June 30th, 2009
News to know: Windows 7; Dell; IT salaries; Enterprise 2.0
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.
Mary Jo Foley: One year after Bill Gates’ ‘retirement’: What’s different?
Microsoft: Windows 7 Upgrade deal maxes out at 25 PCs
- Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Microsoft sets pointless 25-PC upgrade limit for Windows 7
- And Windows 7’s killer feature is …
- Larry Dignan: Windows 7: Now it’s an economic savior too
- Ed Bott: Do you need more than Windows 7 Home Premium?
Who here has ever needed to replace the battery in their notebook?
Sam Diaz: Facebook hires former Genentech exec as CFO
Apple makes it official: Steve Jobs is back to work
WSJ: Dell Developing Pocket-Sized Device
Digital Daily: Dell Developing MID (Mobile Internet Disaster)
WSJ: Dell working on mobile Internet device
- Andrew Nusca: Are iPod touch users second-class citizens? Apple says yes
- Jason O’Grady: iPhone 3GS pool drop video: real or fake?
- Apple revs iPhone availability tracker
- Five tips for conserving iPhone battery life
- BitTorrent-powered iPhone App Store in beta
- Sprint ad targets lapsing iPhone contracts
10 companies agree to standard smartphone charger in Europe
Matthew Miller: Palm gets personal, Apple & RIM don’t
SmartPlanet: Deja vu all over again: managing across Generation Gap 2.0
Harry Fuller: Aerosols may not be so helpful
Grace Digital Bravado GDI-IRD4400M–photos (right)
NYT: Keeping News of Kidnapping Off Wikipedia
Dana Blankenhorn: Gatekeepers of open source innovation
Do security and privacy make health IT reform impossible?
Heather Clancy: IBM’s latest campaign against paper
Cisco’s commodity server foray likely to boost share, but at what cost?
Christopher Dawson: ARRA, affordability driving interest in Latitude 2100
Providence Business Journal: Amazon.com cuts R.I. partners over tax
JkOnTheRun: Palm Pre Build Quality Issues Continue to Slide Out
Joe McKendrick: Are we too impatient with SOA?
- Dana Gardner: Oracle adds zest to SQL Developer with standalone data modeling tool, stirs the SQL market pot
Rachel King: Promote Systems debuts remote control for DSLRs
Motorola Rival photosRichard Koman: PC makers ask China Premier to stop Green Dam
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