August 7th, 2009
News to know: Twitter DOS attack; Cisco and IBM, Clunkers, Win 7 chart; Murdoch; CTO
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.
Ryan Naraine: Twitter knocked offline by DDoS attack; Koobface returns with a twist
Larry Dignan: Cisco CEO Chambers: IBM a friend; HP a foe
Harry Fuller: More cash for clunkers
Ed Bott: Microsoft blunders with a confusing Windows 7 upgrade chart
Larry Dignan: Rupert Murdoch’s grand subscription plan: Much ado over minimal revenue?
Matthew Miller: AT&T dropping calls like crazy, back to T-Mobile and their expanding 3G network
- Larry Dignan: Vonage: Can it grow the customer base?
- Comcast rakes in the dough; Continues to poach voice customers
Larry Dignan: T-Mobile: Churn up from a year ago but myTouch 3G may change that
Sam Diaz: Nvidia offers hope with Q2 results; Shares jump in after-hours
Christopher Dawson: Facebook pages for schools
Harry Fuller: Ford says its greening paint, regardless of the paint’s color
Jennifer Bergen: Gadget Gal’s daily deals: BOGO Toshiba HDTVs, Olympus Stylus underwater camera, Sony VAIO NW notebooks
Ryan Naraine: Patch Tuesday heads-up: 9 bulletins, 5 critical
David Morgenstern: Microsoft pitches Windows Mobile to iPhone developers
Sean Portnoy: Survey: Majority of American households now have HDTVs
Video: The new eco-friendly Samsung Reclaim [video]
RIchard Koman: CTO: Time for govt innovation has arrived
Mary Jo Foley: August update to Microsoft codename tracker is live
Federal forms themed blackhat SEO campaign serving scareware
Harry Fuller: Crowds: wisdom or wishful thinking? Where’s the research?
Andrew Nusca: BlackBerry Curve 8520 marks consumer, business power play for RIM [hands-on review]
Gallery: Samsung Reclaim Photos
Jennifer Bergen: ‘The Beatles: Rock Band’ premieres first in-game video
Sam DIaz: Smartphone battleground: Apple and Google head to China
Oliver Marks: A View from the Engine Room: Booz Allen Build a Collaborative Business
Christopher Dawson: Edubuntu followup
Tom Foremski: Kids are changing their online habits, will adults change too?
Zack Whittaker: Facebook and Twitter down: Social networking meltdown
Mary Jo Foley: MSDN, TechNet subscribers start downloading final Windows 7 bits
Dana Blankenhorn: Meaningful use decision pleases health IT reformers
Ed Burnette: Google buys one of my favorite companies
Dennis Howlett: Ray Wang departing Forrester
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Memory “bug” won’t delay Windows 7
Jason Perlow: Frugal Tech Show: ElasticHosts
Andrew Nusca: Logitech’s new wireless presenters help you wrangle your next PowerPoint slides
Dana Gardner: Letterman’s job remains safe as HP goes to top 10 list hijinks on sever virtualization management
Jennifer Leggio: After Twitter attack, Facebook investigates potential foul play
Andrew Nusca: Logitech debuts custom-weight G500 gaming mouse; headset
Ryan Naraine: Major security holes in popular XML libraries
Dana Blankenhorn: Code Red for XML open source
Larry Dignan: Lenovo: Enterprise demand remains weak; China a bright spot
Dan Kusnetzky: RingCube vDesk Customer Profile
[video] Doing business on Facebook: What are the risks?
Larry Dignan: Upstate NY bets on GlobalFoundries plant, chip rebound
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