News to know: Microsoft; Linux failure; Mac clones; Chip shortfalls
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Mary Jo Foley: Does the Windows 7 team have too much Apple envy? Readers weigh in
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Argentinian Mac clone makes an appearance
Phil Wainewright: Microsoft: cloud tomorrow, jam next year
Reuters: Texas Instruments and 3 others cut chip sales targets
Jeremy Allison: When Linux fails
- The future of climate change is in Linux's hands
- Dana Blankenhorn: Desktop Linux buy or rent and the home market
- Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft develops open-source content-management system
- TechRepublic: 10 things Linux does better than OS X
Dana Blankenhorn: Obama risks wasting billions on health IT
David Morgenstern: Mac Aspire can put your big picture into focus
GigaOm: Yahoo Plans to Launch a Mail App Platform
Google: New AdWords options for iPhone and G1.Techmeme
Sean Portnoy: New 802.11n Wi-Fi chip developed for cell phones, mobile devices
WSJ: Yahoo Closer to Naming CEO
Tom Steinert-Threlkeld: Time for Change at YouTube: Monetization "No. 1 Priority in 2009"
Christopher Dawson: How many printers do we need?
Jason Hiner: IT trends: The top five developments of 2008
Top 10 Windows XP tips of 2008
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Holiday Gift Guide 2008: Geek gifts ideas
- Gallery: Holiday Gift Guide 2008: Geek gifts ideas (right)
- AMD rolls out 45nm desktop CPUs
- Intel claims quantum leap in fiber-optic detectors
Larry Dignan: Apple's touch ecosystem taking off (and it may be more than fun and games)
- Jason O'Grady: Why Apple may chose the ARM processor for a netbook
- Andrew Nusca: CONFIRMED: Two iPhone models to sell at Walmart (this month!)
- MacRumors: $99 Wal-Mart iPhone Seems Unlikely
- Bloomberg: Apple to Sell IPhones in Wal-Mart Stores This Month
- Dan Kusnetzky:VMware Fusion virtual machines for Mac OS X
- Dennis Howlett: Time Machine and the Cloud rescue me
Firefox 3.1 Beta 2 includes private browsing mode
Josh Taylor: The BlackBerry Storm, three weeks laterRyan Naraine: PHP 5.2.7 removed from distribution over security bug
Andrew Mager: Cupcake Camp 2: sweet, but chaotic
Janice Chen: More top budget cameras: Best digital cameras under $150
Matthew Miller: Google Android OS ported and running on the Nokia N810 Internet Tablet
- BlackBerry Curve 8900 (aka Javelin) announced by RIM and Rogers
- Is this a possible future Palm device?
- Garett Rogers: Get an unlocked Android phone for $399, legally
Roland Piquepaille: Picking apples with a robot
Bits: Dell Sees Double With Data Center in a Container
Boomtown: Yahoo Moves Ahead With Layoffs on Wednesday: The Sad Details
Paula Rooney: Sun announces GA of mySQL 5.1
Paul Murphy: MySQL Vs. Unify Data Server: What might have been
Dignan: Survey: Google takes prize as IT dream job (with Microsoft, Cisco close behind)
Photos: Top-rated reviews of the week (right)
Sam Diaz: Archiving, data recovery sparks storage market growth.
Paul Miller: Mark Greaves of Vulcan sees business opportunities in the Semantic Web
- Semantic Web Gang looks back at 2008; favours both infrastructure and lightweight apps
- Still in private beta, headup adds more Yahoo! goodness
WebStrategy: Understanding HP Lab's Twitter Research
Heather Clancy: IBM and Harvard applying tech grid ideas to solar grid research project
Sam Diaz: Bankruptcy for Tribune won't stop the inevitable
Zack Whittaker: Why the Kindle is off my Christmas list
A Tour of Nortel's WebAlive Virtual World for Business (right)
Andrew Nusca: Audio CAPTCHAs easy to crack, according to researchers
Forbes: IBM's Infinite Research Problem
Richard Koman: British ISPs block Wikipedia over album cover
- Guardian: Wikipedia row escalates as internet watchdog considers censoring Amazon US over Scorpions image
Harry Fuller: The Pride of Fargo
Why are you managing your own power plant?
Pulitzer Prizes Broadened to Include Online-Only Publications …