December 20th, 2007
News to know: IE 8; 50W dual-core PC; Oracle; NetSuite; Dell snafu
Notable headlines:
George Ou: Hitting 50W peak on a dual-core desktop computer
Mary Jo Foley: Internal Microsoft IE 8 build passes the Acid standards test. MSDN blog. Opera: Acid or no, its Microsoft antitrust complaint goes forward
Adrian Kingsley Hughes: First Look at Firefox 3.0 Beta 2 Odd Firefox system requirements recommendation
David Morgenstern: Parallels, VMware Fusion, Boot Camp battle in real-world tests
Larry Dignan: Oracle delivers strong fiscal second quarter results. Dennis Howlett: A great day for Larry Ellison
Ed Burnette: Dell blames Citi, India call center for order snafus
Dell adds Ubuntu 7.10 to its lineup
Robin Harris: OLPC: the best designed notebook in the world
Janice Chen: Best gifts to buy for someone who already has a digital camera (part 1). Gallery (right)
Bloomberg: Google’s DoubleClick buy to get approval
Michael Krigsman: Twitter is dangerous. Dennis Howlett: Twitter is useful
Phil Wainewright: NetSuite auction doubles IPO price
Adobe contributes virtual machine to Mozilla’s Tamarin project
AppleInsider: Mac OS X 10.5.2 to deliver sprawling list of features for Leopard
Garett Rogers: Google Airwaves Inc among list of 700mhz bidders
Security Roundup:
- Larry Dignan: Adobe ships ‘critical’ patch for Flash Player
- Reuters: Antivirus firm: Google text ad Trojan detected
- eWeek: HP laptops spring another security leak.
- WorkLight aims to secure Facebook inside enterprise
- Opera fixes four flaws
- Microsoft provides workaround for IE 6-Patch standoff
- Trend Micro: Orkut/Google worms compromise over400,000 accounts
Dan Farber: Lloyd Taylor: LinkedIn’s ’scaling guru’ tackles the social graph
Can social networking co-exist with the workplace?
Dana Gardner: A logistics and shipping carol: How online retailers Alibris and QVC ramp up for holiday peak delivery
Russell Shaw: Verizon Business announces several new IP services
FAQ: New Energy Act gets green light
ArsTechnica: Developing for Google Android, it’s a mixed bag
Microsoft lands Viacom as ad partner Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft ‘officially’ announces XP SP3 public test build
Widgets are the new ad kid on the block
Matthew Miller: 2nd impressions of the HTC Touch Dual Don’t like DRM, then look to Neuros to free your digital content
Dana Blankenhorn: Can HiTrust bring electronic health records forward?
What will be the health care headlines of 2008?
Paula Rooney: Ulteo plans free and paying subscriptions for
online OpenOffice service
Sun launches backline OpenOffice support for distributors, OEMs
Steve O’Hear: Facebook accuses UK politician of impersonating himself
Images: Autographs via LongPen (right).
Graphene-based transistors on the way?
Jason O’Grady: Apple releases patch for MacBook keyboard deafness
Joe McKendrick: Conventional IT wisdom shattered: more top 10 SOA posts for 2007
Russell Shaw: New charger extends iPhone, iPod battery life by several hours
PCWorld: Google, Yahoo, Microsoft settle gambling charges
IAC in Web video deal with Brightcove
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