August 1st, 2007
News to know: iPhone software update; FCC and open wireless; Facedown
Notable headlines:
Jason O’Grady: iPhone software update 1.0.1 released.
Gallery (below).
Ryan Naraine: Apple monster update fixes iPhone, Safari, Mac OS X flaws.
FCC approves some open wireless requirements. Google public policy blog: Signs of real progress at the FCC.
Dan Farber: Facebook becomes Facedown. Techmeme. Facebook, Tagged and Bebo outpacing MySpace growth rate.

Mary Jo Foley: What’s next on Microsoft’s search agenda?
TechRepublic: Big Blue goes green: IBM plans dramatic overhaul of data centers to save $250 million in energy.
Ozzie: Innovation comes from the consumer. Larry Dignan: Ozzie tries to justify Microsoft’s consumer detours.
WSJ: Murdoch wins Dow Jones. Press release.
Photos: Albuquerque’s PC roots (right).
CompTIA: IE voted ‘most influential’ tech product.
Larry Dignan: Cheaper iPhone coming? Techmeme. Russell Shaw: NASA: iPhone isn’t “enterprise-ready,” but BlackBerry 8800 sure is. Jason O’Grady: iPhone to stream Internet radio?
Wikia details plans for search rival to Google.
Joe McKendrick: Will SOA still be ‘SOA’ five years from now?
Dana Gardner: Red Hat ramps up virtualization drive for RHEL 5. Dan Farber: Open source systems management challenging incumbents. Mary Jo Foley: SoftGrid app-virtualization: Another way to offer software as a service.
Computerworld: Businesses having second thoughts about Vista.
Google bets on mobile market. Larry Dignan: Why the FCC’s 700Mhz auction matters.
Jason O’Grady: iMac keyboard morphs into MacBook keyboard.
Microsoft photo standard comes into focus.
David Berlind: Technology Shakedown #2: ‘Blocked program’ warning in Vista leads to a dead end. Signing e-mail to legally bind e-mail attachments: Easier said than done.
Republicans’ YouTube debate date in limbo.
Photos: Aviation lovers flip over Oshkosh air show.
Computerworld: Telepresence: Finally, videoconferencing that works.
Report: Eminem sues Apple for copyright infringement. TorrentSpy lawyer battling ‘copyright extremism‘
Price pressures, merger costs hit Alcatel-Lucent.
Steve O’Hear: Second Life a terrorist training camp?
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