News to know: Apple; Fixing Vista; Earth Day; Web 2.0 Expo
Notable headlines:
Tom Foremski: Open letter to Steve Jobs: Apple should have a first adopter network program and give discounts to loyal customers
- Jason O'Grady: Something killed my MacBook Pro
- David Morgenstern: Are there enough su
Ed Bott: Fixing Windows Vista, one machine at a time Gallery (right): Fixing Windows Vista on a Sony Vaio
Mary Jo Foley: It's official: XP SP3 has RTM'd
- Jason Hiner: Prediction: Microsoft will leapfrog Vista
- John Morris: Windows Vista just can't catch a break
Ryan Stewart: RIA-related talks and companies at Web 2.0 Expo. Epicenter: Web 2.0 Expo Preview: Torture by Information Overload
Harry Fuller: Earth Day - have a gas. Heather Clancy: Earth Day: Is the impact worth the build-up?
Security wrap:
- Sports Network hit by drive-by Chinese hack
- Obama site hacked; Redirected to Hillary Clinton
- RSA finds new malware enhanced phishing technique
- TechRepublic: Ad-funded software: A potential security vector?
Matthew Miller: Mobile software Monday: World
- Image Gallery (right): Mobile travel software for road warriors
- HTC is kicking off a North American campaign and holding a London event on May 6th
- MobileTechRoundup show #130, Affordable HP entertainment Tablet PC and Mac OS X on a UMPC
- Smartphones out of stock across the board
- Dennis Howlett: The problem with Forrester's $4.6 billion prediction
- Christopher Dawson: Count me out for ad-funded Works
- Dennis Howlett: SalesView from InsideView: feature or product?
- Dana Blankenhorn: SaaS is the secret sauce for OpenProj
- Dana Gardner: 'Enough with WOA, stick to SOA,' say IT architects - I say drop WOA and SOA
- Kapow's Web-to-spreadsheet data service helps enterprises exploit cloud-based mashups
- Phil Wainewright: Microsoft should do this: Exchange plus Hotmail
Google: Developer sandbox for iGoogle launches. Garett Rogers: Google has big plans for iGoogle
Six Apart: At Your Service: The Next Evolution of Six Apart
TechRepublic: What drives your company's decision making process?
ParisLemon: Twitter FAIL Day 3: Communications Breakdown
John Morris: Intel cuts quad-core prices AMD can't get to 45nm fast enough. A 12-core package? AMD's 45nm chips to hit faster speeds?Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Intel cuts price of quad-core Q6700 by 50%
Janice Chen: Forget WiFi, how about built-in GPS in your digital camera?
Photos: 'Mobot' races test design skills (right)
Rik Fairlie: Ruckus launches first mesh-based 802.11n WLAN
Jason Perlow: PC Industry Episode II: Attack of the Mac Clones
TechRepublic: How out of date are your IT skills?
BBC: Ubuntu ‘reaping Linux dividend’
ReadWriteWeb: OpenID Usability: Two Solutions That Could Take OpenID Mainstream
Dell rolls out premium consumer support
Photos: Green buildings for the rest of us
Richard Koman: Move to increase H1B visas
Most powerful brands: Sure Google is No. 1, but Apple shines as does tech overall
Dave Greenfield: Siemens vs. Microsoft: Round Two