News to know: Limelight's Olympics; Software prices; Wordcamp 2008; Windows 7 Server

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Jason Perlow: Limelight Networks: Why the Olympics didn't 'Melt' the Internet

• Larry Dignan: Limelight by the numbers: Akamai’s thorn?
• Podcast: CIO tells how he reduced impact of Olympics video streaming

Andrew Mager: Wordcamp 2008 play by play. Oliver Marks: BuddyPress, an open source competitor to FaceBook

• Office Tour: Twitter

Mary Jo Foley: Confirmed: Microsoft to proceed directly to Windo

• Microsoft readies new Storage 1.0 feature pack for Windows

Gallery: Tools for CSI cybercrime (right)

Ryan Naraine: Microsoft investigating NSlookup.exe flaw, reported attacks

• Paul Murphy: Exploits, vulnerabilities, and questions
• Dancho Danchev: 1.5m spam emails sent from compromised University accounts
• Intel proactively fixes security flaws in its chips
• OpenVAS emerges as free alternative to Nessus
• Threat Level: Google Privacy Practices Worse Than ISP Snooping, AT&T Charges

Michael Krigsman: Implementation complexity enables higher software prices

• Dennis Howlett: SAP wrap and transparency points
• TechRepublic: Provide flat-fee maintenance to improve your bottom line
• Paul Murphy: Compliance and IT

Vint Cerf: If you thought the internet was cool, wait until it goes space age

Washington Post: Giant of Internet Radio Nears Its ‘Last Stand’

Deb Perelman:My Awesome IT Job: IT Service Manager, University of Illinois

• It's just a TPS Report: How to step away from your Desk Rage

Smashing Magazine: 10 Futuristic User InterfacesAdrian Kingsley-Hughes: Question from a reader - What notebook/OS for college?

Garett Rogers: Google feeds publishers with new AdSense option

• Dana Blankenhorn: First Android phone will not be competitive

NYT: I Was There.  Just Ask Photoshop.

Sam Diaz: Netflix back to normal; promises Saturday night movies and 15 percent off.

Video: New Dell takes innovation over standards

TSA makes laptop travel easier - or not?

Richard Koman: It's official: OOXML is a standard

Ed Burnette: LWUIT vs. JavaFX Mobile

Mark Cuban: The Platform is the Message

Dana Blankenhorn: The biggest open source threat to Microsoft

PalmInfoCenter: Additional Treo Pro Software and Hardware Details

John Carroll: Curing what ails Microsoft

Larry Dignan: The end run around the OS is underway

Heather Clancy: Not so idle: HP earns green transport logo for business products

• Jason Hiner: Samsung uses Olympics to unveil 'green' phone: E200 Eco

Paula Rooney: Levin out as Black Duck's CEO

Jason O'Grady: Just what's on Michael Phelps' iPod anyway?

Paul Miller: Visualising the Semantic Web with Parallax

• Europe discussing the business of the Semantic Web at ESTC

Christopher Dawson: Got Debian running, too

• Wireless, wireless everywhere
• Creating good spaces for kids to work

Zack Whittaker: MSE rises like a phoenix from the beta ashes

AP: Qwest, union keep talking as contract expires

Matthew Miller: GroupWise support comes to the Apple iPhone

BlackBerry rumor mill takes a page from Apple

Larry Dignan: Oracle: Our iPhone app has more than 23,000 downloads

Roland Piquepaille: Hairstyles for games and movies

• Beijing Olympic logos written by nano pens
• Smart self-service scales

Dana Blankenhorn: Appreciating gym class

• Is the latest cancer cure claim real?
• Can drugs break the chemical chain of memory? Should they?
• Becoming Americanized can be depressing

Harry Fuller: Will we kill the ocean before the atmosphere kills us?

TorrentFreak: U2 Tracks Leak After Bono Plays Stereo Too Loudly