September 4th, 2008

News to know: Oracle's Fusion guru quits; Dell; Windows 7 boot times

Posted by Larry Dignan @ 2:09 am

Categories: General, News to know

Tags: Google Inc., Dell Computer Corp., Oracle Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Portals, Operating Systems, Cellular Phones, Software, Internet

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily:

Dennis Howlett: Breaking: Oracle’s Andersen gone, where now for Fusion and vertical plays?

Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: New dual/quad core CPUs enter Intel price list, AMD drops prices

Larry Dignan: Michael Dell: Telcos may subsidize netbooks to sell 3G

• Dan Kusnetzky: Dell repair adventure, day 4, with updates

Mary Jo Foley: Windows 7: Can Microsoft get boot time to under 15 seconds?

• New Microsoft virtualization license lets hosters deliver third-party software as a service
• Microsoft’s Google Docs competitor to go final by year-end

Review: Aluratek Tornado Plus (160GB) (right)

TechRepublic: 10 tips for implementing green IT

Tom Steinert-Threlkeld: MobileMe’s Rolling 1 Percent Outage

Tom Foremski: Silicon Valley’s Judy Estrin warns we are running out of innovation

Heather Clancy: HP ditches the box for Walmart notebook promotion

Deb Perelman: Revenge of the techies

• Fourth quarter IT hiring outlook: The helpdesk is hot

Jason O’Grady: Handicapping Apple’s September 9 event (updated)

• iLounge: News: iPod nano 4G, touch 2G dimensions revealed?
• VentureBeat: iTunes 8 with “Genius” recommendations, a new visualizer and HD TV shows?
• AppleInsider: Apple, AT&T sued for over-saturating 3G network with iPhones

Jason Perlow: On stupid mascots and closed source browser pluginsGoogle Chrome:

• Dancho Danchev: DoS vulnerability hits Google’s Chrome, crashes with all tabs
• Dana Blankenhorn: Who wins with Google Chrome
• Dennis Howlett: Chrome’s EULA is a cut ‘n’ paste showstopper. Techmeme
• Paul Murphy: Chrome, IE8, and longer term thinking
• Ed Burnette: Chrome is 42x faster than IE7, 9x faster than FF3
• John Carroll: Chrome and why Gates was right to be paranoid
• Photos: The brains behind Google Chrome (right)
  
• Paula Rooney: Mozilla CEO: No worries about Google Chrome
• Jason Hiner: Google Chrome: The five best new features
• Five reasons why Chrome will crash and burn
• Five reasons Chrome will take over the world
• Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Google Chrome … the day after

Christopher Dawson: Forms in Google DocsMatthew Miller: Windows Mobile 6.1 update for Blackjack II now available

Harry Fuller: Hybrids v. Pickensplan? You do the pickin’

NewTeeVee: Amazon Adds Streaming for Both PCs and Macs

Gizmodo: Dell Inspiron Mini 9 Available Now: Windows XP $399, Ubuntu $349

Sean Portnoy: Canon, Epson add Wi-Fi to new multifunction printers

• Logitech tries to take network music player mainstream with Squeezebox Boom

Adobe sets Sept. 23 as CS4 launch date

Sam Diaz: Deep packet spy’s CEO resigns

• Is there still an opportunity for TiVo?

Richard Koman: Class action bait on iPhone problems

• iRobot’s Brooks starts worker bot company

Jennifer Leggio: The easiest little Web page ever builtSteve O’Hear: Facebook: when targeted ads cause offense

Video: CSI Stick grabs data from cell phones

Garett Rogers: Google launches Picasa 3.0 and more

Roland Piquepaille: A new method to study origin of life

Yahoo extends portal pact with Verizon; Stock still in purgatory

Christopher Dawson: Anyone bothering with client-side AV anymore?

• Can Drop.io coexist with the FRCP?

Andrew Nusca: Monster power strips have monster price tags

Review: Acer Aspire X1200-U1520A

Michael Krigsman: Has IT public relations arrived?

Blankenhorn: Drug profit incompatible with scientific method?

• Pig becomes you
• Mitch Ratcliffe: A virus in our genes, think about that….