August 30th, 2007
News to know: Vista SP1; Apple patch; Yahoo reorg
Notable headlines:
Mary Jo Foley: Vista SP1 beta due in two weeks. Windows Server 2008 release to manufacturing delayed to Q1 2008. XP SP3: TechNet and MSDN subscribers to get beta in two weeks.
- Ed Bott: What you can expect in Vista SP1.
- Ryan Naraine: What are the security goodies coming in Vista SP1?
- News story. Techmeme discussion. Vista and Windows Server blogs.
David Morgenstern: Can Microsoft Office be hip?
Ryan Naraine: Monster.com: Job site data theft ‘not isolated incident.’ Apple patches AirPort Extreme base station.
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Ubuntu “Hardy Heron” announced. Jonobacon@home: Introducing the Hardy Heron.
A (Microsoft) Code Name a Day: Falcon
Matthew Miller: Nokia announces 5 new device
s and a new music store. Gallery (right). Techmeme.
Wired: Point, Click … Eavesdrop: How the FBI Wiretap Net Operates.
Russell Shaw: Newly released FBI document reveals phone intercept preparation procedures.
Kara Swisher: Yahoo No-Sacred-Cow Vision Quest, Day 43: The Reorganization? PaidContent.org: Sue Decker’s memo.
George Ou: Does a disagreement on Mac fonts warrant libel and a death note?
Robin Harris: Seagate’s visible firmware problem. Larry Dignan: Seagate points to higher hard drive prices.
Ryan Stewart: Why a good designer-developer workflow is important. Ed Burnette: Supercharge your Ajax development with Google Web Toolkit (GWT)
Dana Blankenhorn: For the blind the Web is one step forward, two steps back.
George Ou: Delayed & buggy integrated graphics drivers dog Intel and AMD.
Report: Wi-Fi to supersede wired Ethernet
Christopher Dawson: HP ThinState a reason to actually buy thin clients.
Dan Farber: Microsoft lands Parlano’s enterprise group chat.
Russell Shaw: Study: unified enterprise communications apps leading to “performance issues.” Content-partnered YouTube is being corporatized. How to save EarthLink via VOIP. Skype, enterprise email on iPhone now enabled thx to WebEx PCNow.
Dana Gardner: SaaS now ready to succeed where ASPs failed — especially for smaller businesses.
Dan Farber: VeriSign domain name report shows global growth. Barney Pell: Pathways to artificial intelligence.
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Will Leopard thrill or disappoint? Jason O’Grady: Handicapping Apple’s September 5 Event. Phil Windley: Is the iPhone Enterprise Ready?
Review: Panasonic Toughbook CF-52 (right).
Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft: WGA meltdown due to human error.
Infosys tries to lower dependence on U.S. deals.
Dan Farber: Sun’s Jonathan Schwartz: Consumers, not IT, driving markets.
Dave Greenfield: Bookmarking for Small Enterprises.
GigaOm: NewCo finally gets a name: Hulu.
Larry Dignan: SAP: Let’s speed this Oracle case up.
Dan Kusnetzky: Kidaro customer gains streamlined IT control.
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