May 16th, 2007
News to know: Ubuntu Server; WinHEC; Windows Home Server; Linus Torvalds
Notable headlines:
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: LA
MP On Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn) Server Edition. Gallery (right). Will Dell stuff Ubuntu PCs full of craplets?
Mary Jo Foley: At WinHEC the future is off limits for Microsoft. Microsoft attempts to rally more hardware vendors around Rally.
Ed Bott: On the road with Vista.
InformationWeek: Linus Torvalds Responds To Microsoft Patent Claims.
Senators propose infinite H-1Bs for advanced degree holders. Declan McCullagh: Gonzales proposes new crime: ‘Attempted’ copyright infringement.
TechCrunch: Truemore launches.
Microsoft delays Office converters for Mac. Jason O’Grady: Apple updates MacBook with faster processors. Apple releases new MacBook laptops.
Mary Jo Fole
y: Microsoft adds partners, plans for Windows Home Server. Ed Bott’s review and gallery. Gates: 40 million Vista copies sold.
Ryan Naraine: Rutkowska (left) launches Invisible Things Labs startup.
Bill Joy: Clean tech bigger than Internet. TheStreet.com: Yahoo!’s Green Goal Gives Pause.
Garett Rogers: Google Audio Ads given to more users.
Russell Shaw: BlackBerry 8800: the good and bad. The review (right).
Matthew Miller: Handheld market share falls 40% over last year.
AP: Sony quarterly loss widens.
N.Y. attorney general accuses Dell of fraud.
IBM unveils risk management products.
Ryan Stewart: Project Orbit launches, puts OpenLaszlo on devices.
The robots are coming. Photos (right): Humanoid robots come to life at MIT.
Dennis Howlett: SAP’s A1S still shrouded in the mists. Larry Dignan: SAP, Novell team up on SUSE support.
Dan Kusnetzky: Virtualization - Trend or Buzzword?
Larry Dignan: TJX data breach costs: $17 million and growing.
Google: 10 percent of sites are dangerous. Donna Bogatin: YouTube copyright lawsuits mount: Who needs Google?
Sun, allies broaden open-source chip push.
John Carroll: Responding to Mr. Allison on ODF.
Computerworld: Teach XP and Vista to play nice on networks.
Dana Gardner: Microsoft: A law firm pretending to be an army pretending to be a software company.
Photos (right): Austin builds on green concepts.
Yahoo names investment banker CFO. Mitch Ratcliffe: Yahoo brings in a dealmaker: Transactions ahead.
Apple: iTunes offers Paul McCartney album. Techmeme discussion.
Reuters: Applied Materials profit top estimates.
Review: ViewSonic N3235w.
Engadget: Motorola RAZR 2 hands-on.
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