August 9th, 2007
News to know: Linux; XP SP3; MySpace profits; HTC Advantage unwrapped
Notable headlines:
Paula Rooney: Torvalds, Red Hat are no shows at Linuxworld. Novell CEO Calls For New Linux Distro ISV Standard, Praises FSF.
Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft confirms Windows XP SP3 pre-beta is in testers’ hands. A (Microsoft) Code Name a Day: Volta. You say SkyDrive, I say LiveDrive.
- Ed Bott: A confusing (but harmless) hotfix error message. Microsoft hints at Vista SP1 beta in August.
- Robin Harris: How Microsoft puts your data at risk.
Ryan Naraine: IBM security strategist: Stop crediting vulnerability brokers.
Larry Dignan: Fox Interactive turns
annual profit; MySpace revenue to top $800 million in fiscal 2008.
Michael Krigsman: “Fact-Free Planning”
Dan Farber: Spock’s public beta debut goes splat.
Spock: Search’s final frontier? Dan Farber: Spock joins the people-centered Web. Photos: IBM lifts lid on Web 2.0 tech.
David Morgenstern: Apple’s stealth campaign for business? Jason O’Grady: Apple downplaying the Mac mini. George Ou: Apple leads PC design again with iMac. How can iPhone render pictures better than desktop computers?
Dennis Howlett: Getting data OUT of Facebook.
Russell Shaw: BlackBerry 8310 with GPS due this fall.
PCWorld: Google Mistakes Own Blog for Spam, Deletes it.
Blockbuster acquires Movielink.
TechCrunch: Google News Hypocrisy: Walled Off Content. Techmeme. Google News to allow source comments. Google news blog.
Steve O’Hear: New York Times to host ‘Freakonomics’ blog.
George Ou: Realtek silent data corruption caused by firmware.
Dana Blankenhorn: Is simpler medical billing possible? FireScope seeks portlet market.
Matthew Miller: HTC Advantage first impressions: GPS and HSDPA rock. Unwrapping the HTC Advantage X7501 (right).
Larry Dignan: Telepresence gains traction; Is your network ready?
The missing link in the application stack.
Study: More time spent on Web than newspapers.
Vodafone says it’ll keep Verizon stake.
Heather Clancy Collins: Big Blue’s latest Big Green manifesto. 
Photos: A modular solar home takes root.
Joe McKendrick: Survey: As SOA grows, so do issues. Microsoft: when it comes to SOA, ‘just do it‘
Dan Kusnetzky: Speculation about embedded hypervisors.
Russell Shaw: YouTube, Google Street View: the copyright, trademark, AND privacy trolls are coming.
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