January 17th, 2008
News to know: People don't get the MacBook Air; Thinnest digital camera; Merger mania
Notable headlines:
Cisco plugs CallManager vulnerability that rates a ‘10′
Janice Chen: Think the MacBook Air is thin? Check out the thinnest 8-megapixel digital camera.
Dan Farber: Salesforce adds $5 per login pricing option and new developer tools. Phil Wainewright: How to package up the SaaS platform
David Morgenstern: Why does the MacBook Air make so many so dumb? More Macworld coverage below…
Beet TV: Could tech turn the economy around?
The enterprise software consolidation go round..
Dana Gardner: Sun refuses to give up on software acquisitions
Paula Rooney: Sun’s planned deal to acquire MySQL will strengthen its open source story
Ed Burnette: Helping dolphins fly: A billion reasons to love open source
- Dan Farber: SAP-Business Objects combo ready to roll
Michael Krigsman: SAP - Business Objects acquisition: Linking value proposition to action
Dennis Howlett: SAP-BusinessObjects: what was unsaid
Refurbishing an old approach to PC recycling 
Macworld:
- Review MacBook Air (right)
- iTunes movie rentals vs. Netflix: It’s Apples (Jobs variety) and oranges
- Jason O’Grady: Putting your HDD on a 80GB diet
- Rik Fairlie: Apple’s Time Capsule delivers seamless backups for Macs
- Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: MacBook Air - Second thoughts
- Robin Harris: Mac Air and the cost of flash
- George Ou: Why DIDN’T the MacBook Air get the new 45nm CPU?
Review: Apple Time Capsule (1 TB right)- Engadget: iTunes/Apple TV movie rentals: What you can and can’t do
- Christopher Dawson: So what’s the office suite of choice for these new Macs?
Does Twitter have to be industrial strength?
Microsoft confirms Excel flaw; outlines defense
Facebook asked by Mattel to remove ‘Scrabulous’
AT&T to replace batteries after explosions, fires
Christopher Dawson: “Can we use those $100 laptops?”
Library of Congress: My friend Flickr
DailyTech: Intel explains 45 nm delays, errata
Roland Piquepaille: Nanopictures on your diamonds? Really?
Matthew Miller: HTC Shift finally receives FCC approval
Dana Blankenhorn: The open source development incline
Robert Scoble: Why we’re going to FastCompany.tv
Richard Koman: FCC starts inquiry into Comcast P2P blocking. Dana Blankenhorn: FCC starts Comcast cover-up on net neutrality. Russell Shaw: Two of Martin Geddes’ “Future of Broadband” predictions are already here
FBI takes biometrics database proposal to U.K.
Scientist: Computer can help your dog communicate
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