September 28th, 2009
News to know: HP; AT&T; Malware; Twitter; RIM
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Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Hordes of owners complain of problems with HP Elite Pavilion PCs using Core i7
Ed Bott: Apple up to its old tricks, pushing unwanted software onto PCs
Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft and European researchers deliver a snapshot of multikernel ‘Barrelfish’ OS
Sam Diaz: AT&T cries foul to FCC, uses Google Voice to spark Net Neutrality debate
- Garett Rogers: AT&T complains about Google Voice to FCC
Ryan Naraine: Malware affiliate bounty: Infect a Mac, earn 43 cents
Mary Jo Foley: Windows 7 early on custom PCs? Maybe, maybe not
Photos: Top-rated reviews of the week
Andrew Nusca: IREX DR800SG e-reader: IREX loses, Barnes & Noble wins [first impressions]
Andrew Mager: Love is in the air, and now you can see where
Jennifer Leggio: I don’t care if your company is on Twitter
- Mager: Twitter needs archiving and timeline search
- Washington Post: Post Editor Ends Tweets as New Guidelines Are Issued
Larry Dignan: RIM signals price war potential; Fallout could be substantial
Smart Planet: Virus hunter aims to predict, prevent pandemics
NASA fires laser 250,000 miles to hit lunar spacecraft traveling at 3,600 mph
Bits: Will Amazon Open the Kindle to Developers?
Sam Diaz: Analysts: We still expect a Verizon Pre next year
- Jennifer Bergen: Apple iPhone, Palm Pre price drop: How low can they go?
- Palm gets two top Javascript developers from Mozilla
- Will the Palm Pre come to Verizon? Analysts debate
Dennis Howlett: NetSuite on iPhone: customer story
Andrew Nusca: Viagra, Prozac, Levitra spam rakes in more than $4,000 per day
- Motorola Cliq pre-loaded applications revealed; QuickOffice, Mint, Telenav, Yahoo Mail
- First Nvidia Ion netbook now available: HP Mini 311
- What do you want to see in Apple’s new iMac; MacBook?
- Details of first Asus Core i7 mobile-based laptop revealed
- Texas Instruments debuts business calculator for iPhone, iPod touch
Oliver Marks: The 2010 Productivity Tool Bonanza - Microsoft, Google, Zoho & Open Standards
Shareaholic should be built into all browsers
Paul Murphy: Linux as Wintel parasite
Freedom to Tinker: Android Open Source Model Has a Short Circuit
Apple Insider: Apple close to unveiling all-new MacBook line
Rachel King: Top digital camera phones on the market
Joe McKendrick: XML on the wane? Say it isn’t so, Jack
Brian Sommer: Perks for all workers: remote/metro, small/large firms, etc.
Zack Whittaker: Get with the times: Keyboards are outdated
Matthew Miller: MobileTechRoundup show #183, what can Microsoft do with Windows Mobile?
- iPhone Office article now appearing in current issue of iPhone Life magazine
- iPhone app review: The Love Dare and Olive Tree BibleReader
- Image Gallery: The Love Dare and Olive Tree BibleReader for Apple iPhone (right)
Kingsley-Hughes: Judge rebukes Apple in Psystar case
When it comes to security, who do you trust more - Microsoft or Google?
- So, what do you think of MMS on the iPhone?
Gallery: MMS on the iPhone photos (right)- Jason O’Grady: AT&T rolls out MMS to iPhone customers
- Tom Foremski: Disposable iPhone apps
Top 5 launches at DemoFall 2009
Dignan: How Internet surveillance, IT sleuth work helped indict suspected terrorist Zazi
Intel Developer Forum: The top 9 takeaways
Dana Blankenhorn: Can Linux beat the bloat
Competition heats up for outsourcing
Gadget Gal’s daily deals: Philips universal iPod remote, HP Mini netbook, HP LaserJet printer
Sean Portnoy: Westinghouse releases 120Hz 42-inch LCD HDTV for $750
Michael Krigsman: Video: Collective intelligence simplified
Jason Perlow: Frugal Friday: Twitter, Social Networking, Open Source and Women, RMS vs. MDI, Oracle, CentOS
Google Books hearing officially delayed
Photos: Army inventions, by air and by land (right)
Diaz: Twitter announces “significant” funding; offers few details
Heather Clancy; SmartSynch touts progress in Texas
Leggio: Quick’n'Dirty podcast’s chaotic no. 16: pay phones, paper clips and oneforty
Harry Fuller: Mother nature v. human nature
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