News to know: Windows 7; Twitter phishing; Apple; Floppies

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Jason Perlow: The bell tolls for your magnetic media

• Robin Harris: Long-term personal data storage

Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: First reactions to Windows 7

• Windows 7 beta performance: How it compares to Vista, XP
• Jason Perlow: Windows 7? Mojave my ass
• Gallery: User Interface Transition from Windows XP to Windows 7
• Ed Bott: If you love Windows XP, you'll hate Windows 7
• Surprises in the Windows 7 EULA
• Do you use the 'Windows' Key?

• Gallery: First look at Windows 7 beta 1 (right)

Garett Rogers: Google testing Timeline view in main results

Jason Hiner: IT 2009 predictions: What's in and what's out

Matthew Miller: Does the new Palm Nova device have a slider keyboard and large touchscreen? Techmeme

• CES2009: Kodak announces rugged Zx1 Pocket HD video recorder

Jason O'Grady: Oh crystal ball, what will Macworld Expo 2009 bring?

Christopher Dawson: Fedora 10 + Acer Aspire One = damn fine computer

Brian Sommer: Software & Services - 2009 dictates value delivery a must

• Siemens, bribery & SarbOx

Twitter: Gone Phishing

• Adam O'Donnell: Twitter phishing... inside Twitter

Kingsley-Hughes: Verbatim's new quad-interface 500GB/1TB external hard drives

Larry Dignan: RIAA dumps its primary evidence collector

Oliver Marks: The Semantic Enterprise

David Morgenstern: Getting started with AppleScript

Robberies: A new measure of Apple market strength?

9 to 5 Mac: Apple 17-inch MacBook Pro to go Unibody, sans removable battery

• Apple 2.0: Top 10 Macworld rumors for 2009
• Jason O'Grady: MWSF09: Images from the show floor and Apple booth
• iMacworld app gets major update in v.1.1
• Rumor: iWork to migrate to the Web for Macworld Expo

Garett Rogers: Android on netbooks is BIG money for Google

Paul Murphy: IT's horsedrawn horseless carriages

TorrentFreak: Trojan Blocks The Pirate Bay and Mininova

Mary Jo Foley: Keeping up with the Microsoft confabs

• What will — and won’t — Microsoft do in 2009?

NYT: For the Blind, Technology Does What a Guide Dog Can’t

Zack Whittaker: BitLocker for dummies (...students)

• Gallery: BitLocker (and BitLocker-to-Go) for Dummies

• A simple sociological experiment
• Mind blowing delivery of Identity 2.0

Christopher Dawson: Could Shrek use a netbook?

Dana Blankenhorn: EMC gets open source mojo cheap

• The open source data center that heals itself
• The biggest threat to open source in 2009

Chicago Tribune: WiMax edges closer to city

Richard Koman: British police can now hack citizens' PCs

• Govtech 2.0 is a reality in DC

ABC News: Friended by Mom and Dad on Facebook

CNET News: Wikimedia Foundation: Jimmy Wales ‘absolutely’ not out

Ryan Naraine: Real plugs critical holes in Helix Server

• Adobe Flash, Apple Safari fail privacy test
• Adam O'Donnell: Military contractor "cyber-defense" gold rush begins

Harry Fuller: Climate change politics

• Raise taxes? On gasoline? How about mothers' milk?
• Why "cheap" energy is really costly in the long run
• Heather Clancy: Giving myself a grade on last year's green tech predictions
• Here are 10 green IT resolutions: How many can your team keep?

Matthew Miller: Have a new HTC Fuze or Touch Pro? Check out these extensive tips & tricks

• First impressions of the Nokia N85 with OLED display and solid construction

Christopher Dawson: Technology and image in schools

• Netbook security risks?

Most downloaded songs in 2008

• Semiconductor sales down 7.2% in November 2008
• Top US Web sites accessed over mobile phones in October 2008

OFB.biz: Fewer Bars in More Places: AT&T Network Upgrades Degrade Service for 2G Phones

10 reasons IT certification will be important in 2009

Richard Koman: NASA craft may ride on Pentagon rockets

PaidContent: Online Or Bust: Why 2009 May Be The Nail In Newspapers' Coffins

NYT: The End of the Financial World as We Know It