May 8th, 2008
News to know: AMD; Oil and telecommuting; Verizon's EV-DO modem; Linux
Notable headlines:
Jason O’Grady: Review: Verizon UM150 USB EV-DO modem
Gallery (right).
Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft Live Mesh to get more competition — from Sun
News.com: AMD revises server road map
Bill Detwiler: IT must prepare for $200-a-barrel oil and a rise in remote workers
Jason Perlow: Geek Sheet: Bare-metal backup and recovery
- Kingsley-Hughes: Proof that Linux is for geeks with too much time on their hands!
- Jeremy Allison: Free software great and small
- Dana Blankenhorn: Sun’s continuing open source problem
- Paul Murphy: Why many MCSEs won’t learn Linux
Phil Wainewright: Marc Benioff heralds Web 3.0 at DreamForce Europe
Boomtown: Microsoft’s Project Granola-Facebook Tastier Than Yahoo?
- Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft going it alone? Not exactly
- Tom Foremski: Facebook is the new Google as exodus of top xooglers continues
- Larry Dignan: Microsoft still shopping; Approached Facebook
Inside Facebook: Facebook Profile Redesign - Detailed Specs & First ImpressionsBits: Microsoft May Build a Copyright Cop Into Every Zune
Jason O’Grady: 
Gallery: Psystar System Profile (below)
Michael Krigsman: Government IT failures: “Room for improvement” [interview and podcast]
TechRepublic: The Choice command is back in Windows Vista
- WiMAX Forum endorses new WiMAX lab at University of Maryland
- Selecting and installing your first UPS
Dennis Howlett: Business ByDesign: the Irregular verdict
News.com: Can SlideShare make PowerPoint sharing interesting?
Rik Fairlie: D-Link (finally) releases the DSM-750 media extender
Roland Piquepaille: UAVs will study Californian smog
Gallery: Gifts for the geeky mom (right)
Infoworld: Internet Archive challenges FBI’s secret records demand
Silicon Alley Insider: News Corp. Web Unit Sees Revenue Drop, Admits It Won’t Hit FY 08 Goals
Richard Koman: Archive.org fights FBI demand for user info — and wins
Heather Clancy: SynapSense gets a grip on your data center’s environmental profile
JavaOne ‘08: Sun brings back Java applets
Sun CTO previews JavaFX-powered game
Sun wants consumers to innovate
Midmarket IT folks: Belles of the conference circuit
John Morris: New Gateway desktops, more 64-bit Windows Vista Kingsley-Hughes: Gateway makes the leap to 64-bit Vista
Kingsley-Hughes: Where’s your federal tax “economic stimulus” going?
DSL Reports: Comcast Considering 250GB Cap, Overage Fees
Dana Blankenhorn: Always-on boosted by British government study
Andrew Nusca: HDTVs: How black is black?
Larry Dignan: WiMax saved: Sprint, Clearwire form joint venture; Google, Intel among backers
Interview: IBM Cognos chief Rob Ashe
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