News to know: Palm Pre, Windows 7, CES

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Matthew Miller: Welcome Palm Web OS, now what happens with Palm OS 5 applications?

• Sam Diaz: Palm's Pre and OS: Home-run announcements at CES
• Matthew Miller: Palm announces the Palm Web OS and the Palm Pre device
• Gallery: Palm Pre device revealed in all its beautiful glory

Windows 7:

VIDEO: Ballmer previews Windows 7

Mary Jo Foley: Poll: Is Windows 7's ship date immaterial to you?

Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Getting ready for Windows 7 beta 1 - FAQ

• Windows 7 Beta 1 - Unleashed!
• Six new annoyances introduced in Windows 7

Jason Perlow:Windows 7 Beta 1: Ribbonized For Your Pleasure

Sam Diaz:Reasons to skip Microsoft's Windows 7 Beta download

Consumer Electronics Show 2009, Las Vegas:

Tom Steinert-Threlkeld: Welcome to the Consumer Electronics Show. Sales Are Flatlining.

David Morgenstern:  CES: Where's the Mac pavilion?

• Hands-on with Netgear's new streaming media devices
• Sony launches eco line of Bravia TVs, adds Internet Widgets to XBR, Z series sets
• Panasonic refreshes plasma, LCD line-ups, introduces 3D plasma TV

Andrew Nusca: The world's first web-browsing camera [day 3]

• Flagship Viera plasma is 54" across, 1" deep, wireless-enabled [day 3]
• World's thinnest plasma is 8.8mm thick 
• Samsung's 117-strong HDTV 'wings of glory' 
• 90% of Sony products will connect to Internet, each other by 2011
• Liveblogging Palm's press conference
• Westinghouse's new 120HZ 1080p LCD HDTVs, LCD monitors

Matthew Miller: Nokia announces E63 QWERTY device for the US for only $279 unlocked

• Slacker Mobile for BlackBerry and FlyCast for Google Android, PC, & Mac announced
• OQO announces model 2+ with OLED and Intel Atom processor

Zack Whittaker: Microsoft shows nothing new at CES

Video: Macworld's fading future

Jason D. O'Grady: MWSF Appearance: Peachpit Press booth

Brian Sommer: The questions Satyam must address

Adrian Kingsley Hughes: AMD officially releases Phenom II and Dragon desktop platform

John Morris: AMD's Dragon, Phenom II get official

• Sony's svelte P series Netbook

Christopher Dawson: Why doesn't anyone use our website?

Paula Rooney: Firefox 3.1 beta 3 code freeze slated for Jan 13 -- maybe Joe Brockmeier: From grassroots to government: Looking for a FOSS friendly national CTO

Harry Fuller: Obama's push for alternative energy

• Is it time to haul ash? Maybe kick a little ash, too?
• As the mercury rises so does the level of mercury in the soil

Dancho Danchev: Microsoft study debunks phishing profitability

David Morgenstern: Cool enterprise security developments at Macworld Expo

Heather Clancy: Pentagon decrees Cree LED

Mary Jo Foley: Former Microsoft search leader resurfaces at eBay

Ryan Naraine: Microsoft planning quiet Patch Tuesday (1 critical)

Jason D. O'Grady: Apple updates iTunes store T's and C's

Dana Blankenhorn: Did Vietnam take open source too far?

Christopher Dawson:  Making the case for 1:1

Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: NVIDIA lifts lid on world's most powerful single and dual GPU graphics cards

Dana Blankenhorn: The Kibbe-Klepper challenge to medicine as usual

 

Jason D. O'Grady: iWork sort of shipping; requires 10.5.6

Jason Hiner: Netgear shows off Wi-Fi router for sharing 3G mobile broadband

Christopher Dawson: OLPC laying off staff and cutting salaries

Richard Koman: Take his BlackBerry out of his cold, dead hands

Dana Blankenhorn: Can VistA overcome?

 

Dana Blankenhorn: VistA now all open source

Heather Clancy:Green tech expert clarifies data center heat discussion

 

Larry Dignan: Satyam management: We’re staying; Unveils crisis plan

Larry Dignan: Even ViewSonic is jumping into netbook game

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