August 27th, 2007
News to know: Multimedia storage; WGA recovering; Yahoo Mail; Solar Wi-Fi
Notable headlines:
George Ou: Best storage strategies for the multimedia PC.
Robin Harris: Why aren’t small drives cheaper?
Top 10 reviews of the week (left).
‘Second Life’: The promise and paradox
Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft WGA servers are fixed, but no word on what went wrong. Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage system down for the count? Techmeme on WGA. A (Microsoft) Code Name a Day: Springfield
Yahoo Yodel Anecdotal: Introducing the all-new Yahoo! Mail.
Jason D. O’Grady: Are Mac users smug and arrogant?
Solar powered Wi-Fi? Solis Energy says ‘why not?’ Gallery (right).
Mark Cuban: The Internet is dead and boring. Techmeme.
Ubuntu prepares ‘Gutsy Gibbon‘
Linux felon forced to install Windows
Ryan Naraine: Security makeover for Yahoo Messenger.
Michael Krigsman: Liberated Syndication: down, down, down. “Users will curse you.” Boeing virtual fence: $30 billion failure.
Banks struggle with online queries
Review: Toshiba Tecra M8 (Core 2 Duo 1.8GHz, 1GB RAM, 80GB HDD, Vista Business)
Discover security breach, blame the co-workers?
Roland Piquepaille: Smart cars… from Sandia.
Dan Farber: Can ‘friendly’ AI save humans from irrelevance or extinction?
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Microsoft res
ponds to Vista network performance issue
Garett Rogers: Orkut rolling out much needed update
Computerworld: FAQ: The Monster.com mess.
Review: Gateway FPD2275W.
eBay surfers get an Amazon splash. Images: eBay tries out new features (right).
Dennis Howlett: Google Apps: Hired or fired? Josh Greenbaum: Using Google Apps is a Potential Career-limiting, Company-limiting.
David Berlind: Tech Shakedown #7: Do Nike.com’s Flash based payment pages pass the security test?
Joe McKendrick: ESBs: useless as a human appendix?
Phil Windley: Are you protected against hacktivists?
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