June 20th, 2007
News to know: Microsoft vs. DOJ, Google; Ubuntu media support; Zoho; Motorola CTO
Notable headlines:
Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft to address Google search complaint in Vista SP1. Microsoft agrees to change Vista desktop search.
Microsoft bails on Vista virtualization licensing changes. The virtualization flip flop.
Gallery (right): 
Media support in Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn.
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: The key to getting more Windows users to switch to Linux. Marc Wagner: Linux/OSS developers: Stop following and start leading. Chris Dawson: Making “hamburger of Microsoft’s cash cow.”
David Berlind: Scrounging around Enterprise 2.0 on Boston’s waterfront. Commercial developer reports 35% of coding time spent on IE/FireFox incompatibilities.
Dan Farber: Zoho sets out to challenge the software world. Google gobbles up Zenter; Google Office set. Google blog. Garett Rogers: Google acquires Zenter for presentations.
Times of London: News Corp explores swap of MySpace site for Yahoo! stake. Mitch Ratcliffe: Where social networks will take us.
Roland Piquepaille: Interview: Mot
orola CTO Padmasree Warrior.
Images: Looking for a few good Martians.
Ryan Naraine: Firefox narrows patch deployment window.
Trillian critical security update released. Ryan Naraine: Does Trillian have a crapware problem?
Computerworld: Can ‘cyberinsurance’ protect you from data breach catastrophe?
AT&T’s CEO touts a wireless future.
- AT&T chief live at conference: we’re gearing up for best iPhone experience on Day One.
- FCC Chair outlines view of broadband availability, rights.
- Cisco’s Chambers: Collaboration via mobile devices will drive faster business processes.
Dave Winer: What to doo with Yahoo?
Google: Add your reviews to businesses on Google Maps.
Mary Jo Foley: SharePoint: Microsoft’s Web 2.0 hub. David Berlind: The Gears that could ‘augur the death of Microsoft.’
Dan Farber: The evolving Office suite landscape.
Ryan Stewart: A Rich Internet Application for creating your own video game.
Do new verticals need a killer desktop application?
Andrew Keen: Nick Carr’s Big Switch.
George Ou: The role of 802.11n in the Enterprise.
Ars Technica: Study: Inkjet printers are filthy, lying thieves.
Google launches YouTube local language sites. Garret Rogers: YouTube launches in 9 countries. Techmeme.
EFF: Court Protects Email from Secret Government Searches.
Safari ushers in better browser colors.
Dana Blankenhorn: The power to fight Microsoft is IBM. Joe McKendrick: Really big, monolithic SOA.
Larry Dignan: Opera Mini 4 beta zooms in for download. Gallery. Matthew Miller: Opera Mini 4: who needs an iPhone for mobile web browsing?
Jason O’Grady: Refurbished MacBook for US$109.
Russell Shaw: New BlackBerry Pearl to have 3.2 MP camera, not 2.0.
Ryan Stewart: Silverlight to run on Linux as early as this week.
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