News to know: Apple vs. Palm; Windows 7; Adobe; Twitter and Iran
Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage.
Larry Dignan: Apple: Third party (read Palm Pre) iTunes sync can work (for now)
Jason O'Grady: A fix for Mail unexpectedly quitting in 10.5.7
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes:What's really new in Windows 7? The answer, not much!
- Mary Jo Foley: Windows 7 OEM pricing: What could and should Microsoft do?
- Will touchscreen Windows 7 netbooks be hot or not?
- Microsoft seeks trademark for 'hohm'
- Larry Dignan: XP to Windows 7 handoff expected to boost PC sales
- Zack Whittaker: Windows 7 has a new default wallpaper and logo
Adobe's quarter, outlook on target
Richard Koman: Iranian protesters take to the tweets
- Anderson Cooper: State Department to Twitter: Keep Iranian tweets coming
- NYT: Social Networks Spread Defiance Online
- CNet News: Twitterverse working to confuse Iranian censors
Paula Rooney: Firefox 3.5 team aims for RC2
Citrix XenServer 5.5, Essentials 5.5 ship
Red Hat's KVM-based virtualization platform moves into beta testing
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Dana Blankenhorn: CompuTex Linux found in Israel
- Ubuntu aims at healing Linux's 'paper cuts'
- Data and software both want to be shared
- Is Vyatta now part of Microsoft keiretsu?
Jason O'Grady: Camping with your Mac
Ed Burnette: Mobile megahertz madness heats up
Tom Steinert-Threlkeld: The Cost of the Free Internet
Sean Portnoy: FCC says transition to digital TV has been fairly smooth
Brian Sommer: Adding agility to Compuware's Changepoint
- Forrester: IBM's CloudBurst is a credible step forward
- Green storage has limited ROI, but supports overall efficiency
- Joe McKendrick:SOA drives 'the most important business in the world'
- Dana Gardner:HP unveils financial planning and analysis solutions designed to both optimize and modernize IT operations
- 'Everything' as a service future means transforming IT for efficiency and scale, says HP's Livermore
- PostgreSQL delivers alternative for MySQL users wary of Oracle's Sun acquisition
- Phil Wainewright: Netviewer aims to outshine WebEx in Europe
- Amazon preps private label goods: Furniture, tools and linens oh my
- Best Buy grabs market share; Earnings better than expected
- BenQ introduces 13.3-in. thin-and-light Joybook Lite T131 laptop
- RIM BlackBerry Tour 9630 announced for Verizon, Sprint
- Matthew Miller: RIM announces BlackBerry Tour with CDMA/GSM support, no WiFi
- Gadget Gal's daily deals: Apple Mac Mini, Sony portable DVD player, MoGo wireless mouse