August 16th, 2007
News to know: Office service pack; Salesforce.com; IT woe; Ubuntu flaw
Notable headlines:
Mary Jo Foley: The first Office 2007 Service Pack 1 beta is out.
Larry Dignan: Salesforce.com landing larger deployments. Dennis Howlett: The ERP mess we’re in.
David Berlind: Tech Shakedown #5: Microsoft justifies Vista’s forcing of unwanted reboots. More Technology Shakedowns.
Michael Krigsman: 10 ways implementation teams destroy IT projects.
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: 1GB, 2GB, 3GB … 
more!
Dave Greenfield: Gazool: A New Kind of Enterprise Search. Gallery (right).
Appeals court may let NSA lawsuits proceed.
Mary Jo Foley: Citrix + XenSource: Microsoft’s worst nightmare. Larry Dignan: XenSource gobbled up in virtualization land grab. Dana Gardner and Dan Kusnetzky on the deal. Techmeme.
Ryan Naraine: Ubuntu servers hacked to attack others. Opera uses Mozilla fuzzer to find, fix severe browser flaw.
Techomical: Facebook Secrets Blog Shutdown By Google? Denise Howell: Facebook’s data feeds a data leak?
Mary Jo Foley: A (Microsoft) Code Name a Day: Montauk. Scalix: A Microsoft ‘Exchange killer’ no more?
Photos (above): Tapping the power of ocean waves.
A bump on the road to Windows Vista.
Lotus Notes 8 due for Friday release.
TechCrunch: Facebook + iPhone = UltraCool. Boomtown: Management Shuffle at Facebook.
NY police commissioner: ‘Internet is the new Afghanistan‘
Blu-ray outpaces HD-DVD in U.S.
SAP, Dell announce retail point-of-sale alliance.
Robin Harris: Google’s new storage service.
Computerworld: TJX says breach costs may exceed $150 million.
Joe McKendrick: SOA registries and the Dilbert complex.
David Berlind: Goin’ green: About that Energy Star sticker on your frig? PCs and maybe servers are next.
Jason O’Grady: iWeb: Apple’s stillborn application.
Google: Reinventing management?
Photos: The one-of-a-kind wooden bicycle.
Dana Blankenhorn: Today’s Debate: Ready for the Always-on revolution? Health care roils search engine rankings.
Larry Dignan: Broadband over powerlines gets a boost.
Roland Piquepaille: Exclusive images of Endeavour’s damaged tiles.
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