September 16th, 2009
News to know: Adobe; Sergey Brin; Apps.gov; Oracle; Facebook
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Sam Diaz: Adobe to acquire Ominture; CEO calls move a ‘game-changer’
Larry Dignan: Feds launch Apps.gov; Cloud computing players salivate
- Smart Planet: If the Feds endorse cloud computing will you follow?
- Sergey Brin: Use of Google Apps could shape tech policy [video]
Oracle unveils second Exadata machine; Ellison steps up data warehousing push
Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft exec: ‘When Windows is executing well, Microsoft is in good shape’
Ed Bott: The Windows 7 upgrade survival guide
- How long should a Windows 7 upgrade really take?
- Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: What would it take for you to switch to Linux?
Google Chrome version 3 released
Facebook: 300 Million and On
Diaz: Facebook: “We’re cash-flow positive”
Andrew Mager: AIM Lifestream integrates social web, but not instant messaging
Forrester: Defining the generations based on technology era
Heather Clancy: Climate Registry: Give a little, get a little
Michael Krigsman: ‘How I tweeted my way out of spinal surgery’
Intel: EC failed to meet ’standard of proof’ for $1.45 billion fine
Andrew Nusca: Logitech Portable Lapdesk makes couch computing a little easier
SANS: The Top Cyber Security Risks
Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft Zune HD: Going beyond the specs
- Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Zune HD teardown
- Quick thoughts on the Zune HD
- Matthew Miller: What do you want to know about the Zune HD?
- Zune 4.0 desktop and older Zune firmware updates now available
- Andrew Nusca: Microsoft Zune HD, disassembled
Zune HD Originals - photos (right)
Dana Gardner: Economic and climate imperatives combine to elevate Green IT as cost-productive priority
- Active Endpoints debuts ActiveVOS 7.0 with BPMN 2 support, improved RIA interfaces
- SOA user survey helps define latest ESB trends, middleware use patterns
- Joe McKendrick: ESBs are patterns, not products
- Brian Sommer: Taleo, Talent Management and What’s Wrong With ERP Spending
- Interesting things I’ve been briefed on lately.
Silicon Alley Insider: Google FastFlip Is Latest Attack On Amazon Kindle
Murdoch: We’re Going To Charge You To Read The WSJ On The Blackberry
Andrew Nusca: HP Envy 13, 15 target Apple MacBook Pro with quality, performance
- John Morris: Details on HP’s Ion-powered netbook, Windows XP not dead yet
- Diaz: HP: New Quicklook, revamped Media Smart Server top fall product news
- Gallery:
HP Envy 15 targets Apple MacBook Pro with quality, performance
Report: 9.6″ Apple Tablet due in February, for about $900
9to5 mac: Taiwan Economic News: 9.6-inch, PA Semi Apple Tablet due in February, cost $800-$1000
How Intel turned failure into success
Tom Foremski: News analysis: Intel reshuffle moves Maloney closer to succession spot
Foley: Microsoft to detail planned changes in its fiscal reporting structure
Zack Whittaker: IT support: Cut the jargon or find another job
Employment after college: Start off low, work your way up
Garett Rogers: Crop circles: What’s Google trying to tell us?
Heather Clancy: Pliant talks up lower energy consumption, cost savings of its new enterprise flash technology
Jennifer Bergen: Make your own iPhone or iPod dock
Virginia backs off demands for Facebook data
Archos 5 Internet Tablet–photos
Larry Dignan: Best Buy earnings miss targets
Jason Perlow: AT&T: No Balls, Just Bull
Dave Greenfield: The Biggest Challenge for HD Voice
Janice Chen: JVC announces Everio GZ-HM400, full 1080p HD camcorder
Dana Blankenhorn: Who’s developing Linux?
Dennis Howlett: SAP: brand value and benefits
IT security defenses misdirected
T-Mobile and Sprint? Wild-cards abound
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