August 18th, 2008
News to know: Limelight's Olympics; Software prices; Wordcamp 2008; Windows 7 Server
Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily:
Jason Perlow: Limelight Networks: Why the Olympics didn’t ‘Melt’ the Internet
- Larry Dignan: Limelight by the numbers: Akamai’s thorn?
- Podcast: CIO tells how he reduced impact of Olympics video streaming
Andrew Mager: Wordcamp 2008 play by play. Oliver Marks: BuddyPress, an open source competitor to FaceBook
Mary Jo Foley: Confirmed: Microsoft to proceed directly to Windo
ws 7 Server
Gallery: Tools for CSI cybercrime (right)
Ryan Naraine: Microsoft investigating NSlookup.exe flaw, reported attacks
- Paul Murphy: Exploits, vulnerabilities, and questions
- Dancho Danchev: 1.5m spam emails sent from compromised University accounts
- Intel proactively fixes security flaws in its chips
- OpenVAS emerges as free alternative to Nessus
- Threat Level: Google Privacy Practices Worse Than ISP Snooping, AT&T Charges
Michael Krigsman: Implementation complexity enables higher software prices
- Dennis Howlett: SAP wrap and transparency points
- TechRepublic: Provide flat-fee maintenance to improve your bottom line
- Paul Murphy: Compliance and IT
Vint Cerf: If you thought the internet was cool, wait until it goes space age
Washington Post: Giant of Internet Radio Nears Its ‘Last Stand’
Photos: Top 10 reviews of the week
Deb Perelman: My Awesome IT Job: IT Service Manager, University of Illinois
Smashing Magazine: 10 Futuristic User InterfacesAdrian Kingsley-Hughes: Question from a reader - What notebook/OS for college?
Garett Rogers: Google feeds publishers with new AdSense option
- Dana Blankenhorn: First Android phone will not be competitive
NYT: I Was There. Just Ask Photoshop.
Sam Diaz: Netflix back to normal; promises Saturday night movies and 15 percent off.
Video: New Dell takes innovation over standards
TSA makes laptop travel easier - or not?
Richard Koman: It’s official: OOXML is a standard
Ed Burnette: LWUIT vs. JavaFX Mobile
Mark Cuban: The Platform is the Message
Dana Blankenhorn: The biggest open source threat to Microsoft
PalmInfoCenter: Additional Treo Pro Software and Hardware Details
John Carroll: Curing what ails Microsoft
Larry Dignan: The end run around the OS is underway
Heather Clancy: Not so idle: HP earns green transport logo for business products
Paula Rooney: Levin out as Black Duck’s CEO
Jason O’Grady: Just what’s on Michael Phelps’ iPod anyway?
Paul Miller: Visualising the Semantic Web with Parallax
Christopher Dawson: Got Debian running, too
Zack Whittaker: MSE rises like a phoenix from the beta ashes
AP: Qwest, union keep talking as contract expires
Matthew Miller: GroupWise support comes to the Apple iPhone
BlackBerry rumor mill takes a page from Apple
Larry Dignan: Oracle: Our iPhone app has more than 23,000 downloads
Roland Piquepaille: Hairstyles for games and movies
Dana Blankenhorn: Appreciating gym class
- Is the latest cancer cure claim real?
- Can drugs break the chemical chain of memory? Should they?
- Becoming Americanized can be depressing
Harry Fuller: Will we kill the ocean before the atmosphere kills us?
TorrentFreak: U2 Tracks Leak After Bono Plays Stereo Too Loudly
Larry Dignan is Editor in Chief of ZDNet and Editorial Director of ZDNet sister site TechRepublic. See his full profile and disclosure of his industry affiliations.
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