July 24th, 2009
News to know: Microsoft; Amazon, AT&T-iPhone; PayPal; Yahoo's board
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: Microsoft’s client revenue skids; Blame netbooks, Windows 7 deferrals
- Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft and the ‘premium mix’ dilemma
- Microsoft rolls out new developer toys: Bing#, Gestalt and more
- The Scarlet V: What’s a Vista business user to do?
- Who can get the final Windows Server 2008 R2 bits and when?
Sam Diaz: Amazon: Shares tumble late as Q2 sales fall short; quiet about Kindle
- Dignan: Netflix aims for 12 million subscribers by year end
- 5 looming questions about the Amazon-Zappos deal
- PE Hub Blog: Zappos CEO Wanted To Stay Independent, Sequoia Wanted Liquidity—Sources
AT&T aims to allay iPhone exclusivity worries
- CNET News: AT&T chief: iPhone won’t be exclusive forever
- AT&T activates 2.4 million iPhones; Second quarter tops estimates
Matthew Miller: King of the QWERTYs: T-Mobile Dash 3G
Image Gallery: Hands on with the T-Mobile myTouch 3G Google Android device
Apple owns the market on expensive PCs
- BetaNews: Apple has 91% of market for $1,000+ PCs, says NPD
- Jason O’Grady: Apple withdraws legal threats against Bluwiki
- Ed Burnette: Jailbreaking opens iPhone push security hole
- Cult of Mac: Exclusive: New Features of iPod Touch, Nano Revealed in Dozens of Cases
Ed Bott: The Ultimate Windows 7 Upgrade FAQ
Jason D. O’Grady: Palm re-activates iTunes sync in Web OS 1.1
Dana Blankenhorn: Canonical walks the talk with Launchpad release
Christopher Dawson: Why doesn’t kid #1 tweet anymore?
Jason D. O’Grady: Google Latitude arrives for iPhone, wither Loopt?
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Who’s to blame for unsecured WiFi connections?
EMC’s second quarter better than expected; Says IT budgets stabilize
Diaz: Visions of laser beams filling the skies to boost WiFi’s strength
Top 5 free iPhone automotive apps
Andrew Nusca: Baryonyx to build largest offshore wind farms in U.S., power Tier 4 data centers
- Heather Clancy: Autodesk coughs up funds for clean-tech projects
Dancho Danchev: The future of mobile malware - digitally signed by Symbian?
China’s Green Dam and the cyberwar implications
Joe McKendrick: Enterprise architecture heads north: report from Open Group
Dana Gardner: Cloud security depends on the human element
Michael Krigsman: CRM failures on tap
ReadWriteWeb: Facebook Relents, Lets You Change Your Username
Tom Foremski: The real Intel rock stars
Google plugs 3D hardware into Chrome
MediaMemo: Is the AP Adding DRM to the News? Not Yet.
Jennifer Bergen: Gadget Gal’s daily deals: Samsung widescreen monitor, Bose speakers and headphones, Nikon CoolPix
Nusca: US Airways to launch Gogo in-flight Internet next year
- Cambrionix debuts 49-port USB 2.0 hub for business
- A phone with touchscreen, Bluetooth, e-mail, MP3…on a watch
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