News to know: XP's stay extended; iBricks; Google; Gateway One
Notable headlines:
Microsoft extends Windows XP's stay. Mary Jo Foley: Is Windows XP too good for Microsoft’s own good? George Ou: More facts and less hysteria on Vista, please
Jason O'Grady: iPhone firmware 1.1.1 released; breaks everything. Ryan Naraine: Apple patches 10 iPhone security holes. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Apple releases iPhone update--does it trash unlocked phones? Russell Shaw: Here's that much-anticipated, feared and mocked iPhone 1.11 firmware upgrade. Techmeme.
On Capitol Hill, Google and Microsoft spar over DoubleClick.
Larry Dignan: Google vs. Microsoft: Dueling DoubleClick testimony. Mary Jo Foley: The fine print: Brookings study on Google-Doubleclick deal funded by Microsoft. Microsoft resets its search targets. Techmeme.
Are new Vista Media Center extenders too pricey?
Robin Harris: Engineering the 10 TB notebook drive. Larry Dignan: Sandisk works channel to push solid-state drives. Dennis Howlett: NetSuite nightmares.
Michael Krigsman: Updated bizarre Arizona State ERP: Oracle releases case study.
Chinese market major target for Intel's OLPC competitor. Ryan Naraine: Despite AOL’s claim, AIM worm hole still wide open.F-Secure: Low threat from mobile malware.
Earnings: Accenture; Tibco; Cognos.
Dan Farber@DEMOfall 07: The Web meets the desktop with Tubes. More DEMO coverage.
Paula Rooney: Winblad: Open Source VC Funding Is Not Drying Up. George Ou: Sun's new servers get intimate with Intel and Microsoft.
TechCrunch: Yahoo Leadership Meeting Tomorrow; Premium Music Services to be “De-emphasized”
Intel says it's regaining market share.
Indian IT firms should seek big acquisitions, Gartner says.
David Berlind: No-fuss charitable way to recycle batteries, phones. What's the perfect NAS device? One ZDNet reader comes up with the spec. The Z2: Evidence that the PC's deconstruction into specialized devices is now underway.
Video: Nokia's new N95 and a prototype of the N81 8GB (bigger display, 8GB memory).
Matthew Miller: Palm announces the Centro for US$99.
Larry Dignan: Verizon Wireless launches USB EDVO modem with integrated storage.
Dana Blankenhorn: The real point is always-on is cheap.