August 12th, 2009
News to know: Clearwire; Google Caffeine; innovation; Office and Nokia; VMWare; Windows 7
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: Clearwire bets on fourth quarter WiMax tipping point
Garett Rogers: Google to Caffeinate search results
- Larry Dignan: Google Caffeine and the perception game
- Mary Jo Foley: Are Google’s ‘Caffeine’ search results more like Bing’s?
Tom Foremski: Are Silicon Valley VCs killing innovation?
Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft and Nokia expected to bring Office to Nokia phones
James Staten: VMware completes the PaaS to vCloud
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: XP or Vista - Which is more at risk from Windows 7?
Sam Diaz: My smartphone affair: Cheating on Verizon and Blackberry for a taste of Sprint and Pre
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Sony kills virtualization on Vaio notebooks
Matthew Miller: Review: T-Mobile HTC Touch Pro2 is a hefty device with a price to match
Michael Krigsman: Three big reasons CRM initiatives fail
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: DVD Jon subpoenaed in Apple anti-trust lawsuit
Sean Portnoy: Netgear unveils 4-port XAVB1004 Home Theater Internet Connection Kit
Heather Clancy: Fortune Data Centers snags $900,000 for data center redesign
Matthew Miller: ThinkFree Mobile for Android states they will support PowerPoint and PDF too
Dancho Danchev: New Mac OS X DNS changer spreads through social engineering
Harry Fuller: The next oil crisis: is your state immune or addicted?
Andrew Nusca: Verbatim ‘Tuff-n-Tiny’ USB drive is 0.06-inch thin; up to 8GB
Heather Clancy: EPEAT spreads its wings, goes international
Ryan Naraine: Microsoft: Exploits likely for ‘critical’ Windows vulnerabilities
Jennifer Bergen: Quickfire Deal: Creative Labs Vado HD Pocket Camcorder
Harry Fuller: Will more expensive gasoline be the salvation of General Motors?
Sam Diaz: Back to school goes cheap: Here comes another round of Mac vs PC
Jason Hiner: Apple’s magic tricks and business spells revealed
Jason D. O’Grady: Review: Mophie Juice Pack for iPhone 3GS
Jennifer Bergen: Gadget Gal’s daily deals: Sennheiser earbuds, Dell Mini 10 netbook, Altec Lansing speakers for MP3 players
Andrew Nusca: Apple offers matte display option for 15-in. MacBook Pro; charges $50
Christopher Dawson: Did you know that Intel has bloggers, too?
Dancho Danchev: Campaign Monitor hacked, accounts used for spamming
Jennifer Leggio: Fortune 500 Series: How EMC used social media to recruit, re-brand, rebuild
Dion Hinchcliffe: Pragmatic new models for enterprise architecture take shape
Andrew Nusca: View and edit Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF files in Google Android
Christopher Dawson: Edmodo just gets better with Version 3.0
Oliver Marks: Shock Horror ‘Social Media’: Who Will Save/Train the Children?
Sam Diaz: Intel, Micron announce chip technology for USB drives
Matthew Miller: Documents To Go for Android adds PDF and PowerPoint support
Ryan Naraine: Password-reset flaw haunts WordPress admins
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Are you thwarted by technology?
Ed Burnette: SpringSource, VMware, and the death of the independent software vendor
Larry Dignan: Chevy Volt: 230 mpg in city driving; Are you a buyer?
Richard Koman: Rule change will bring Web 2.0 to federal sites
Dana Blankenhorn: Open source living on VC time
Matthew Miller: Google Android uses Google servers for accurate predictive text entry
Larry Dignan: Rackspace goes for it: Plots infrastructure buildout; Notches enterprise wins
Andrew Nusca: Logitech debuts Harmony 900 universal remote with RF tech; $399
Paula Rooney: xTuple 3.3 open source ERP debuts
ZDNet Asia: Security 101: Look back to advance
Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft to roll out IE 8 with new defaults on Patch Tuesday
Dana Blankenhorn: Cutting out for Cloudera just in time
Harry Fuller: Arctic summer sea ice
Larry Dignan: VMware’s SpringSource purchase sparks head scratching; Still doesn’t solve the Microsoft problem
Dana Blankenhorn: Key elements of health reform already baked-in
Harry Fuller: Wind energy: recession proof?
Dennis Howlett: FaceFeed: the enterprise perspective
Matthew Miller: Review: JayBird Endorphin and Tiger Eyes headphones
Dan Kusnetzky: American Document Management a Host.Net customer profile
Larry Dignan: What a smart grid can do for you
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