August 29th, 2008
News to know: Dell; Comcast's cap; Yahoo Mash RIP; Google Apps
Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily:
Larry Dignan: Dell: Turnaround interuptus as share grab hurts net, margins
Jason Hiner: Sprint unveils location-based ‘geobrowsing’ on eve of WiMax launch
DSL Reports: Comcast 250GB Cap Goes Live October 1 - Updated: Comcast confirms our story…
- Larry Dignan: Comcast takes broadband cap plunge; Other carriers likely to follow
- Zack Whittaker: The depressing future of the Internet
- Sam Diaz: Comcast’s Web limits: Saving bandwidth or stifling innovation?
Andrew Mager: Say goodbye to Yahoo! Mash
TechRepublic: California’s COBOL crisis demonstrates the danger of duct-tape IT
Joshua Greenbaum: The End of SaaS? Or Just the End of Hype?
Michael Krigsman: Google Apps dashboard: Serious about the enterprise?
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Windows 7 pricing thoughts - Is Windows too expensive?
Dennis Howlett: GoBootstrap: simplifying SME accounting
Deb Perelman: Things you’ve probably done this summer instead of work
Images: The highs and lows of digital drama
Dana Blankenhorn: Public policy and open source
- Mary Jo Foley: What’s in IE 8 for enterprise users?
- A (Microsoft) Codename a day: Sputnik
- Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Windows 7 must avoid the marketing trap that Vista stumbled into
Paul Murphy: From Chapter Two: The appliance computing culture
PaidContent.org: Microsoft Beats Quadrangle To Buy Research Firm Greenfield For $486 Million; Selling Off Most Of It
TechCrunch: What The Veoh Decision Means For YouTube And Others
AppleInsider: Apple details next-gen multi-touch techniques for tablet Macs
Roland Piquepaille: Wireless networks mimicking biological systems
Bits: Extinguish the Rumors: No New Amazon Kindle This Year
Jennifer Leggio: Community managers akin to ‘Internet police’
Garett Rogers: First images of Google-powered HTC Dream
- Android Developers Blog: Android Market: a user-driven content distribution system
- Matthew Miller: Android Market is Google’s competitor to the Apple iPhone store
News.com: Brazil’s love of Linux
Christopher Dawson: Why does Safari stink?
Tom Steinert-Threlkeld: Perot: Making Sure “Everybody Has Access To The Truth”
News.com: Google CEO: Internet spurred Obama’s nomination
Heather Clancy: Smart grid player Trilliant closes $40 million in funding round
Blankenhorn: We can change your cells and cure your diabetes
Richard Koman: Guns n Roses leaker faces prison time
Andrew Nusca: Are gamers doping during tournaments?
Jason O’Grady: Steve Jobs death has been greatly exaggerated
Hydrogen Road Tour hits the road
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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