News to know: Microsoft; T-Mobile Cliq; MotoBlur; @facebook; Oracle

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Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft founds, funds a new open-source foundation

• Is Microsoft stalling on its GPL Linux drivers?
• Microsoft's Bing 2.0: Coming this fall (maybe even next week)
• Microsoft releases beta of new Windows compatibility tool

Sam Diaz: Meet Cliq, MotoBlur: Live blog from Motorola-Android announcement

• Ed Burnette: Motorola hopes new Android phone will Cliq with users
• Matthew Miller: T-Mobile USA to soon launch the Motorola CLIQ Android device
• Andrew Nusca: Full specs: Motorola CLIQ Android phone with 'Motoblur' for T-Mobile
• Larry Dignan: Motorola's big Android bet kicks off
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  Motorola CLIQ: Google Android smartphone on T-Mobile
• GigaOm: Hands-on: Motorola's First Android Phone
• Motorola introduces Motoblur

Jennifer Leggio: Facebook introduces @ tagging, tapping Twitter behavior for enhanced engagement

• Andrew Mager: New on Facebook: tag everything and everyone in your status

Larry Dignan: Oracle tries to stop Sun's bleeding: Is it too late?

• SuccessFactors: Backing into business intelligence?
• SuccessFactors plots another course: Business execution software
• Phil Wainewright: Survival of the fit-most

Robin Harris: Will flash DIMMs replace disks or DRAM?

• Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: AMD keeps things simple with Vision
• AMD Tigris, Congo mobile platforms target multimedia, battery life

Heather Clancy: Nexsan gear now eligible for utility energy rebates

Dancho Danchev: Cutwail botnet spamming 'IRS unreported income' themed malware

• Citizens Financial sued for insufficient E-Banking security

Brian Sommer: Rural IT hubs experiencing new interest?

Richard Koman: Google says it would make books available to Amazon, Copyright Office says deal 'usurps' Congressional role

• Google supports bill to ensure orphan works available to competitors
• Google: Books deal is good for everyone

Kingsley-Hughes: Beware - iPhone OS 3.1 kills tethering and unlock

• Has the iPod idea train hit the buffers?
• Worrywarts fret about Apple's iPhone units for the September quarter

Dan Kusnetzky: Will software patents delay Cloud Computing's advance?

Ed Bott: Media Center gives digital cable tuners a new leas

Andrew Nusca: In South Africa, carrier pigeon faster than broadband

$100 off T-Mobile myTouch 3G, courtesy Oprah Winfrey

• Western Digital debuts 640GB 9.5mm laptop hard drive; $149
• WD's new 1TB portable hard drive: $249, 256-bit hardware encryption
• Sprint unveils unlimited mobile calling, data, text, MMS for $70

Miller: Verizon Touch Pro2 coming 11 September with worldwide calling support

Faceoff on Facebook: comparing all the official mobile clients

Image Gallery: Native mobile Facebook application comparison

Facebook: Tornado: Facebook's Real-Time Web Framework for Python

TechCrunch: After Lengthy Delays, Ning Launches Ning Apps Platform To The Public

Zack Whittaker: What do Google and Microsoft gain from student cloud services?

Rachel King: Five decent quality cameras under $150

Kingsley-Hughes: So, who's planning a Windows 7 launch party?

Harry Fuller: Northeast Passage: here we come

• Cleantech award winners

NYT: Listening to Radio on the Web? That's So Last Year