May 17th, 2007
News to know: AMD Barcelona potential; Vista subscription trials; Google
Notable headlines:
George Ou: AMD Barcelona can potentially smash Intel. Review: ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT.
Dan Kusnetzky: Virtualization and green computing.
Ryan Naraine: Defeating Vista UAC with a two-stage malware
attack. Microsoft revamps Patch Tuesday advance notice, security bulletins. Secunia: 28% of all installed apps are insecure.
Mary Jo Foley@WinHEC: Microsoft to launch new Vista-subscription trials in early 2008. Windows Server team: No detours from the roadmap. Microsoft: If we’re violating IP, ‘we’ll take a license.’
Photos (right): At WinHEC, PCs now and beyond.
Russell Shaw: BlackBerry Patent app would automate adding Contact physical address info to Address Books.
Matthew Miller: Garmin StreetPilot c580 MSN Direct services can save you time and money. Gallery (left).
WSJ’s Walter Mossberg: This Time, Samsung
Has Made a Tiny PC That’s Practical to Use.
TechCrunch: Engadget Knocks $4 billion off Apple Market Cap on Bogus iPhone email. Techmeme.
Server ‘roles’ to save companies headaches, not cash.
Gallery (right): Cracking open the LG C1300 flip phone.
Larry Dignan: Enterprise search: Why it’s a crisis and why Googzilla will strike.
Donna Bogatin: Google to big business: Google love belongs in the enterprise. Big Google Changes to Search, Navigation, Homepage, Ranking.
Dan Kusnetzky: Virtual Appliance - Email Archiving, Electronic Discovery, and Data Leaks.
Google creates uber search site. Danny Sullivan on Google Universal Search and Google Searchology Day.
Robin Harris: Email value management.
Paul Murphy: 6 steps to IT management freedom.
An LED ticker in your credit card?
Phil Wainewright: SaaS integration without the lock-in.
Computerworld: 5 hidden costs of computing.
PaidContent.org: Sony In Advanced Talks To Buy Kids Social Gaming Service ClubPenguin.
Jason O’Grady: Apple subnotebook needed. Russell Shaw: Skype for Mac 2.6 released today: new features abound.
Adobe writes FreeHand obituary.
Wi-Fi Alliance to begin certifying 802.11n gear.
Photos: ‘Data’ elected to Robot Hall of Fame (right).
AP: HP profit falls in second quarter.
Yahoo: Mission as strategy – connecting the dots at Yahoo!
Experts say Microsoft’s patent quest won’t go far.
Amazon to offer DRM-free music downloads. Larry Dignan: DRM-free movement snowballs; watch those song prices. Techmeme on the move.
Larry Dignan: Hilton New York: Wi-Fi access and price gouging.
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