September 9th, 2009
News to know: Windows 7; Verizon; RightNow; Salesforce; Palm; HP
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: Windows 7, Vista exposed to ‘teardrop attack’
Sam Diaz: Verizon enters mobile management services; enough to take it beyond early adopters?
Larry Dignan: RightNow acquires social networking company HiveLive
Sam Diaz: Salesforce rolling out a beefier Service Cloud
TechCrunch: Source: Palm To Unveil Pixie Phone This Week
Larry Dignan: HP plays the print app game; Will you buy into ‘Printing 2.0′?
Dennis Howlett: HiveLive: the beginning of community app consolidation?
Forrester: A day in the life of an Information Worker
Brian Sommer: More on HP and BPO
Microsoft training materials teach Best Buy employees how Windows beats Linux
Sony KDL-W5100 series — photos
Sam Diaz: Apple preview: A non-event for Wall Street? Are camera iPods ready?
- Andrew Nusca: Apple TV as cable box concept ‘killed,’ exec says
- Jason Hiner: Review: Snow Leopard ramps up performance and business-readiness of Mac OS X
- MediaMemo: Let It Be: Beatles Still Not Coming to iTunes Tomorrow
Smartphone apps are the technology world’s new gold rush
Sam Diaz: Mobile management software improving - but watch for platform support
Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft to preview two Silverlight 4 features
- Russia drops it monopoly-abuse case against Microsoft over Windows XP
- What do Linux vendors want with those former Microsoft graphics patents?
- Microsoft Doloto: Making Ajax page downloads faster
- Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Windows Genuine Advantage: Spyware or legitimate tool?
Christopher Dawson: The new Asus e-reader looks a lot like the OLPC XO 2.0
Jason Perlow: Why Can’t We Clean RIM’s Sticky Balls?
RIchard Koman: Open Books Alliance: Google Books is nothing less than price-fixing and collusion
Matthew Miller: Official Facebook app for Android arrives, Babbler is better though
Ad Age: What Exodus? Facebook Trumps Top 20 Sites in Time Spent
Dana Blankenhorn: Euros try multi-product open source support
Chris Jablonski: An electrical circuit that runs entirely off power in trees
Jennifer Leggio: Drew Olanoff’s 24-hour ‘blame-a-thon’ raises funds for LiveStrong
Jason D. O’Grady: Let it (not) be
Dana Blankenhorn: OIN disposal squad takes out 22 patent land mines
Heather Clancy: Most businesses still paying lip service to power management
Joe McKendrick: Cloud may complicate SOA load balancing act
- Brian Sommer: Imagine that! More innovation in PPM
- Dana Gardner: What ever happened to the withering RIA market?
Andrew Nusca: New Dell Studio XPS 8000, 9000 desktops sport Intel ‘Lynnfield’ Core i5, i7 processors
- New Dell Inspiron 14z, 15z laptops are thinner, lighter
- Intel bolsters entry-level server chip lineup
- Intel shakes up mid-range CPUs with Lynnfield Core i5 750, Core i7 860 and Core i7 870
Dignan: eBay names Sun veteran head of data center strategy
Sean Portnoy: Netgear introduces latest Digital Entertainer Live networked media player
Joe McKendrick: Advice: avoid SOA-BPM entanglements
Jennifer Bergen: Catch some Zs with the Zeo personal sleep coach
- Altec Lansing debuts USB-powered Orbit speakers for laptops
- Asus unveils binary-inspired ultrathin Designo LCD displays; 0.64″ thick
- Gadget Gal’s daily deals: Zune with Home A/V pack, Creative Labs pocket camcorder, Altec Lansing BackBeat Pro earbuds
Photos: Fun with plastic–peripherals that changed gaming
Review: Cisco’s 891 ISR does more with less
Richard Koman: EFF, ACLU says Google Books will chill reading, speech
Dana Blankenhorn: TomTom launches OpenLR open navigation project
Harry Fuller: Fossil fuel battle: who’ll reign over America’s energy future
Orange, T-Mobile merge to create UK’s largest carrier
AOL hires Garlinghouse at ‘pivotal moment’
Bloomberg: BusinessWeek Magazine Generates Interest From 93 Parties, CEO McGraw Says
Nieman Journalism Lab: How Tribune Co. plans to rid itself of SEO-killing duplicate content
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