August 7th, 2007
News to know: 30 things about Linux; Vista's bum rap; Losing data; Deconstructing Twitter
Notable headlines:
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: 30 things I’ve learned from using Linux …
Ed Bott: Vista scare stories distort the real picture.
Robin Harris: How data gets lost.
Phil Wainewright: Spend, spend, spend for SaaS success.
Review: Sony VAIO TP1 Living Room PC - Core 2 Duo T5600 1.83 GHz (right).
Ryan Naraine: Mozilla backtracks on patches in 10 days claim. IBM kills off BlackICE firewall. Something uncomfortable about DEFCON’s treatment of Dateline NBC reporter.
Ryan Stewart: The great rich internet application SEO debate (part 1). Silverlight on MLB.com.
Dan Kusnetzky: LinuxWorld and the Next Generation Datacenter.
New iMacs likely to be boon to Apple.
Techies ‘more unhappy than hairdressers.’ Computerworld: An Epidemic of Poaching Hits IT.
Nokia to tuck in Microsoft DRM software.
TechRepublic: 10 things you should know about VoIP over wireless. Russell Shaw.
Wired: Slap in the Facebook: It’s Time for Social Networks to Open Up. Dan Farber: Facebook, social capitalists and open networks. More thoughts on open social networks.
Dan Farber: Deconstructing Twitter.
George Ou: DEFCON 2007 - Wall of Sheep (shame). How to protect your online privacy.
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Microsoft cuts Xbox 360 by $50.
News.com: No relief for Qualcomm from Bush administration.
News.com: Microsoft wins reversal of MP3 patent decision.
Mary Jo Foley: A (Microsoft) Code Name a Day: Astoria.
Photos: Peace in Los Alamos (right).
Matthew Miller: HTC may be announcing more TouchFLO devices soon. Is this the Treo 800p?
Netcraft: August 2007 Web Server Survey.
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Virtual PC 2007 too weak to offer help to those plagued by Vista compatibility issues.
Smarter routers, better Net video.
Dennis Howlett: Web 2.0 in the enterprise: language matters.
Michael Krigsman: For Our Next Trick, We Will Boil the Ocean. Joe McKendrick: Project Zero: IBM enables REST-based development. Microsoft: My way or the highway with SOA?
Harry Fuller: Green tech gets the green; Venture to guess where the money’s flowing?
Mary Jo Foley: Public beta of Microsoft Project open-source competitor to launch at Linuxworld.
Dana Blankenhorn: Saving energy with open source.
Engadget: San Francisco pulls the plug on Google / Earthlink’s citywide WiFi… for now.
Larry Dignan: Lenovo to preload Linux. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
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Dethroning the king of ‘Donkey Kong.’ Gallery right.
Russell Shaw: Packet8 CEO: here’s how our $199 a year and SunRocket’s $199 a year are different.
Wipro bolsters U.S. operations with Infocrossing.
Steve O’Hear: Facebook’s advertisers flee in UK.
Job hunters hire experts to clean up online image.
Russell Shaw: Ten Future of Tech bets- and you can vote here on all of them.
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