August 13th, 2009
News to know: Culture of cheap; Microsoft, Nokia; eBay; Apple
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.
Andrew Nusca: Culture of cheap: How discount computers cost the consumer
Jason Perlow: Der Frankenputer: A Last Hurrah at System Building
Ryan Naraine: Advanced Mac OS X rootkit tools released
Dana Gardner: Cloud Security Panel: Is cloud computing more or less secure than on-premises IT?
Mary Jo Foley: ‘Custom XML’ the key to patent suit over Microsoft Word
- Larry Dignan: Examine the patent that made selling Microsoft Word a crime
- CNet News: I4i says not out to destroy Microsoft Word
Microsoft and Nokia to bring Office Mobile, Communicator to Symbian phones
- Zack Whittaker: Essential student Office applications brought to Nokia phones
- Larry Dignan: Microsoft Mobile Office needed Nokia, Symbian
- Matthew Miller: Microsoft and Nokia announce partnership to bring Microsoft products to Nokia smartphones
- Current Nokia Office client developer responds to Microsoft announcement
- Bits: Microsoft-Nokia Alliance: An Assault on the BlackBerry
- Q2 worldwide smartphone sales show Apple increasing a whopping 10.5% over 2008
Ryan Naraine: eBay warns of developer password-theft flaw
Jason O’Grady: AT&T testing iPhone MMS in Washington (Updated 3x)
- Apple shoots TV commercial for mystery product in 40s diner
- Google Notebook discontinuation a loss for iPhone users
- Philip Schiller: Apple’s fireman (and perhaps most valuable exec)
- 9 to 5 Mac: Unreleased Apple product sighted in California - no images (yet)
- Paul Greenberg: Enterprise Irregulars Join Social CRM Fray
- Dennis Howlett: Enterprise software sales and Social CRM
Sam Diaz: IDG on thin crowds: OpenSource World is invitation only
- OpenSource World kicks off with sparse crowds, nothing-new keynote
- Dan Kusnetzky: OpenSource World/NGDC/CloudWorld Experiences
Rachel King: Panasonic holding HD product giveaway until Labor Day
- John Morris: Dell debuts three new entry-level laptops
Dana Gardner: Cloud computing proves a natural for offloading time-consuming test and development processes
Dana Blankenhorn: If you have a proprietary partner is it still open source?
Who might get health reform passed?
Christopher Dawson: “Should I buy a laptop cart?”
Jennifer Bergen: Gadget Gal’s daily deals: save on refurbished Dell computers, Motorola DJ Bluetooth headphones, Vizio HDTV
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