May 15th, 2007
News to know: Browser data leaks; Tweetr; SOA sabotage
Notable headlines:
Ryan Naraine: Do you know what’s leaking out of your browser? Symantec vulnerability research founder joins Microsoft.
Ryan Stewart: Is Tweetr the first mainstream Apollo application?
Dion Hinchcliffe: Mashups: The next major new software development model?
Robin Harris: Apple’s Spotlight: keywords are so ’90s.
David Berlind: Mobile RIAs: Java, Apollo, and Silverlight’s deathmatch? If so, what of Eclipse v. Netbeans?
Engadget: Microsoft building a Zune factory. 
AP: Thomson, Reuters Agree on Merger.
Jeremy Allison: Crushed by the Wheels of Industry.
Photos (right): Digital tech for the disabled.
Casey Serin: The world's most hated blogger?
Microsoft-Linux patent flap:
- Mary Jo Foley: GPLv3 the impetus for Microsoft’s latest Linux attack campaign.
- Dana Blankenhorn: Why Microsoft hasn’t sued (yet).
- Larry Dignan: Microsoft's patent claim: Where's the beef?
- Microsoft agitates for open-source patent pacts.
- Novell responds.
Review: Canon PIXMA iP90v - printer - color - ink-jet
Online retail has years to grow, survey says.
Applications development:
- Joe McKendrick: Oracle says future of SOA is EDA; ditches 'SOA 2.0.'
- Dana Gardner: Evidence builds around the serious synergy between open source and SOA.
- Dana Blankenhorn: Software is hand made.
- Larry Dignan: Enterprise applications: Pay attention to the user interface.
Russell Shaw: Updated BlackBerry Pearl due in September: five colors, GPS AND WiFi.
Joe McKendrick: Analyst: IT departments are sabotaging SOA.
Donna Bogatin: Google boosts sex (identification) performance.
Photos (right): Tivo and Tina's wedding.
TechCrunch: Things Sure Are Quiet At MySpace News.
Pronet Advertising: Digg is censoring content internally.
Dan Kusnetzky: Virtual Iron Update.
AP: Murdoch Promises Bancrofts a Board Seat.
Apple 2.0: Apple iPhones on eBay for $1,000 to $10,000. AppleInsider: Apple may build 3G wireless into future notebook model.
Russell Shaw: Pentagon bans MySpace, YouTube, others on DoD networks. Techmeme discussion.
Computerworld: Offshoring Isn't Just About the Money, Survey Suggests.
Skype, Wal-Mart strike retail deal. Larry Dignan: Wal-Mart takes Skype to the masses.
Review: Western Digital MyBook World Edition NAS server (right).
SAP acquiring two European software makers.
Donna Bogatin: Bill Gates on local advertising: Yellow Pages gone in 5 years.
Alan Graham: How companies like Crushpad will change our world.
Russell Shaw: BlackBerry CEO: here's why there won't be any more major outages.
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