July 15th, 2009
News to know: Intel; Oracle, Microsoft patches; Azure; Mourning a dead laptop
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: Intel shines: Earnings, revenue, margins well above estimates; Outlook better
Jason Perlow: Sitting “Shiva” For My Dead Laptop
Robin Harris: RFID passports: a tragedy waiting to happen
Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft announces its Azure cloud computing pricing
- Microsoft Azure evangelist tackles cloud doubts
- Dana Gardner: Rackspace takes open source approach with release of Cloud Servers API
Ryan Naraine: MS Patch Tuesday: 9 bulletins, 6 rated critical
- Patch Day double-whammy: Oracle plugs 33 database holes
- Attack code posted for unpatched Firefox 3.5 flaw
- Dancho Danchev: Does free antivirus offer a false feeling of security?
- Remote code execution exploit for Firefox 3.5 in the wild
Rachel King: How to make the most of iPhoto
Larry Dignan: Dell aims to diversify away from PCs, but how?
Jobs: Catch the App Store if you can
- Jason O’Grady: 1 billion of Apple’s app downloads may be bogus
- David Morgenstern: Bits from Apple’s iPhone deployment guide for the enterprise
- Jennifer Bergen: ‘Not For Tourists’ comes to the iPhone with Manhattan City Guide app
Brian Sommer: Why the best get better in sourcing
Larry Dignan: IT budgets: Shifting by the week?
Sun: Our quarter stunk; Oracle: We’ll get our accretive earnings anyway
CNet News: Do mommy bloggers need to grow up?
Dennis Howlett: SoftwareAG: ‘We’re not up for sale’
- Dana Gardner: Software AG seeks IDS Scheer in webMethods aquisition follow-up act
- Rethinking virtualization: Why enterprises need a sustainable virtualization strategy over hodge-podge approaches
Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft to allow Win Mobile 6.0, 6.1 users access to its online app store
- Matthew Miller: First shot of the Zune HD Marketplace appears
- Windows Marketplace for Mobile taking submissions starting 27 July
- Should wireless carriers be dropping mobile app stores for their own brand?
- Windows Mobile customizability has a rap star singing its praises
Andrew Nusca: Stylish eMachines EZ1601 all-in-one PC for family; $399
John Morris: Why the first Chrome netbooks may not be so revolutionary
PaidContent: Microsoft’s Ballmer On Google Chrome OS: ‘Who Knows What This Thing Is?’
Mitch Ratcliffe: Why is Facebook whoring me out?
Dennis Howlett: Sir Bonar Neville-Kingdom on the ‘Three Pillars of Digital Britain’
Zack Whittaker: Office 2010 to hit networks and the web in style
Screenshots of new Office 2010 web applications user interface
Oliver Marks: New Socialtext Microblogging Appliance Signals Increased Flexibility
Dana Blankenhorn: The push to make meaningful use meaningless
Heather Clancy: SunSpec hopes to provide standard IT management platform for solar technology
Ars Technica: Pandora now pushing radio to pay for music, too
Silicon Alley Insider: Survey Confirms: Bing Will Bomb
Bing claims 8 percent rise in users
Want to sell your game? Host a post-apocalyptic pig roast! (right)
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Windows Security Center changes trigger warnings
Jennifer Bergen: Gadget Gal’s daily deals: Apple Mac Mini, Vizio HDTV, Logitech wireless mouse
TechCrunch: YouTube Will Be Next To Kiss IE6 Support Goodbye
Dan Kusnetzky: Citrix and Fujitsu cuddle closer together
Harry Fuller: The newest argument being used to trash global warming
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