April 23rd, 2008
News to know: Microsoft Mesh; Microhoo; OLPC; Patents; Linked data
Notable headlines:
Mary Jo Foley: Ten things to know about Microsoft’s Live Mesh
- Ryan Stewart: Silverlight and the future core of Microsoft
- Screen shots: Microsoft’s Live Mesh (right)
- Images: Hands-on with Live Mesh
- Techmeme
Larry Dignan: Yahoo’s first quarter good; Not good enough for a higher Microsoft bid; Yang wants more. Techmeme
Jason O’Grady: Interview: Alex Wiley, creator of the gold MacBook
Spanning Sync to add Address Book synchronization (updated)
Forbes: Apple Buys Chip Designer
Dana Blankenhorn: The truth about desktops and laptops. OLPC News: Walter Bender Resigned from One Laptop Per Child!!
Christopher Dawson: Trouble at OLPC? That’s OK, they started the revolution
eBay sues craigslist; cites dilution
Ryan Stewart: Sprout releases SDK
Techrepublic: Don’t overcomplicate small IT projects–manage them with Excel
Paul Miller: Linked Data on the Web, WWW2008
Websense: UN, UK sites compromised by JavaScript injection
Reuters: VMware revenue beats estimates
Images: Watching Earth from space
John Morris: Fujitsu’s new all-in-one, updated laptops
Richard Koman: FCC boss: Comcast blocking is widespread
Phil Wainewright: Microsoft CRM Online: not so sharp. Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft finally takes the beta tag off its Salesforce competitor
David Morgenstern: Is it wise to loosen Entourage’s attachment security policy?
Jason Perlow: Centrify’s Tom Kemp: Here’s the map to avoiding Microsoft’s patent minefield Mary Jo Foley: Doing the Microsoft patent math
Ars Technica: DRM sucks redux: Microsoft to nuke MSN Music DRM keys
eWeek: QuickTime Zero-Day Hits Windows XP, Vista
Roland Piquepaille: A robotic crab to explore the seas
Blankenhorn: How much can Internet-powered consumers demand?
- Where’s the money in open source?
- Does any open source media player stand a chance?
- Paula Rooney: rPath to OEM Novell’s SUSE Linux to reduce legal worries
- Paul Murphy: Shock! Dog bites postman! Mainframer attacks Linux to push AIX
Rik Fairlie: Study finds that 14 percent of U.S. consumers “borrow” free Wi-Fi
News.com: Google sued over advertising program
Dignan: SportsNetwork CEO: Site back up; A look at the recovery plan
Sony BMG, Nokia merge music subscriptions, devices; Is this the future model?
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Western Digital VelociRaptor hard drive
Photos: NASA’s top-10 views of Earth
Joe McKendrick: Whoa, WOA: Are acronyms clouding up the cloud? Dana Gardner: Tidal Software launches intelligent reporting for Enterprise Scheduler
Dion Hinchcliffe: Enterprise 2.0 industry matures as businesses grapple with its potential
VeriChip goes consumer with its implantable RFID chips; Would you buy? Blankenhorn: To chip or not to chip–that is the question
David Morgenstern: Crazy sales video rocks out: ‘Gotta get me some’ Windows Vista
AT&T first quarter on target; Wireless data access revenue strong; iPhone demand solid
Caroline McCarthy: Linden Lab selects Mark Kingdon as new CEO
Microsoft’s Security Intelligence Report looks interesting if yo
u could only download it
Photos: Plastic by the numbers
Christopher Dawson: “Science 2.0″ is good for all of us
Andrew Nusca: Play drums? How about in the office — via USB?
Heather Clancy: An Earth Day Valentine for smart metering technology
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