July 7th, 2008
News to know: Open Office; Google; Security metrics; IT jobs
Notable headlines:
Dana Blankenhorn: What could Open Office do with a business model?
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: First look at Ubuntu 8.10 - Intrepid Ibex. Gallery (right)
Paul Murphy: Internet abuse and Cloud Computing
Robin Harris: Linux for housewives. XP for geeks.Security wrap: Can Mozilla’s security metrics project end the patch-counting nonsense?
- Dancho Danchev: Storm Worm’s Independence Day campaign
- Ryan Naraine: On deck from MS: Four ‘important’ patches but nothing for IE
- Apple caught neglecting iPhone security
- Nate McFeters: Say it ain’t so AVG, say it ain’t so: AVG LinkScanner = Badware?
- Airport security part 4: Attack of the body scanners!
- Ed Bott: Nothing stealthy about this Windows Update update
- Opera patches serious code exection flaw
- Getaway day: How to secure your laptop for holiday travel. Gallery (right)
- Gmail, Yahoo and Hotmail’s CAPTCHA broken by spammers
NYT: Google, Zen Master of the Market
Garett Rogers: Google trying to take privacy seriously
Heather Clancy: Far out! Another power management option for my Mac
Zack Whittaker: Students and the browser war
Deb Perelman: Beaches and BBQs vs. Blackberrys: Holiday weekends of the IT set
TechRepublic: Can you really declare independence from Microsoft?
Boomtown: The Yahoo Circus Pulls Into Sun Valley Next Week
Photos: Top 10 reviews of the week
PaidContent: Deal Done: Weather Channel Sold To NBCU and Bain/Blackstone Combo
Roland Piquepaille: Giant rubber snakes to capture wave power?
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Larry Dignan: Amid ugly job picture, tech related employment holds up
Photos: Army designates year’s best inventions
NYT: As Web Traffic Grows, Crashes Take Bigger Toll
Heather Clancy: Texas Instruments pulls power management efforts under new division
- TechForward advocates the cause of temporary ownership
- Harry Fuller: Energy Independence Day…not yet, but it’s a popu
lar idea
Jennifer Leggio: When microblogging keeps you cozy
The ToyBox presents: Top 10 Summer Gadgets 2008. Gallery (right)
Tim O’Reilly: Segway CTO Leaves for Apple as Product Design VP
EIC podcast: Search wars; Viacom vs. YouTube (and its users)
Michael Krigsman: Runescape graphic glitches 5 more reasons IT projects fail
John Carroll: Whither Blu-ray?
Matthew Miller: Camera UI and photo comparison between four high end Windows Mobile devices
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