November 12th, 2009
News to know: HP-3Com; AMD; Google; Blockbuster; Bing 2.0
News to know intro:
Sam Diaz: HP announces $2.7 billion acquisition of 3Com; raises outlook
- Larry Dignan: Cisco vs. HP: 3Com acquisition ups the ante
John Morris: AMD updates roadmap, promises “supercomputer in your lap”
Andrew Nusca: Google offers 20GB online storage for price of a latte
Rachel King: Blockbuster initiating rentals via SD cards at store kiosks
Mary Jo Foley: Bing 2.0 debuts
Christopher Dawson: Is Google’s Go language worth teaching or learning?
Sam Diaz: Recovery? This week’s pink-slip tally tops 5,000 for tech
Andrew Nusca: Matrox debuts world’s first single-slot octal graphics card; supports 8 displays
Sean Portnoy: Target Black Friday HDTV deal: Westinghouse 32-inch LCD for $246
Harry Fuller: Green building boom
GigaOm: Verizon to Launch an iPhone Next Year?
Ryan Naraine: Apple Safari exposes Windows to drive-by download attacks
Sam Diaz: LiveOffice opens cloud-based e-mail archiving to all mail platforms
End-to-end encryption is the key to protecting data and reputations
Dana Blankenhorn: Why not pay for what works?
Andrew Nusca: ZDNet’s Ultimate Black Friday 2009: Deals, steals & specials guide
Rachel King: UK Santas getting gadget training before the holidays
Sam Diaz: Real appeals injunction against RealDVD; says judge erred
Larry Dignan: Clearwire: ‘Google believes in us’
Joe McKendrick: Why IT can’t seem to deliver measurable productivity
Dana Blankenhorn: CCHIT going on almost as if nothing happened
Larry Dignan: Putting SaaS revenue in perspective
Tech Trader Daily: Google Plans $750M Buyback To Offset AdMob Dilution
Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft delivers new Zune HD games; Twitter and Facebook still to come
- Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Zune HD firmware 4.3 brings with it 3D gaming
Paula Rooney: Yes, Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.0 will run on Linux
Seattle PI: $35,000 for a tour of Bill Gates’ home
Doug Hanchard: Our freedom comes at a price
CNET: Is Mozilla’s contributions program working?
Andrew Nusca: Lenovo 11.6-in. IdeaPad U150 ultraportable available for $699
Dana Blankenhorn: Linux to your grandma this Christmas
Heather Clancy: A flip of the on switch: Utah wind project goes online
Larry Dignan: Garmin plots Android phone
Dennis Howlett: Epicor’s implementation cost drive: what does it really mean?
Matthew Miller: 3D gaming comes to the Zune HD, video of all 6 new games
Mary Jo Foley: Orchard: Microsoft’s open-source CMS platform is (re)born
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Microsoft gives up to 1 million Xbox modders the boot from Live
Heather Clancy: New Samsung site offers up data for evaluating SSD energy efficiency
CNET: Google hopes to remake programming with Go
Rachel King: Viewsonic premieres the VPD400 MovieBook media player for $130
Heather Clancy: New open source monitoring company pledges to bring power to the people
Dan Kusnetzky: Parallels launches Parallels Desktop 5 for Mac
Jason D. O’Grady: Mac OS 10.6.2 breaks hackintoshes
Dennis Howlett: SAP and open source: it’s about Oracle
Rachel King: ImageSpan and Digimarc partner for new image management venture
Larry Dignan: Wi-Fi hotspot connection count to hit 1.2 billion
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Sam Diaz is a senior editor at ZDNet. See his full profile and disclosure of his industry affiliations.
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