News to know: Homebrewing, Google options, Windows, Smartphones, Oracle
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Jason Perlow: Extreme PCs and "Homebrewing": Rest in Peace
- Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Extreme PCs and homebrew systems are here to stay
- Christopher Dawson: Homebrewing isn't dead yet
Larry Dignan: Google reprices employee options
Ed Bott: A sneak peek at the Windows 7 Release Candidate
- Mary Jo Foley: Windows 7: New app-compat toolkit coming in April
Sam Diaz: Can smartphones buck the economic trends?
Mickey North Rizza: Oracle jumps into the SaaS market with SaaS Sourcing
Tom Steinert-Threlkeld: iTunes Stores (Thousands of Them) – Live?
David Morgenstern: More troubleshooting tips for your MacBook's MagSafe power adapter
Zack Whittaker: Semblio available with Office 14 suite; full application in the works
Ed Burnette: Android Dev Phone 1 now supports paid apps, other v1.1 changes
Sam Diaz: Coming Monday: Cisco's data center strategy
Harry Fuller: Driving down, transit up
Churchill Club podcast: The innovation economy, R&D and a crisis
Larry Dignan: Clearwire names new CEO to oversee Wimax expansion
Harry Fuller: Denial as a political position
Matthew Miller: Is this newest Apple netbook rumor just more wishful thinking?
Sam Diaz: OK. We get it. Microsoft wants a search deal with Yahoo.
- Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft Big Brains: Mark Russinovich
Zack Whittaker: Should universities forget email and use Facebook instead?
Harry Fuller: Bright day for Silicon Valley solar company
Richard Koman: Feedback on federal contracting
Richard Koman: Cyber security chief quits over power struggle with NSA
John Morris: PMA '09 in pictures: New camera and camcorder tricks
Robin Harris: How Amazon builds the world's most scalable storage
Andrew Nusca: Nokia opens mobile app arms race vs. Apple; will it succeed?
Garett Rogers: Google releases new OS for unlocked Android phone
Phil Wainewright: How to make freemium pay
Andrew Nusca: Would you run a server using Intel's Atom processor?
Andrew Nusca: Report: Quanta to make Apple netbook; will have touch panels
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: What should Apple do - Scale down Mac OS X or scale up iPhone OS?
Matthew Miller: Motorola announces new MC55 enterprise digital assistant
Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft's Mix '09: A podcast preview
Adam O'Donnell: MySpace using Cloudmark anti-spam for in-network abuse
Dana Gardner: Survey says: Cloud computing proving to be a two-edged sword in a down economy
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: So, who wants a 1,250W PSU?
Larry Dignan: Wanted: Bidders for 51 percent stake in Satyam
Matthew Miller: TouchDown provides push email for the T-Mobile G1 Android device
Larry Dignan: Piper Jaffray upgrades Amazon on customer satisfaction; Kindle, iPhone apps
Jason Hiner: Scoreboard: The highest and lowest rated leaders in tech
Sam Diaz: A $79.16 MacBook? On Swoopo, if it sounds too good to be true...
Christopher Dawson: Will you be upgrading to Snow Leopard this summer?
Dan Kusnetzky: Marathon Technologies and Microsoft dance together
Christopher Dawson: Wolfram Alpha...Brilliant tool, Google killer, or lots of hype?
Larry Dignan: AMD's new dawn: 'Tickled pink' about GlobalFoundries deal; Challenges remain