August 22nd, 2007
News to know: Vista kernel tampering; YouTube ads; Tafiti; Roomba fun
Notable headlines:
Ryan Naraine: Can Microsoft ever stop kernel tampering in Vista?
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: My 7-step Windows Vista reliability action plan. Playing music severely degrades network transfer performance in Vista. Mary Jo Foley: Can Vista SP1 help polish Vista’s tarnished image? Ed Bott: We ne
ed less whining, more complaining about Vista.
Photos: Safe landing for the Shuttle.
David Berlind: Tech Shakedown follow-up: Problems with McAfee Security Suite resolved.
Dennis Howlett: OpenID for unlocking enterprise value.
YouTube tests viewer-friendly ad format. Techmeme. Garett Rogers: Picasa adds support for seven more languages.
Reuters: TD Ameritrade and E*Trade in merger talks: report.
Larry Dignan: Peter Biddle: Enterprise social networking ready for lift-off.
Financial Times: Apple secures Europe iPhone revenue deals. Larry Dignan: Analyst: iPhone demand solid; new features would be nice.
Robin Harris: Blu-ray vs HD-DVD: Bonus play!
Jason O’Grady: Will Apple dump Blu-ray?
Sucking it up with the new Roomba. Gallery (right).
Engagdet: Dear Palm: It’s time for an intervention.
Dan Kusnetsky: Why do organizations adopt virtualization technology? Why do organizations adopt virtualization technology?–part II
- Paul Murphy: Virtualization? uh huh… Computerworld: Virtualization stretching IT security pressures. Virtualization is hot because Windows is not.
Michael Krigsman: Hey SOA, where’s my ROI?
Dan Farber: Social networking invades U.S. intelligence agencies.
Google reverses itself on video refunds.
Dana Blankenhorn: Today’s Debate: HIPAA, end it or mend it?
- Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft to extend contextual-advertising beta to all U.S. advertisers.
- (Microsoft) Code name a day: Gatineau.
- Microsoft builds ‘Tafiti’ Silverlight-based search app. Ryan Stewart: Silverlight-enabled search with Tafiti. Channel 10: First look.
MTV and RealNetworks: A sound decision? Techmeme.
This is your brain on video games, ads.
Squeezing green from the data center.
Adobe brings high definition to Flash videos.
Wal-Mart selling DRM-free digital music.
Jason O’Grady: Wikiscanner reveals Apple’s Wikipedia edits.
Photos: Future TVs
Ryan Stewart: Zoho adds offline functionality with Google Gears
Larry Dignan: Skype: Microsoft patches didn’t spark our outage.
Russell Shaw: GrandCentral on lifetime number reassigns: one of our “smaller carriers” blew it
Steve O’Hear: Facebook wants to be your email client too
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