November 12th, 2007
News to know: Oracle gets SaaSy; Vista SP1; Alienware; Supercomputing
Notable headlines:
Phil Wainewright: Oracle goes for the CRM jugular. Dennis Howlett: @oow: on following Oracle OpenWorld.
Mary Jo Foley: More signs of a new Vista SP1 build waiting in the wings. Exchange 2007 Service Pack 1 is ready to roll. Microsoft readying a Flickr killer? Maybe more of an iLife competitor.
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: My Alienware Experience - Amazing gaming system.
Ed Burnette: SC07 Day 1: Supercomputers and… Pikachu?
Ryan Stewart: Curl version 6 goes public beta, lots of new features.
Jason O’Grady: WiebeTECH Drive Erazer.
New York Times: Will Success, or All That Money From Google, Spoil Firefox?
Michael Krigsman: Most security breaches caused by careless human error. Ryan Naraine: Firefox feature introduces danger. Roland Piquepaille: Stop the botnets.
‘Botmaster’ admits infecting 250,000 computers. Infamous Russian malware gang vanishes.
D-Wave’s quantum computer ready for latest demo.
Photos: Dissecting a hard drive.
Northeastern sues Google over search patent.
Garett Rogers: Google Talk soon to work with AIM. Thoughts on Google accounts. Ed Burnette: Gmail bumps free email storage to 4.7GB.
The Register: Tumbleweeds outnumber punters
, as iPhone’s First Night flops. Russell Shaw: Europe to iPhone so far: Yawn.
Dana Blankenhorn: Can WiMAX be saved? Larry Dignan: WiMax on the rocks: Sprint-Clearwire pact unravels.
Democrats: Colleges must police copyright, or else.
VOIP Blog: Rumor mill: Google acquiring Sprint.
Image Gallery: T-Mobile Shadow (right).
Dana Gardner: Software AG and Cognos bring BI and BPM into common orbit.
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: My Alienware Experience begins.
Mary Jo Foley: Another Microsoft Search reorg: Shum now leads engineering. Microsoft Surface tabletops delayed until spring 2008. Microsoft makes refurbished PCs its latest WGA anti-piracy target.
Dive Into Mark: Installing MySQL on Ubuntu.
Roland Piquepaille: Taking STM images 100 times faster.
George Ou: $60 Via motherboard and C7-D 1.5 GHz CPU bundles OS and Google apps. 24″ LCD 1920×1200 displays now mainstream at below $300.
Mashable: Exclusive: NBC Launches TV Down
loads Service.
Larry Dignan: Yahoo’s social networking strategy: Connect the network profile dots.
Russell Shaw: Black Cherry, Strawberry: not only cola flavors but target of BlackBerry trademark suit.
Photos: Top 10 reviews of the week (right).
Harry Fuller: Got a new computer desk? Don’t inhale.
Dave Greenfield: The Ultimate Time Management System.
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