July 30th, 2009
News to know: Windows 7 RTM review; Microsoft-Yahoo; SAP; Sprint
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.
Ed Bott: Windows 7 first look: More than just “Vista, fixed”
- Gallery: Windows 7 RTM first look: More than just Vista fixes
- Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Windows 7 activation … FAIL!
Larry Dignan: Microsoft-Yahoo: Gauging the IT integration risks
- It’s official: Microsoft-Yahoo ink 10-year search pact; Regulator scrum begins
- Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft and Yahoo: Still a few surprises
- Microsoft-Yahoo: Out of the mouths of Twitterers
- With Microsoft search deal Yahoo risks becoming AOL
- Jason Calacanis: Yahoo committed seppuku today.
- Carol Bartz: What our Microsoft deal means to you
- CNet News: Microsoft open to SearchMonkey, other Yahoo tech
Gallery: Ballmer-Bartz ink Microhoo deal
Heather Clancy: Intel commits $10M to five clean-tech companies
Dennis Howlett: SAP: cautious optimism going forward
- Symantec: Corporate customers moving to shorter contracts
- Palm’s Pre can’t offset Sprint’s subscriber losses
- AOL revenue slides 24 percent in second quarter; Spin off around end of year
- TechTrader Daily: Akamai Q2 Sales, Profit Miss; Stock Down 12%
Andrew Nusca: Apple iPhone margins nearly 60%, analyst estimates
- Jason O’Grady: Wrecked you car? There’s an app for that
- Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Apple: Won’t somebody please think of the cellphone towers?
Matthew Miller: AT&T Social Net integrates Facebook, Twitter, and MySpace for selected phones
- T-Mobile HTC Touch Pro2 coming 12 August
- Sidekick Sync brings Exchange to Sidekick LX 2009
- Novatel announces new MiFi 2372 for North American GSM networks
Dan Kusnetzky: File format blues
Zack Whittaker: Weird and wonderful Wednesday: 3D animations, phone unboxing and viral captions
Nusca: Barnes & Noble offers free Wi-Fi in stores nationwide, no purchase necessary
- Samsung Spinpoint F3 HDD offers 1TB; 500GB per platter
- 2GB Eye-Fi Geo SD card geotags photos wirelessly; $59
- Slow Internet connection? Try using a coffee filter
- JVC earbud headphones offer neodymium drivers, rubber buds, $19.99
- Sony, Google announce 1 million free books
- Corsair debuts Dominator GT DDR3 memory for AMD Phenom II
- Logitech unveils seven new webcams; HD, Zeiss optics, $29-$99
High-risk internet server exploit goes wild
Jennifer Bergen: Hide your Rock Band evidence with the AK Rock Box ottoman
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Sony Vaio NW160J
Gadget Gal’s daily deals: Garmin nuvi GPS, Asus netbook, Jabra Bluetooth headset
Joe McKendrick: Is your SOA hammer looking for a nail?
- SOA project with a billion-dollar price tag
- Point-counterpoint: Is SCA the limit?
- Michael Krigsman: IT failures town hall recap: Exploring the CIO’s role
Richard Koman: Consensus! Tenenbaum defense is a trainwreck
Rachel King: Dead-Finger Tech: Canon Powershot SD550
- Kingsley-Hughes: Dead-Finger Tech: My three “must have” bits of tech!
Harry Fuller: How clean is that beach?
Dana Blankenhorn: Risk rating for fatties?
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