News to know: Google mobile; Microsoft Sync; Mozilla Prism; Yahoo Kickstart
Notable headlines:
Larry Dignan: Google’s big mobile splash: Handicapping the w
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Mary Jo Foley: Windows Live Calendar to go live, at long last. Microsoft delivers first test build of its online-offline sync platform. False alarm: No broader Vista SP1 beta ... yet.
Ryan Stewart: Mozilla Prism for Mac and Linux released. Microsoft Sync for offline and P2P applications (it isn't Google Gears). Webware: Yahoo Kickstarts a social service aimed at college grads. Mark Cuban: An Open Facebook API vs Google OpenSocial. MySpace, Facebook showcase targeted Web advertising.
Dan Farber: Socialtext gets new CEO and $9.5 million in funding. Roland Piquepaille: Recreating cities using online photos. A new way to make water -- and fuel cells.
Dan Farber: Aggregate Knowledge launches Pique Discovery Network. OpenSocial unleashed into the wild.
Thanks to BitTorrent, Net neutrality debate reignites.
New York Times: I, Robot: The Man Behind the Google Phone.David Berlind: Why Apple only takes credit cards for iPhone
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Ryan Naraine: Yahoo Messenger, QuickTime top list of most vulnerable Windows apps. Computerworld: Leopard's firewall a 'mess,' breaks Skype, says researcher.
Michael Krigsman: End-user GPS failure - tree surgeon needed.
WSJ.com hits 1 million subscribers.
Heather Clancy: Sensor-o-rama Part 2: Green vending machines. Part 3: You can't save power without measuring it.
Dana Blankenhorn: What Google OpenSocial really means. David Berlind: The unofficial directory of the 'OpenSocial Alliance' (26 companies and counting).
Larry Dignan: Are third party Oracle support providers losing momentum?
Christopher Dawson: A purple Classmate. Gallery (right).
N.J. man gets two years jail for AOL spam scam.