July 23rd, 2007
News to know: Mashups; Windows to Mac; Windows 7; Search engine privacy
Notable headlines:
Larry Dignan: Switching from Windows to Mac: The ROI case.
Dion Hinchcliffe: A bumper crop of new mashup platforms.
Search engines race to update privacy policies. Larry Dignan: Is privacy the new search competitive edge?
Mary Jo Foley: Windows Seven: Think 2010. Next version of Windows: Call it 7.
Dana Gardner: The macro economics side of Web 2.0 marketing efficiencies. Optaros opens OS projects catalog, JBoss Rules 4.0 debuts.
Photos:
Top 10 reviews (right).
Garett Rogers: Google hangs up on “click to call”
Ed Burnette: iPhone off the hook on Duke Wi-Fi network. Duke statement. Jason O’Grady: iPhone’s finicky power requirements. 6G iPod user interface leaked; it’s not like iPhone.
Patent law changes power ahead in Congress.
Ryan Naraine: Microsoft: ‘Very difficult’ to block IE attack vector. MPack exploit kit creator speaks.
Google Operating System: Search engines and favoritism.
Paul Murphy: Judging development project quality.
Intel losing its joie de Viiv.
Review:
RIM BlackBerry 8830 - black (Sprint).
YouTube role grows as U.S. election nears.
Joshua Greenbaum: SAP beats Oracle? Oracle surrounding SAP? Microsoft raking in new customers?
Larry Dignan: Google dangles $4.6 billion in front of the FCC. Dana Blankenhorn: Google’s open access challenge.
Dave Winer: Why Feedburner is trouble.
George Ou: How to implement SSL or TLS secure communications.
NASA tests lunar robots in Arctic crater.
Gallery (right).
Jeremiah Owyang: Web Strategy Analysis (Part 1/2): Homepage Breakdown of the top 10 Blogs
Roland Piquepaille: Wave your hands to control your TV.
Matthew Miller: Motorola falls to 3rd in world market share, but why is Nokia still so dominant?
David Berlind: With AngelWish.org mashup, it’s dirt simple to make a kid’s wish come true.
Mary Jo Foley: Can Microsoft create a reality-distortion field? Vista’s growing pains leave room for XP.
Computerworld: The desktop — time to say goodbye?
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