August 29th, 2007
News to know: Vista hot fix; GPL drama; MSN Messenger flaw; Google
Notable headlines:
Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft releases two Vista hotfix packs via Windows Update
Free Software Foundation: No GPLv3 exemptions for Microsoft Ed Burnette: GPLv3 Myth #4: GPLv3 undercuts the Microsoft/Novell deal
Ryan Naraine: MSN Messenger vulnerable to ‘highly critical’ webcam flaw.
Engadget: Google is working on a mobile OS, and it’s due out shortly. Garett Rogers: Google Web Toolkit leaves beta, gets new features
Larry Dignan: Google CFO to retire
Michael Krigsman: 101 project management tips
Matthew Miller: Is the HTC Advantage really the most powerful mobile office? Image Gallery: Everything you need to know about the HTC Advantage X7501
George Ou: Behind Vista’s ‘throttling effect‘
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Thoughts on Mark Russinovich’s response to Vista network slowdown
Joshua Greenbaum: The Content in Google Apps Belongs to Google. Dennis Howlett: Google’s inconsistent service policies.
Dave Greenfield: Wikis for Small Businesses.
Dan Farber: RightNow survey finds consumers more unforgiving. Steve Jurvetson: AI, nanotech and the future of the human species.
Mary Jo Foley: Still no word on cause of WGA outage
Roland Piquepaille: Artificial brains for robots?
Larry Dignan: SAP doubles customers in India
Harry Fuller: 1967 discovery at IBM may be about to pay off
Mary Jo Foley: A (Microsoft) Code Name a Day: Blue
Ryan Stewart: Akamai prepping for high definition content. Russell Shaw: Akamai beefs up its HD distribution capabilities.
EarthLink’s Wi-Fi dreams may be fading Larry Dignan: EarthLink restructures, cuts 900 jobs
Dana Blankenhorn: Is computing the magic bullet for health care costs?
TheStreet.com: Seagate raises outlook
BusinessWeek: Why Apple can’t stop iPhone hackers. Jason O’Grady: $100k bounty on iPhone unlocking software. Russell Shaw: So who is this $100,000 mystery buyer for iPhone unlocking software?
Dana Blankenhorn: The lock-in battle shifts to Sharepoint. How RFID and bar codes must co-exist.
Photos: Voyagers–strange visitors to other planets
George Ou: Details of Intel CSI “QuickPath” released
The plot behind killing electric cars
Firms fret bombings may undermine Indian IT hub
NCR ready to set Teradata free
Are drivers ready for high-tech onslaught?
Critics urge rejection of Microsoft ‘open’ format
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