April 28th, 2008
News to know: Ubuntu; Microhoo; IT scapegoats; XP; Google
Notable headlines:
Larry Dignan: Microsoft: Pondering the alternatives to Yahoo
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Adventures with Ubuntu 8.04
- Gallery: A peek at Ubuntu 8.4
- Jason Perlow: Ubuntu: I’m extremely impatient
- Christopher Dawson: If my kid doesn’t like Linux now…
Robin Harris: Toshiba making *another* bad storage bet
Michael Krigsman: 8 tips to avoid being an IT scapegoat
AMD launches ‘business class’ Phenom, Athlon chips
John Morris: HP, Lenovo join Dell in extending Windows XP
Kingsley-Hughes: Can you see yourself running Windows XP in 2014?
NYT: A Google Prototype for a Precision Image Search
Charles Cooper: Twitter gets another round of funding
TechRepublic: Using Second Life for decision support
Mary Jo Foley: BizTalk Server for Windows Server 2008 not till 2009
Garett Rogers: Google Docs gets some new features, templates will come soon
AP: US targets China, Russia, 7 other nations on copyrights
Nate McFeters: More URI handler issues to come
TUAW: Rumors: Apple working on iTunes controller for iPhone
Vonage refinances debt; Off of deathwatch
Dana Blankenhorn: Genetic non-discrimination bill will finally become law
Opera’s latest browser beta worth the download. Gallery
Matthew Miller: Is the Amazon Kindle a low cost entertainment option?
Phil Wainewright: How PaaS pulls software pricing down
Dana Gardner: HP’s security management model brings comprehensive approach to corporate risk reduction
MSRC: Questions about Web Server Attacks
Computerworld: Researcher finds new way to hack Oracle database
Heather Clancy: Leading with LED
Roland Piquepaille: Insects using plants as phones
David Morgenstern: Apple’s PA Semi buyout: A defensive move?
- Jason O’Grady: Rumor Mill: What’s next from Apple (updated)
- Salesforce dumping 4,000 PCs for Macs?
- Microsoft’s elephant in the OS room: Apple
- Paul Murphy: Betting that Apple will make PPC laptops again
Harry Fuller: One constant in the Earth’s climate: change
Joe McKendrick: ‘WOA: the SOA that works’
- Dana Gardner: Analyst Insights podcast examines WOA-SOA continuum with keen eye on cloud computing
- SOA management, SOA governance — keep them separated
EIC podcast: Microhoo, Vista; Macs; Web 2.0 Expo
Photos: Top 10 reviews of the week
Richard Koman: Mexican officials nabs BlackBerries
Spin patrol: Curious timing on AOL’s ‘we’re growing like gangbusters’ announcement
John Carroll: Noble goals and politics at the OLPC
Larry Dignan is Editor in Chief of ZDNet and Smart Planet as well as Editorial Director of ZDNet sister site TechRepublic. See his full profile and disclosure of his industry affiliations.
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