June 30th, 2008
News to know: Phishing; Gates gone; Google; Hyper-V
Notable headlines:
Dancho Danchev: HSBC sites vulnerable to XSS flaws, could aid phishing attacks
TechRepublic: Most report their IT career has been better than they expected
Mary Jo Foley: J Allard gets a new job
- Mystery explained: Why you have to reboot Windows so often
- Would Microsoft ever split itself up?
- Fiji government official tells Microsoft: ‘Fiji’ is not for sale
Bill Gates bids farewell to Microsoft
- A teary goodbye
- Gallery: Bill Gates says good bye
Gates: Yahoo deal unlikely- TechRepublic: Sanity check: Five things we have learned from Bill Gates
John Carroll: Thoughts on Bill Gates
Tom Foremski: Saving the world is easier than saving Microsoft?
- Zack Whittaker: The lighter side of Bill Gates [right]
NYT: Windows Could Use a Rush of Fresh Air
WSJ: Tech Titans to Head Off Patent Suits
Jason D. O’Grady: Canucks freaking over Rogers iPhone rates
Paul Murphy: Achieving magical results in IT
Ryan Naraine: Internet Explorer ‘feature’ causing drive-by malware attacks
- Nate McFeters: An effective way to treat Web 2.0 vulnerabilities
TechCrunch: Marc Andreessen Joins Facebook’s Board Of DirectorsDan Kusnetzky: Microsoft Hyper-V and Spin Marketing
Garett Rogers: “Family Guy” creator and Google team up
Tom Steinert-Threlkeld: Taking the ‘H’ Out of HR
News.com: Rhapsody’s new MP3 store offers full song previews
‘.wow’: ICANN to allow almost any domain suffix
- Bad leadership causes failed IT
- Gov’t failures: Engineering brain drain and bad leadership
- Fixing failure: Shatter the technical glass ceiling
Dana Blankenhorn:
- The heart of open source is trust
- The French way to open source
- Healthcare IT: Halamka becomes an open source believer
- Zap away your worst migraine
Jennifer Leggio: Cool Tools Friday - Pandora and The Hype Machine
Deb Perelman: Essential IT skills: Manage your time and carry your weight
Christopher Dawson: What programming language should we teach?
Roland Piquepaille:
- Garett Rogers: Google Media Server brings Google to your TV
Gallery: Top tech for festival season [below]
Harry Fuller: Detroit auto industry going through shock therapy? As in electric shock? Sales numbers say this is real and this is do-or-die
News on flash: EcoRAM held up as less power-hungry option than DRAM for server farms
Dana Gardner:
- Coveo G2B for CRM provides search-based single customer view from disparate content sources
- Progress Software continues SOA buying spree with Mindreef acquisiton
- Eclipse Foundation delivers Ganymede train with 23 cars, but where are the cloud on-ramps?
Rik Fairlie: Linksys adds set-up software and support for Mac OS
Weekend Gadget Guidance: Put some pizzaz in your presentations with free Keynote Objects
Photos: Top 10 reviews of the week [below]
California to drivers: Drop the cell phone, dude
Facebook VP of technical operations: Jonathan Heiliger [Video]
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