News to know: Windows 7; Google Dashboard; Driving while texting; Steve Jobs; Droid
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Sam Diaz: Ballmer: So far, Windows 7 sales are "fantastic"
Dana Blankenhorn: What the Google Privacy Dashboard can mean for health
Garett Rogers: See what Google knows about you, kind of
Doug Hanchard: FCC Chairman testifies on driving while texting
Sam Diaz: Congratulations to Steve Jobs, Fortune's CEO of the Decade
Jason Hiner: Will business users get onboard with the Verizon Droid? [podcast]
Jason Perlow: Frugal Friday: Verizon DROID, Intel Antitrust, V-Block, Oracle/EU, ICCA
Andrew Nusca: The hammer falls on Quicken Online; Mint.com emerges solo
Robin Harris: A 4 SSD array: Apricorn pt 2
Oliver Marks: The Enterprise 2.0 Value Propositions Agenda
Sean Portnoy: Viewsonic introduces $100 VMP70 HD media player without network connectivity
Harry Fuller: Kerry-Boxer bill gets out of the (first) box
Dancho Danchev: Windows 7's default UAC bypassed by 8 out of 10 malware samples
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Ryan Naraine: Patch Tuesday heads-up: Critical MS Office patches coming
Mary Jo Foley: Billing system testing behind Microsoft's SQL Azure outage this week
Jason D. O'Grady: Droid Preview: iPhone's first real competition has arrived
Dancho Danchev: Which antivirus is best at removing malware?
Ed Burnette: New Epic 3D game engine toolset: Fabulous, fun, and free!
Harry Fuller: X-Prize competition for ultra-efficient car speeds ahead
Dennis Howlett: Twitter and web forgery
Doug Hanchard: Copyright associations want enforcement for free
Sam Diaz: House bill calls for ISPs to block some fake financial sites
Dana Gardner: Role of governance plumbed in Nov. 10 webinar on managing hybrid and cloud computing types
Christopher Dawson: An unusual day, part 1
Dennis Howlett: Gartner wins in ZL lawsuit: but is it a pyrrhic victory?
ZDNet UK: Zero-day flaw found in web encryption
Rachel King: Brinell's Purestorage external hard drives are elegant, but pricey
Tom Foremski: GOOG Chief: Silicon Valley's secret is its weather
Christopher Dawson: Edufire raises the bar with new video offerings
Heather Clancy: HP: How about your own personal smart grid for your data center?
Sam Diaz: Survey: IT workers eyeing security certifications
Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft to add SharePoint access to Live@edu
Matthew Miller: Verizon's HTC DROID ERIS may be the best $100 smartphone
Mary Jo Foley: Browser rivals to register official complaints about Microsoft's ballot screen proposal
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Antitrust charges filed against Intel
Dana Blankenhorn: PriceDoc bringing price transparency to you
Harry Fuller: Happy hardware: tech lobbyist brings home the bacon
Doug Hanchard: Flu pandemic disproportionately infects, kills young people; are some getting preferred treatment?
Dana Blankenhorn: What would make you trust Microsoft?
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: NVIDIA Inside?
ZDNet Asia: Open source needs successful champions
Matthew Miller: Review: OtterBox Commuter and Commuter TL Series for iPhone 3G/3GS
Dennis Howlett: Enterprise 2.0 - the non-debate
Phil Wainewright: Microsoft cuts BPOS price to squeeze Lotus