June 25th, 2008
News to know: Nokia Symbian; XP phase-out; Apple badware
Notable headlines:
Mary Jo Foley: No reprieve: XP phase-out begins June 30
- Trojan exploiting unpatched Mac OS X vulnerability in the wild
- Spam attack shut downs Marshall Islands email service
- 200,000 sites spreading web malware, China’s hosting the most
John Carroll: Why I still prefer Internet Explorer
Ryan Naraine: How does Apple get away with this badware behavior?
Microhoo talks on again–or not
Microsoft releases critical update for Office 2008 for Mac
Jason D. O’Grady: I’m done with the MacBook Air (for now)
iSuppli: iPhone 3G costs $173 to make
David Morgenstern: Is AppleScript under siege?
Phil Wainewright: Is Bill Gates a secret cloud convert?
Dan Kusnetzky: Tresys unveils VM Fortress
Jason Perlow: ProxMox: The high-performance virtualization server for the rest of us
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Giving Windows Vista another chance …
- Christopher Dawson: OK, folks…if you want Windows it’s going to be Vista
Joe McKendrick: Is Microsoft slow to the punch on SOA, or just waiting for the right moment?
Michael Krigsman: Oracle / SAP increase prices
Nokia to buy Symbian - Nokia Symbian deal winners and losers
Nokia buys Symbian to form open-source Android killer
First Symbian Foundation handsets due in 2010
Dana Blankenhorn: Nokia Symbian deal shows Google on right track
Ryan Stewart: Mobile RIAs - getting more exciting thanks to Nokia and Symbian
Dennis Howlett: Will Oracle answer these questions?
Larry Dignan: Geek Squad: Best Buy’s secret sauce?
Photos: Let there be light off the grid
Reports: ‘World’s thinnest’ LCD HDTVs to ship in July
Dana Blankenhorn: Sorry Simon, but you’re still screwing up
Heather Clancy: Why Cisco’s new low-carbon diet isn’t just a fad (updated)
Texas Instruments strives to make power management more intuitive, deep within its processors
Matthew Miller:
- Nokia N78 North American version now available
- Evernote now available to everyone in free and premium flavors
- Dashwire Mobile 2.0 client launches with GUI changes, Facebook/Twitter status, and more
- T-Mobile @Home Talk Forever to launch nationwide on 2 July
Oliver Marks: The view from the trenches (Collaboration 2.0)
Paul Murphy: The top Sun Ray myths
Mobile phone battery dead? Try dancing
ZDNet’s CIO Vision Series: E-Loan CIO: Jay Shah [right]
IT innovation amidst a housing meltdown
Start-up sues Google over e-mail switching tool
Dana Gardner: ITIL’s influence extends beyond IT operations to enhance SOA, portfolio management and change management
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