August 8th, 2008
News to know: Google; Web Olympics; Patch Tuesday; iPhone
Notable headlines:
Tom Steinert-Threlkeld: Will the Olympics melt the Internet?
Phil Wainewright: Hello, Google, is anyone in there? Larry Dignan: Google: Our AOL investment is ‘impaired’
Ryan Naraine: MS Patch Tuesday: Critical IE, Office, Excel patches coming
Larry Dignan: iPhone 3G boot failure complaints pile up
- Jason O’Grady: iPhone black screen of death (updated)
- App Store blacklist continues, next victim: I Am Rich
- iPhone to launch in 21 countries on 22 August
- A look at risk-reward: Apple may nuke apps on your iPhone remotely
- Deb Perelman: The shine is off another apple
Heather Clancy: Bright idea: Verdiem offers free energy-monitoring software
Christopher Dawson: Will RIM please make a BlackBerry MID?
Paula Rooney: Dell now ships XPS PC and Studio notebook with Ubuntu Linux 8.04 factory installed
Jennifer Leggio: ‘Conversation Prism’ helps corporations visualize social media strategies
- Deb Perelman: When IT culture changes with or without you
- CIOs: We love video conferencing and online training; Enterprise 2.0 on the ropes
Larry Dignan: Google doubles its cookie tracking: Will you opt out? Techmeme
Sam Diaz: Internet brand-jacking: What can be learned from Exxon Mobil?
Janice Chen: Nikon announces six new Coolpix cameras: P6000, S710, S60, S610c, S610, and S560
Paul Murphy: From Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM Mainframe
TechCrunch: Some Mashups Harnessing The Power Of Yahoo’s BOSS
Steve O’Hear: Parents spy on underage social networkers
Andrew Mager: The Digg toolbar for Firefox 3
TechRepublic: How do I… Install VMware Workstation as a Service?
P2Pnet: RIAA ‘MediaSentry’ owner hired by China
Dancho Danchev: CNET’s Clientside developer blog serving Adobe Flash exploits
Tom Foremski: The government has an “iPatriot Act” ready for Internet control
Matthew Miller: Nokia Email service drastically improves the email experience on S60 devices
John Morris: ThinkPad X200 reviews: Great ultraportable . . . but it’s no X300
- Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Profits up, but margins fall at Lenovo
- Report: Intel’s Atom chip, Netbooks demand strong
- Andrew Nusca: UPDATE: MIT team working on $12 NES, not Apple II
- VIPRE performance shoot-out - Does it really not slow down your PC?
- Vista struggling? OCZ launch 8GB and 16GB upgrade kits
Jason O’Grady: TSA ‘checkpoint-friendly’ bags fly on 16 August
Jeff Jarvis: The myth of the creative class
Roland Piquepaille: Teaching language to robots
John Carroll: The Microsoft middle ground
Gallery: Scientists develop eye-shaped camera
Dana Blankenhorn: Can global competition bring health care quality?
Vonage narrows losses: Can it grow?
Jason Perlow: I went to Moscone Center and all I got was this stupid T-Shirt
Larry Dignan is Editor in Chief of ZDNet and Smart Planet as well as Editorial Director of ZDNet sister site TechRepublic. See his full profile and disclosure of his industry affiliations.
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