January 11th, 2008
News to know: Microsoft revolving door; QuickTime flaw; NetSuite; CES; Online ads
Notable headlines:
Larry Dignan: Why Google, Yahoo and Microsoft should worry about Countrywide’s takeunder
Mary Jo Foley: Juniper Networks exec to succeed Microsoft Business Division President Raikes. Another of the Microsoft old guard moves on.
Dennis Howlett: Netsuite nightmares: part deux
Larry Dignan: Another QuickTime code execution flaw surfaces. Oracle plans 27 security fixes for Jan. 15.
Garett Rogers: See what people are buying with Google Checkout Trends
Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft adds new features to Office Live Small Business. Microsoft releases an updated test version of its CRM Live service
Michael Krigsman: New research: IT cost overruns, delays and contract terminations
Designer of laptop for poor kids starts company
Images: MiniCat runs on compressed air (right).
Christopher Dawson: Realistically deploying Edubuntu
CBS News: Facebook founder says ‘Beacon’ need work
Security roundup:
- Larry Dignan: CERT: AOL Radio has high-risk flaw
- Google frets about the insider threat
- Dan Farber: U.S. ranks near the bottom in 2007 International Privacy Ranking
- Researcher finds flaw in SAP’s MaxDB
- Secunia: Alarming stats on insecure applications
- Storm worm goes phishing
- Unbreakable: PKI is alive and kicking
Richard Koman: New York investigates Intel for anticompetitive marketing. Open source projects get hardenedCES wrap:
- George Ou: Lesson from CES: Wait a few months for new gadgets
- Russell Shaw: After a Vonage new features demo at CES, I am a bit less skeptical about them. Why are so many user guides or manuals you get in the product box already out-of-date? How to temporarily “kill your television”-and everyone else’s, too
- Janice Chen: The best Kodak (yeah, Kodak) camera at CES
- Josh Taylor: Hands-on (literally) with Microsoft Surfac
e. - CES: A green TV snags Best in Show
- Dan Farber: CES best of show winners
- John Carroll: A vision of fashionable Windows computers
- Images: Trolling the CES booths
Ryan Stewart: Rich Internet application predictions for 2008
3.5G driving rapid mobile broadband growth
News.com: Trent Reznor: Why won’t people pay $5.
TechCrunch: Bebo platform now open for all developers.
Joe McKendrick: SOA: first or final cut?
Webware: Facebook tops list of slow and inaccessible social networks
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Vista sucks - reality or perception? Is Blu-ray any less dead than HD DVD?Joe McKendrick: Grid is ‘the new ESB,’ and a warning about Web 2.0 interfaces. SOA as ‘My Cloud’
Dana Blankenhorn: Should HIPAA compliance be outsourced? The deadly problem of hospital logistics.
Can government-funded open source make Coverity obsolete?
Tech-savvy governments to embrace Web 2.0
Sony to stop some PS3 shipments in Japan
Roland Piquepaille: Build your own 3-D virtual trees
Microsoft: Technology’s Warren Buffett (at least when it comes to acquisition rumors)
Harry Fuller: Sometimes green tech can be simple
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