August 14th, 2007
News to know: PC satisfaction; Nokia batteries; VMware IPO; Flash VOIP
Notable headlines:
Customer satisfaction down among PC buyers.
Nokia announces product advisory for BL-5C battery.
Ed Bott: The Vista RAM puzzle: Is 2GB enough?
Larry Dignan: Classmates files for $125 million IPO.
Ryan Stewart: Flash based VOIP is finally here.
Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft Shared Source licenses are now in OSI’s hands. New roles for old Softies, as Microsoft-aQuantive dust settles. A (Microsoft) Code Name a Day: Greenland. Vista SP1–the first reviews are in.
Microsoft closes $6 billion Aquantive buy.
Photos: Shuttle suffers gouge out of heat shield (right).
David Berlind: ZDNet deputy tester (lawyer) reviews Microsoft’s LifeCam NX-6000 Webcam.
Ryan Naraine: Exploits, security tools disappear as German anti-hacker law takes effect. Richard Stiennon: Where is security going?
Can you really trust your security vendor?
Ed Burnette: BEA runs Java on bare (virtual) metal.
Christopher Dawson: 1:1 computing…Can it be justified? More web design goodies for your students.
David Berlind: To simplify software’s access to multicore parallelism, AMD proposes new x86 spec. Will Intel accept?
Dan Kusnetzky: Novell updates Orchestrator. Paul Murphy: Mainframe Linux.
Computerworld: Chip, Heal Thyself.
Larry Dignan: HP, Dell expected to benefit from cheaper parts.
A seismic shift for San Francisco Bay Bridge. Photos (right): A Bay Bridge for all seasons.
Techmeme: ISP warns BBC over iPlayer service.
David Berlind: The workaround that pipes Facebook status entries into a Twitter feed.
Matthew Miller: Will the HTC Shift become the ultimate mobile productivity device?
Joe McKendrick: How do we really know when SOA ‘fails’? Michael Krigsman: SOA: “Failure by obscurity.” UK National Identity Scheme (NIS): “Costly white elephant.”
Five ways to destroy a software implementation.
Dana Blankenhorn: Today’s Debate: Entrepreneurs a threat or boon to health care?
Steve O’Hear: “I am an A-list blogger”; bmindful, a social network for positive affirmation users.
Larry Dignan: Firefox 3 has revamped download manager.
Ryan Naraine: Kaspersky Lab eyes IPO, acquisitions.
Review: Philips GoGear SA6015 (1GB at right).
Dana Gardner: Red Hat beta release of Developer Studio sports Exadel tools, Seam integration.
GigaOm: Skype on iPhone. No, seriously.
How search engines rate on privacy.
Australia’s porn-blocking plan unveiled.
New CEO enters as Qwest faces stiff competition.
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