News to know: Best, worst Windows; iPhone halo effect; Optimus Maximus keyboard
Notable headlines:
Ed Bott: The best and worst Windows versions ever. Vista Hands On #12: Manage partitions after setup.
Ryan Naraine: Should Microsoft start paying for vulnerabilities?
Politicians renew press for antispyware law.
Intel touts security with second-gen VPro PCs.
Larry Dignan: Apple’s iPhone touch screen and the big picture. The beauty of the ‘Boss button (below).’
CIO Insight: The Looming CIO Shortage.
Ryan Stewart: Making Flex easy: Adobe releases Flex Module for Apache and IIS. Don't settle for 'good enough' Web interfaces.
Engadget: Google exec confirms phone in the labs.
Garett Rogers: AJAX "blog bar" now available. New pieces to "Google Presently" puzzle. Google helps scientists with their large data sets. How about a 3.5GB quota in your Gmail?
WSJ: Friends Swap Twitters, and Frustration. Techmeme discussion. Webware: Newbie's guide to Twitter.
Cisco makes big bet on Web conferencing. Dan Farber: Cisco: The giant network squid. Dana Gardner: Business communications 2.0? Phil Wainewright: SaaS Summit reactions to Cisco buying WebEx. Techmeme discussion.
Ballmer calls Google's growth plans 'insane'. Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft picking up on in-game ads.
Google grapples with increasingly political Web. Donna Bogatin: Google CEO wants your personal information.
David Berlind: Finally! An ExpressCard adapter that accepts a PCCard (PCMCIA). Jason D. O'Grady: Novatel's V640 EVDO card and why you want one.
Paul Murphy: Risks, disclosure, and IT.
Ed Burnette: Planets align for Linux surge.
John Battelle: Microsoft Deal For Large Customers: Use Live Search, Get Free MSFT Products.
Computerworld: Vista on a stick: How to flash your OS.
AP: Witnesses Sequestered in Qwest Nacchio Trial.