October 23rd, 2009
News to know: Windows 7, Net Neutrality, Nokia-Apple; Kindle
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.
Windows 7 Coverage
Andrew Nusca: Liveblog: Microsoft CEO Ballmer kicks off Windows 7 availability
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Buy Windows 7, download now!
Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft to ease Windows 7 upgrades to netbooks with USB key solution
- Was Windows 7 totally your idea?
- Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft starts selling PC hardware, third-party software via its online store
Andrew Nusca: Windows 7 killer deals commence; 7 days of PC specials, $30 OS upgrade
- Microsoft enters PC retail, sells Windows 7 systems on its website
- Christopher Dawson: Relax, kids…Windows 7 is just another OS
- CNET: Windows 7 security default worries experts
Sam Diaz: FCC unanimously approves next steps toward Net Neutrality
- Robin Harris: Net neutrality: a faster Internet for all
- Doug Hanchard:Net Neutrality: Why the Internet will never be free. For anything. So get used to it
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Nokia sues Apple over iPhone
- Sam DIaz: Nokia sues Apple, alleges patent infringement by iPhone
- Matthew Miller: Apple thumbing nose at Nokia? Nokia sues them over wireless patents
Mary Jo Foley: Amazon to release Kindle reader for Windows PCs in November
- Matthew Miller: Kindle for PC application revealed at Windows 7 launch
- Andrew Nusca: Amazon introduces Kindle for Windows 7, Vista, XP PCs
- Mitch Ratcliffe: Kindle books come to the PC — a Nook counterpunch
- Sam Diaz: Amazon delivers strong Q3; shares skyrocket after hours
Larry Dignan: AT&T cuts churn rate; Activates 3.2 million iPhones; Touts network upgrades
Andrew Nusca: Motorola Droid official specifications leaked: 16:9 touchscreen, DVD-quality video, 0.5″ thick
Oliver Marks: Jigsaw Pieces Can Be More Agile Than Platforms
Harry Fuller: Americans are impatient with global warming
Christopher Dawson: If teens are confused by Twitter, what’s the right SocMed tool in school?
Tom Foremski: Print and online ad revenues plunge at New York Times Co.
James Farrar: KFC UNThinking at the UN
Sean Portnoy: New Roku XR will add 802.11n Wi-Fi upgrade to cheap media streamer
Jason Perlow: Windows 7’s latest fan: Linus Torvalds
Andrew Mager: Foursquare partners with Bay Area Rapid Transit
Andrew Nusca: Apple ad swings at Windows 7: ‘Trust me, this time it’s going to be different’
Harry Fuller: Can anybody here play this game?
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: ATI releases Catalyst 9.10 drivers
Brian Sommer: Sustainability: Hard for business, harder for ERP vendors
Dana Blankenhorn: Did Stallman fisk himself?
Ryan Naraine: Metasploit + Rapid7 shakes up pen-test landscape
Larry Dignan: Google’s Schmidt: Mimicking Office completely not ‘a good use of our time’
Brian Sommer: CEO Interview: Meridian Systems’ John Bodrozic on the construction front
RightNow Technologies CIO talks datacenters, ERP and Windows 7
Andrew Nusca: Dell Adamo XPS heat-sensing latch in action; is it worth it?
Sam Diaz: Intel’s Otellini: Strong second half; recovery coming in 2010
Ryan Naraine: Gaping security hole in Time Warner cable routers
Jason D. O’Grady: More Apple teardowns: Fall 2009 iMac & Magic Mouse
Dennis Howlett: SAP and Siemens: kiss and make up?
Tom Foremski: PubMatic helps online publishers make money
Phil Wainewright: Box.net wants to be the Switzerland of data
Forrester: A Forrester interview with Steve Ballmer about the SharePoint Business
Dana Blankenhorn: Corporate health reform comes to our house
Larry Dignan: How to know when to send your email to the cloud
Heather Clancy: EPA creates new resource for green-tech home retrofits
Dana Blankenhorn: Metasploit finds another way to go commercial
CNET: Microsoft to fix Bing spam bug
Rachel King: Dell Inspiron One 19 debuts in Japan
Larry Dignan: EMC: Customers have ‘more comfort’ about IT budgets
Dan Kusnetzky: Carry on blues and the blame game
Harry Fuller: Global warming promises more hunger, more innovation
Sam Diaz: Boomi issues Dream Widget challenge ahead of Dreamforce show
Larry Dignan: CIO Sessions: Verizon Telecom’s Shadman Zafar on Internet TV
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