News to know: Microsoft; Google; CRM; Firefox
News to know: Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates are BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage:
Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft pulls Office from distribution channels on patent-infringement deadline day
- Microsoft makes it legal to rent Windows, Office worldwide
- Are slates going hurt Microsoft's bottom line any more than netbooks?
- Microsoft tests tool for migrating MySQL to SQL Server
Larry Dignan: Target names its tech team as it plans to migrate off Amazon.com's platform
Salesforce raises $500 million; Time to go shopping?
Google, Nexus One and the customer service risk
- Dana Blankenhorn: The Google Nexus backlash
- PC World: Nexus One Complaints Mount, Honeymoon is Over
Ed Burnette: Are SSDs too fast?
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes:The biggest threat to Microsoft isn't Apple or Linux, it's falling hardware prices
Is Mozilla preparing to ditch Firefox add-ons as we know them?
- Paula Rooney: Firefox 3.6 release candidate now available
Joe McKendrick: Disruptive technologies: the top eight that left their mark in software development
Heather Clancy: No Energy Star 5.0 support, no EPEAT listing
Andrew Nusca: Is the iPhone touchscreen more accurate than Android? Study says yes
Jennifer Leggio: Social media RFP template, aka 'snake oil detector', separates strong from the weak
Paul Greenberg: CRM Watchlist 2010 - Part IIIA
BoomTown: Yahoo Will Announce Zimbra Sale to VMware Tomorrow, As It Considers Bids for Small Biz Unit
Jason Perlow: Managing iWhatever Expectations
Matthew Miller: CES 2010 ebook readers can't knock the B&N nook from my hands
- CES 2010: Hands-on with the ELSE ACCESS Linux Platform-based smartphone
Jason Hiner: Alpha geeks speak: The best tech at CES 2010
Larry Dignan: Verizon, Android and the tethering conundrum
Dana Gardner: The march of Progress Software: Savvion provides latest entry in BPM consolidation parade
Andrew Nusca: Five questions for: Aaron Patzer, VP and GM, Intuit; founder, Mint.com
TechCrunch: This Will Be The Year Adobe's 2 Million Flash Developers Come To The iPhone
TechRepublic: Six Enterprise Mega Trends to watch in 2010
Smart Planet: Toyota plots electric car in 2012; Prius family of hybrids
Christopher Dawson: Where will my thin clients be next year?
Glitch strands Microsoft business customers
PaidContent: AOL Begins New Round Of Layoffs; 1,100 Accepted Buyouts Offered In November
Gallery: The coolest laptops of CES 2010 (right)
Jono Bacon: Laying structure down in your community
Rachel King: Favi debuts RIOLED-Q and RIOLED-V wireless pico projectors
Doug Hanchard: White House open to dialogue with public. PR stunt or useful to Administration policies?
Dan Kusnetzky: CIOs indicate that Cloud Computing is on their
Dana Blankenhorn: The open source impulse goes beyond software
How SaaS streamlined finance operations
Churchill Club podcast: Vint Cerf Looks Ahead
Tom Foremski: GOOG Is Quick To Appease China Compared With ROW
Andrew Keen: Nick Carr's Big Switch
WSJ: World Wide Mush