April 21st, 2008
News to know: Yahoo; ToorCon; Microsoft Surface, XP; Apple; Psystar
Notable headlines:
Larry Dignan: Microhoo: A frenetic week ahead; Yahoo could turn the tables on Microsoft
Nathan McFeters: ToorCon Seattle 2008: Nuke plants, non-existent sub domain attacks, muffin diving, and Guitar Hero ToorCon gallery.
Mary Jo Foley: Getting a glimpse of the spherical Microsoft Surface
- Microsoft XP SP3 on track to RTM on April 21
- Microsoft accidentally delivers Office Genuine nagware
- Does Microsoft have a gameplan for Groove?
- Microsoft readies ‘Albany’ subscription trial for consumers
Robin Harris: Holographic storage ships next month!
Jason O’Grady: PayPal: ‘No intention’ of blocking Safari
- Rumor Mill: what’s just around the bend from Apple (updated)
- Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Apple tweaks Software Updater f
ollowing criticism. Gallery (right) - MacNN: Will Apple open a store in Second Life?
EIC podcast: Gaga for Google; Tech earnings; Psystar; Microsoft’s Albany
Christopher Dawson: OLPC stuck key issue drawing attention
Caroline McCarthy: Six Apart acquires Apperceptive, fires up client-centric strategy
TechRepublic: Instant communication encourages less autonomous workers
- Data centers don’t run themselves
- Recognising the signs of help desk burnout
- Who made the worst PC ever?
- Google Research: Temperature not a major factor in hard disk failures
Larry Dignan: 
Pictures of Psystar’s corporate home; Clone maker’s store is open
- Paul Murphy: Mac Clones and Psystar
- Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Why Psystar will sink without a trace over the next few weeks
- Week in review: Psystar and the Mac minions
- All Psystar coverage
Ed Burnette: 1,788 entries compete for $5 million Android prize money. Garett Rogers: Google to ramp up hiring in China. Google Video now more usable
Computerworld: Removing hard drive data — the YouTube way
TechCrunch: Sources: Microsoft Signs Letter Of Intent To Acquire Xobni
Dana Gardner: Open source SOA infrastructure project CXF elevated to full Apache status
Charles Hudson: Social Networking Advertising - It Will Be Even Harder than we Think
Roland Piquepaille: Will the Earth fry future moon astronauts? Self-healing ceramics for nuclear safety
AT&T: Internet to hit full capacity by 2010
Dana Blankenhorn: Will the Internet remain neutral? Joe McKendrick: Are SOA-related business concerns outside the IT ‘comfort zone’?
A successful Veterans Administration is dangerous
Why are reformers destroying Veterans’ health comp
uter system?
WiFi Networking News: Dead, Dead, Dead: Cities Accept Muni-Fi’s Absence
Rik Fairlie: How to troubleshoot your VoIP phone setup
Photos: Top 10 reviews of the week (right)
Matthew Miller: More than double your T-Mobile Shadow runtime with the new extended battery
Jason Perlow: Open Source Commandments II: Passover Penguins
Census for open-source apps kicks off
Ryan Stewart: The ever-changing definition of RIAs and how people are killing it
Ajaxian: Yahoo! BrowserPlus: The rumour is true
ReadWriteWeb: Enterprise 2.0 To Become a $4.6 Billion Industry By 2013
TechCrunch: Packed House At Y Combinator Startup School
Harry Fuller: Can every day be Earth Day? Cleantech money, there’s more, but there’s also less
Andrew Nusca: Can solid state hard drives really improve system performance?
Joshua Greenbaum: Microsoft CRM Online Hunts Salesforce.com
Paul Murphy: Is OOP a branch to nowhere?
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