May 6th, 2008
News to know: SAP; Hacking NASA; Apple; OpenSolaris
Notable headlines:
Nate McFeters: Hacking NASA: One small step for man, one giant leap for hackers?
Sapphire 2008:
- Dennis Howlett: The changing SAP culture
- Larry Dignan: SAP’s Apotheker: Business ByDesign costs led to delay
- In search of Business ByDesign: The NetWeaver 7.1 connection
- SAP CEO: Ballmer should have bought Yahoo
- SAP: Security keeps it off Symbian, Windows Mobile, iPhone for now
Times of India: China mounts cyber attacks on Indian sites
Garett Rogers: Has Google mastered time travel?
Jason O’Grady: Mac OS 10.5.2 = Apple Vista? Gallery (right)
- Who uses Java SE 6 for Mac?
- VUDU: Day and date releases? Yeah, we’ve got that.
- Handwriting recognition coming to iPhone
- Robin Harris: Mac online backup that works
- David Morgenstern: Is Apple selling off its professional software titles?
IP Democracy: Google Accuses Verizon of Planning to Dodge 700 MHz Open Access Rules
Christopher Dawson: ePals provides safe student collaboration tools
WSJ: Sprint Mulls Separating Nextel Unit
TechRepublic: Sanity check: The top four IT trends from Interop Las Vegas 2008
- IT Dojo: Disable USB storage under OS X or Windows
- Should I leave the laptop at home? That should be a policy decision
Harry Fuller: Fuel cell breakthrough? Gentlemen, start your engines…Matthew Miller: T-Mobile USA officially announces 3G rollout
PaidContent.org: Hoping For Ungodly Returns: Christian Video Sharing Site GodTube Gets $30 Million Funding
Steve O’Hear: 12 social networking sites for niche lovers
Dana Blankenhorn: How dangerous is computing to your health?
Jason Perlow: OpenSolaris: What Ubuntu wants to be when it grows up
- Gallery (right): OpenSolaris 2008.05 Release
- Heather Clancy: Sun creates its own solar system of eco partners
- OpenSolaris released, aimed at storage market
Mitch Ratcliffe: Two product quickies: Mophie Juice Pack good; Simple Tech stranded
Boomtown: Google’s PR Head Elliot Schrage Heads to Facebook
Yahoo: A Safer Way to Search
MacRumors: Apple Includes Chinese Handwriting Recognition in iPhone 2.0 Beta
Henry Blodget: How Yahoo (YHOO) Blew The Microsoft (MSFT) Deal, Part 1
Roland Piquepaille: From fungus to fuel
Paul Murphy: N-Tier: Rube Goldberg meets Wintel Scalability
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