News to know: Microsoft 'Tahiti'; Intel vs. AMD; Skype beta; SAP exec leaves
Notable headlines:
Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft readies new 'Tahiti' collaboration service. Microsoft fills in its System Center roadmap.
Yahoo opens up e-mail APIs to outsiders. Techmeme discussion.
David Berlind: After slamming Intel for using retired benchmarks, AMD does the same thing in China.
Garett Rogers: Google Notebook leaves beta, gets new interface. Ground-level photography from Vutool to appear in Google Earth?
New Intel chip:
- Dan Farber: Biggest leap since the Pentium Pro.
- John Spooner: Intel’s plan for Penryn.
- Intel to add memory controllers, threading in 2008.
Skype Beta:
- Russell Shaw: Skype's just-released 3.2 Beta adds some new features.
- David Berlind: Skype Beta 3.2 Windows enables PayPal-ing money to other Skype contacts.
- Gallery: How it works (right).
BBC: US 'no longer technology king'
Larry Dignan: Shai Agassi out at SAP. Joshua Greenbaum: SAP in the Post-Agassi Era.
GPL draft:
Larry Dignan: GPL 3 isn't the 'last call'; FSF locks in on Microsoft-Novell.
Dana Blankenhorn: GPL tries to make legal language fit lofty goals.
Ed Burnette: New GPLv3 draft takes aim at Microsoft/Novell but loosens crypto restrictions.
George Ou: Did Apple install a rootkit in Apple TV?
Ryan Stewart: 40,000 downloads of Adobe Apollo since alpha launch.
Web filters mistakenly blocking Yahoo.
Dan Farber: HP makes small businesses a priority.
Why Microsoft should buy DoubleClick.
Microsoft releases Zune update.
Cisco to acquire chip start-up Spans Logic.
Photos (right): Old and new autos at Euro shows.
Computerworld: Why Microsoft should fear Apple.
Can Intel-based Macs really save your university money?Techmeme: Microsoft transparency PR flap.