April 3rd, 2008
News to know: Ubuntu; Firefox 3; RIM; CTIA
Notable headlines:
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Is Ubuntu becoming the generic Linux distro?
Paula Rooney: Firefox 3 Beta 5 released, RC1 Freezes April 8
- Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Firefox 3.0 Beta 5 - Fastest browser yet!
- Release notes
Larry Dignan: RIM: Fourth quarter revenue, earnings shine; Outlook strong. Yahoo unveils voice enabled search; Initial availability limited to BlackBerry. Techmeme
TechRepublic: CTIA Wireless 2008: Less regulation, open networks, and a growing demand for data
- Matthew Miller: Opera Mini 4.1, Astraware game for S60, and more mobile software and services from CTIA 08
- Gallery: Nokia unveils Internet tablet with WiMAX (right)
- Photos: Doubling down on wireless at CTIA
- Intel’s Live Large vision for mobile phones
Intel’s Atom chips to fuel Mobile Internet Devices; Who’s buying? Gallery (right). Christopher Dawson:
Silverthorne-based MIDs likely too pricey for Ed Tech
New York Times: Google to Lay Off About 300 at DoubleClick
Dan Kusnetzky: Provision Network’s view of desktop virtualization
Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft: XP SP3 RTM date a typo
Nate McFeters: Interview with the Vista Pwn2Own contest winners
TechRepublic: Remove all remnants of the Windows Vista SP1 installation
Robin Harris: Who uses MS Live Search - on purpose?
Dana Blankenhorn: Solving the loose laptop problem
SAP sets succession plan; Apotheker named co-CEO
- Joshua Greenbaum: SAP’s Succession Plans: Making Things Safe for Business ByDesign?
- Dennis Howlett: Apotheker on the offensive
- Strong sales focus as SAP shuffles the board
David Morgenstern: Approach Adobe Lightroom 2.0 Beta with caution
Declan McCullagh: Judge to RIAA: You can’t sue over songs ‘made available’ via P2P
Christopher Dawson: 2nd-generation Intel Classmates reviewed
Harry Fuller: Green tech cars will not get any federal help until November
Matthew Miller: Ex-i-mate CTO leads Velocity Mobile into the Windows Mobile market with two powerful devices
Computerworld: Asperger’s and IT: Dark secret or open secret?
Steve O’Hear: Can the UK government regulate US-based social networking sites?
Avatars attend House hearing on virtual world
ArsTechnica: Apple passes Wal-Mart, now #1 music retailer in US
Richard Koman: EU investigating OOXML vote
Dana Blankenhorn: Google Docs offline illustrates open source maturity
Jason Perlow: PenguinPolitik: Only Ballmer could go to Linux
Apple’s weak growth sister: The iPod?
Roland Piquepaille: Tiny music files almost as good as MP3 ones
Heather Clancy: Idea of the day: Warm up your pool with excess data center heat
Dana Gardner: ZapThink’s Linthicum takes reins as CEO of data services provider StrikeIron
How PARC sees printers boosting clean tech. Gallery (right)
Dan Kusnetzky: VirtualLogix VLX for Network Infrastructure v3.0 Supports Windows
James Farrar: Edelman on Sustainability Reporting: Call in the PR Pros
Andrew Nusca: All-in-one printers: efficient and useful, often unnecessary.
Is anyone home for the text message revolution?
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