News to know: Google Buzz, smartphones; Rhapsody; Win7; Adobe
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Sam Diaz: Meet Google Buzz: Google goes social [live blog]
- Larry Dignan: Google Buzz: Forget Twitter, Microsoft's SharePoint is a bigger target
- Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft on Google Buzz: Been there, done that
- Matthew Miller: Google Buzz goes mobile, except for BlackBerry and webOS
- Dion Hinchcliffe: First impressions of Google Buzz: Smart, useful, long road ahead
Larry Dignan: RIM's BlackBerry, Apple iPhone rule smartphone roost
Sam Diaz: Real, Viacom to spin off Rhapsody
Heather Clancy: Black eye for hybrids as Toyota extends recall
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: The Windows 7 honeymoon is over
Ryan Naraine: Adobe screw-up leaves Flash flaw unpatched for 16 months
Tom Foremski: IBM software chief doesn't see any fall out from SAP CEO change
Jennifer Leggio: Peer trust plummets: Is marketing to blame?
Andrew Nusca: With quantum physics, Samsung aims to make smartphones smarter
Tom Foremski: ACLU says GOOG collab with US spy agency is dangerous
Sean Portnoy: Asus announces first laptops using Nvidia Optimus switchable graphics
Heather Clancy: In 'Transit': Ford seeks foothold in commercial electric segment
David Morgenstern: The latest head-to-head comparison between Windows virtualization solutions for the Mac
Dancho Danchev: Reports: SQL injection attacks and malware led to most data breaches
Dana Blankenhorn: How Microsoft uses open source to fight open source
Sean Portnoy: Nvidia Optimus laptop tech switches between discrete GPU, Intel integrated graphics
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: ATI's newest GPU - The Radeon HD 5570
Jason D. O'Grady: The only flight app you need: FlightTrack Pro
Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft's weakest cloud link: The Windows Azure Console?
Matthew Miller: iPhone Quickoffice update 3.0 adds Google Docs, Dropbox, and Box.net
Sean Portnoy: Why are black levels changing for the worse on Panasonic's plasma HDTVs?
Ryan Naraine: Patch Tuesday: Microsoft plugs critical Windows worm holes
Joel Evans: Do we still need a standalone GPS device?
Larry Dignan: Seagate unveils 600GB, 2.5-inch enterprise hard drive
Andrew Nusca: Netgear's new mobile broadband router offers 802.11n and 3G for your boat
Paula Rooney: Ksplice Uptrack eliminates Linux server reboots, Sunday hours
David Morgenstern: Is a shake-up coming to the Mac CAD market?
Zack Whittaker: Microsoft, CEOP adds panic button to IE8 to fight online child abuse
Dana Blankenhorn: The language Google knows best is English
Dana Gardner: AmberPoint finally gets acquired as Oracle fills in more remaining stack holes
Christopher Dawson: Rethinking mobile labs
Andrew Nusca: Apple releases Aperture 3 photo software suite
Zack Whittaker: Quantum exploit revolutionises pressure-touch phones
Dana Blankenhorn: Is HealthIT getting lost in the weeds?
CNET: Student file sharers allegedly extorted
Rachel King: Lullabelly brings the sound of music to the womb
ZDNet Asia: PayPal suspends service in India
Dan Kusnetzky: Rugged Software Organization: Improving Software Quality and Security
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Field Report: Reported Windows 7 reliability fix problems
Jason Hiner: CIOs: Apple iPad, slate PCs have a business role