News to know: Apple tablet; Android; Social Search; Netflix on PS3; Verizon
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Jason D. O'Grady: Times exec hints at Apple tablet
Dana Blankenhorn: Why Android is beating Windows Mobile
- Andrew Nusca: RIM BlackBerry Storm2 coming to Verizon on Oct. 28; $179
- Matthew Miller: Sprint and Palm announce 15 Nov date and $99.99 price for Pixi
Dave Greenfield: Google Adds Social Search
- Christopher Dawson: Any value in Google's Social Search for students?
Larry Dignan: Netflix lands Sony PS3 distribution deal; Bolsters streaming footprint
- Rachel King: Netflix arriving on PlayStation 3 next month
Larry Dignan: Verizon preps fourth quarter device barrage; Droid will 'stimulate demand'
Sam Diaz: Google Voice extends voicemail features to mobile users
Sam Diaz: Salesforce, Adobe bring Flash to Force.com
Christopher Dawson: More e-readers - more misconceptions
Andrew Nusca: Lenovo reveals dazzling Windows 7 IdeaPad, IdeaCentre lineup
Harry Fuller: There's still VC juice out there for greentech firms
Heather Clancy: Silver Spring signs up another smart grid client
Dave Greenfield: 22 Tools to LifeLog Today
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Ubuntu 9.10 launch - 29 October
Andrew Nusca: Dell unveils 12.1" rugged multitouch tablet PC, Latitude XT2 XFR; withstands drops, spills, sand, children
Is the cloud a better place for our data?
Harry Fuller: Give us clotheslines
Andrew Mager: Threadsy: personal and social media convergence [invites]
Dave Greenfield: A Net Neutrality Solution: Opinions Wanted
Oliver Marks: Accelerating Business Performance: San Francisco & Frankfurt Enterprise 2.0 Conferences
Harry Fuller: Midwest tech firm now wind driven
Joe McKendrick: EAI: square peg trying to fit into round hole of data integration
Dana Blankenhorn: Ubuntu celebrates Thursday drop of koala desktop and server
Doug Hanchard: Talk and drive? More governments ban handheld phone use in vehicles
Sam Diaz: Facebook upgrades its Share button, beefs up analytics offerings
Dana Gardner: Linthicum's latest book: How SOA and cloud intersect for enterprise productivity benefits
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Piracy and the Apple App Store
Andrew Nusca: Web domain names written in Chinese, Arabic, Hebrew, Russian coming soon
CNET: Yahoo Mail outages plague some users
Christopher Dawson: Parents would rather talk drugs than math/science with their kids
Sam Diaz: AOL names its Board of Directors
Joe McKendrick: SOA, Roman, Greek, or Modern: you don't 'do' architecture
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Windows 7 hourly tracking
Ryan Naraine: UK newspaper Web site hacked; 500,000 job-seekers affected
Michael Krigsman: Can open source software stop IT failure?
Matthew Miller: Planning to install Windows 7 on your netbook, here's a couple tips
Dana Blankenhorn: Cantor Insurance expands benefits counseling with Wellnet unit
CNET: Students find Win 7 upgrade a tough assignment
Paula Rooney: Open source scores small victory at White House
Andrew Nusca: PureSilicon's new Renegade R2 SSD lineup handles extreme heat, cold, shock
Dana Blankenhorn: The chief value of open source
Michael Krigsman: Learning from the weak signals of failure
Christopher Dawson: Netbooks worth the upgrade to Windows 7? Heck yes!
Heather Clancy: Get a charge out of this (or, more solar power to go)
Larry Dignan: Enterprise IT's trust level of Google will increase
Harry Fuller: Tracking efficiency
Matthew Miller: Linux in your hand; from geeks only to consumer friendly mass market
CNET: Universal phone charger OK'd
Dan Kusnetzky: Saying goodbye to Zimbra
Joe McKendrick: Survey: cloud interest grows triple-fold; cost may not be main factor