News to know: Google; Web Olympics; Patch Tuesday; iPhone
Notable headlines:
Tom Steinert-Threlkeld: Will the Olympics melt the Internet?
Phil Wainewright: Hello, Google, is anyone in there? Larry Dignan: Google: Our AOL investment is ‘impaired’
Ryan Naraine: MS Patch Tuesday: Critical IE, Office, Excel patches coming
Larry Dignan: iPhone 3G boot failure complaints pile up
- Jason O'Grady: iPhone black screen of death (updated)
- App Store blacklist continues, next victim: I Am Rich
- iPhone to launch in 21 countries on 22 August
- A look at risk-reward: Apple may nuke apps on your iPhone remotely
- Deb Perelman:The shine is off another apple
Heather Clancy: Bright idea: Verdiem offers free energy-monitoring software
Christopher Dawson: Will RIM please make a BlackBerry MID?
Paula Rooney: Dell now ships XPS PC and Studio notebook with Ubuntu Linux 8.04 factory installed
Jennifer Leggio: 'Conversation Prism' helps corporations visualize social media strategies
- Deb Perelman: When IT culture changes with or without you
- CIOs: We love video conferencing and online training; Enterprise 2.0 on the ropes
Larry Dignan: Google doubles its cookie tracking: Will you opt out? Techmeme
Sam Diaz: Internet brand-jacking: What can be learned from Exxon Mobil?
Janice Chen: Nikon announces six new Coolpix cameras: P6000, S710, S60, S610c, S610, and S560
Paul Murphy: From Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM Mainframe
TechCrunch: Some Mashups Harnessing The Power Of Yahoo's BOSS
Steve O'Hear: Parents spy on underage social networkers
Andrew Mager: The Digg toolbar for Firefox 3
TechRepublic: How do I... Install VMware Workstation as a Service?
P2Pnet: RIAA ‘MediaSentry’ owner hired by China
Dancho Danchev: CNET's Clientside developer blog serving Adobe Flash exploits
Tom Foremski: The government has an "iPatriot Act" ready for Internet control
Matthew Miller: Nokia Email service drastically improves the email experience on S60 devices
John Morris: ThinkPad X200 reviews: Great ultraportable . . . but it's no X300
- Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Profits up, but margins fall at Lenovo
- Report: Intel's Atom chip, Netbooks demand strong
- Andrew Nusca: UPDATE: MIT team working on $12 NES, not Apple II
- VIPRE performance shoot-out - Does it really not slow down your PC?
- Vista struggling? OCZ launch 8GB and 16GB upgrade kits
Jason O'Grady: TSA 'checkpoint-friendly' bags fly on 16 August
Jeff Jarvis: The myth of the creative class
Roland Piquepaille:Teaching language to robots
John Carroll: The Microsoft middle ground
Dana Blankenhorn: Can global competition bring health care quality?
Vonage narrows losses: Can it grow?
Jason Perlow: I went to Moscone Center and all I got was this stupid T-Shirt