May 9th, 2008
News to know: Office 2007 SP1; Microsoft security; KVM vs. Xen; AMD
Notable headlines:
Mary Jo Foley: Mark your calendars: Microsoft to push Office 2007 SP1 on June 16
EIC podcast: SAP; JavaOne; AMD, Microhoo
Larry Dignan: Microsoft previews three critical bulletins; two for Office
- Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft shares more IE8 security details
- Richard Koman: Brewster Kahle offers a cookbook for fighting security letters
- Garett Rogers: Google offers enterprise web security
Jason Perlow: Unixfication II
WSJ: Microsoft Move Suggests Not Reversing Yahoo Decision BusinessWeek: Inside Microsoft’s War Against Google
David Morgenstern: Seeking the iPhone in Adobe’s annual analyst briefings
Paul Murphy: An idea about teaching Linux to the MCSE community
Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft trickling out its Spring Live Search update Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Got a .edu email address? Pick up Microsoft Office Ultimate for $60!
Data Portability: The Microsoft angle
InfoWorld: OpenOffice.org beta fails the Office 2007 test
TechRepublic: Video: Dirty little secrets about working in IT
- Video: Degaussing machine erases hard drive data in less than 10 seconds
- Annalee Newitz is living proof that female nerds are cool
Ryan Stewart: KinetiCast - online presentation and promotional trackingPaula Rooney: KVM and Xen cofounders engage in war of words
Dana Blankenhorn: Sun xVM Virtualbox puts Mac on x86
Paula Rooney: Samba 3.2 reflects open source project’s ambivalence toward Microsoft
Images: A visit to ‘negawatt’ central (right)
Heather Clancy: TerraPass gets more granular with its carbon-crunching calculator
Micron claims low-power server memory lead with two new modules
Dignan: AMD still mum on its ‘asset smart’ strategy
- Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Here we go again …
- AMD’s new roadmap: Can it execute?
Matthew Miller: ShoZu adds Twitter, Seesmic, Photobucket, and 5 more destinations
Phil Wainewright: SaaSplaza opens European SaaS marketplace
Christopher Dawson: How does OpenSolaris fare for Ed Tech? Techdirt: Does The GPL Still Matter?
News.com: After long negotiations, Facebook agrees to safety plan with state AGs
Google Blogoscoped: Google Ends Hello
iTunes FairPlay DRM - Protecting artists and labels, or helping Apple sell more iPods?
Janice Chen: Top five (last-minute) digital camera accessories
Andrew Nusca: New Dell Inspiron consumer laptops leaked! (hint: thin)
Malware shipped with Firefox 2 language pack
Roland Piquepaille: NASA’s lunar breathing system
Photos: Cracking open the Nintendo Wii Remote
Mitch Ratcliffe: Social Infrastructure still very much wanted
Steve O’Hear: MySpace partners with Yahoo, Twitter and eBay in “data portability” initiative. Techmeme
- How much are your friends worth?
- The number of social network users in Latin American countries grew 103% in January 2008
- Monetizing social media: Still an uphill climb; Some friends may be worthless
Vonage narrows losses; Inks deal with Covad
WSJ: Gates says Vista sales are ‘rapid’
Christopher Dawson: Large Hadron Collider will put academic networks to the test
Dana Blankenhorn: Delaying a PC revolution in cell diagnosis
Harry Fuller: Don’t insulate, Nansulate, says Florida cleantech company
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: And in other news … id Software announces Doom 4
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