android netbooks
Ryan Naraine: Coming in July: Month of Twitter Bugs
- Apple finally patches musty old Java for Mac vulnerabilities
- Dancho Danchev: China confirms security flaws in Green Dam, rushes to release a patch
- Iranian opposition launches organized cyber attack against pro-Ahmadinejad sites

Mary Jo Foley: Too many .Nets, too little time?
Robin Harris: Outrageously cool new hard drive
Jennifer Leggio: Would you ‘TweetPsych’ a prospective employee?
Twitter: Down Time Rescheduled
Ed Bott: Microsoft fumbles the digital TV transition
Andrew Nusca: Samsung Jet ‘fastest full touch handset’; has 800MHz CPU, 3.1 in. AMOLED. Gallery: Samsung Jet smartphone (right)
- Samsung debuts Omnia II with AMOLED; PRO, LITE smartphones
- Nokia unveils E72 QWERTY smartphone for business

- Microsoft to employees: Don’t want to use WinMo? You’re on your own
- Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Palm tries to give Pre tethering hack chat the chop
- Matthew Miller: Clash of the QWERTY sliders: HTC Touch Pro2 and Nokia N97
- Image Gallery: HTC Touch Pro2 and Nokia N97 head-to-head (right)
- AppleInsider: Apple begins shipping first iPhone 3G S pre-orders
Zack Whittaker: Microsoft “Morro”: explicitly explained, fact from fiction
Dana Blankenhorn: The many faces of small business and open source
GE buying health IT market share
NYT: Use Their Work Free? Some Artists Say No to Google
CNet News: Google’s digital book future hangs in the balance
Jason Hiner: Why Microsoft, Google, and Amazon are racing to run your data center
Dignan: IBM preps cloud services; Targets software development and testing
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Sam Diaz: Google, Virgin America host web event to push in-flight WiFi
Foley: Long-time Microsoft evangelist retires
Dignan: Kindle DX: Bigger screen means higher expectations
Richard Koman: New Thomas trial opens with advantage to RIAA
Harry Fuller: Winds of change creating a gale in Washington
- India and the planet’s future
- Global wind day
- Heather Clancy: Pennsylvania school gets high marks for energy-saving plan
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