News to know: Microsoft programming; Firefox 3; VMware; DEMO
Notable headlines:
Mary Jo Foley: What are hot buttons for Microsoft on the programming-language futures front? Microsoft to push Office 2003 SP3 to users in February
Paula Rooney: Firefox 3 beta 3 code freeze
Heather Clancy: Imagine having just one power supply for all your portable gadgets
Janice Chen: Is the new Canon PowerShot SD 1100 IS better than my favorite Digital ELPH?
Steve O'Hear: Addicted to Facebook or Twitter? Time to revisit social web browser Flock
Larry Dignan: VMware: Sales light; shares much lighter afterhours
MetaSploit launches version 3.1, improves Windows GUI, supports iPhone
Photos: A golden anniversary for Lego
Ed Burnette: How Android works: The big picture
Waiting for the OpenSocial hammer to drop
Dan Farber@DEMO:
- Enterprise Web 2.0 predictions from Forrester
- MOLI: Yet another social networking service
- Ribbit debuts Amphibian 'voiceware'
- Hubdub weds prediction markets to news
- SceneCaster brings 3D Web to any device
- BitGravity LiveBroadcast to stream DEMO 08
- Ryan Stewart: Silverlight on the Library of Congress site
Flexing a super (computing) muscle
Dennis Howlett: Automattic does Twitter for business
Garett Rogers: Offline support for Google Docs being tested
Richard Stiennon: U.S. seeks $6 billion for security secrets
WSJ: Liberty Media aims to push Diller out of IAC
Reuters: Sandisk cautious on next quarter
At Yahoo, a need to hit refresh
Times of London: Music file-share site Qtrax forced into humiliating U-turn
Larry Dignan: Verizon: Wireless shines; FiOS subs light
Nokia buys Trolltech; Gets serious about going cross platform
A quarter of Apple iPhones may be 'unlocked'
Matthew Miller: Will T-Mobile USA finally carry another Palm OS device? Mobile browsing may get a boost with SkyFire and Firefox Mobile
Dana Blankenhorn: Mayo to brand Microsoft health site
Christopher Dawson: The GIMP and thin clients
NetworkWorld: Beware the 802.11n ‘power’ play
NYT: Good News in the One Million Missing iPhones
Dana Gardner: WSO2 targets 'Social Enterprise' with combined JavaScript/Web services Mashup Server
Progress Software adds cross-process visibility with Actional 7.1
Larry Dignan: Security lessons from the SoGen debacle