News to know: Google on search privacy; IE7 hole; Ubuntu gallery
Notable headlines:
Google adding search privacy protections. Official Google Blog on privacy.
Garett Rogers: Google Talk gadget (right) coming very soon. Techmeme discussion.
Microsoft probes possible IE 7 phishing hole.
Ryan Naraine: Apple bumper patch vindicates hackers. Trend Micro buys HijackThis, launches SiteAdvisor competitor.
OpenBSD hit by 'critical' IPv6 flaw.
Donna Bogatin: Hillary Clinton, Democrats lead Republicans in Web race to the White House.
Computerworld: Data center land grab: How to get ready for the rush.
George Ou: Did Intel rig test or out engineer AMD/ATI?
Engadget: Optimus Maximus: the god of keyboards unveiled.
Dan Farber: TechNet rolls out green tech agenda.
Larry Dignan: Microsoft please Tellme: Will voice, Internet, software become seamless? Microsoft buys speech recognition company. Techmeme discussion.
Mary Jo Foley @ Convergence:
- SharePoint: The next big ‘operating system’ from Microsoft?
- Microsoft 'a couple of weeks away' from naming new search chief.
- Microsoft to slow the pace of Dynamics ERP releases.
- Microsoft to release FoxPro 'Sedna' as shared source.
- Microsoft lays the foundation for ERP software and CRM-Live service integration.
Larry Dignan: Will Red Hat's RHEL 5 launch bolster virtualization? Video from Red Hat launch. Red Hat bands with open-source allies.
Ed Bott: Slow start for Vista? So what else is new?
Forbes: NYC marijuana network as complicated as the Internet.
WSJ: Of the Places You'll Go, Is the Library Still One of Them?
Roland Piquepaille: The birth of Semiconductor 2.0.
Joe McKendrick: Analyst: ROI doesn't apply to SOA.
Gallery (right): Your photo here, and here and here...
Calif. court drops charges against Dunn.
Ars technica: 802.11n Draft 2.0 gets thumbs up from Working Group.
Wired News: Citizen Journalism Wants You! AJR: Eyetracking points the way to effective news article design.
Andrew Keen: What is “original content”?