News to know: HP zero days; IE patches; Missing Mac apps; Microsoft service packs galore
Notable headlines:
Ryan Naraine: IE gets a Patch Tuesday makeover. Microsoft bulletin. Zero-day flaw haunts HP laptop models.
Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft releases public test build of Vista SP1
David Morgenstern: Uncovering the missing Mac OS X applications
Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft starts rolling out public XP SP3 test build. Office 2007, SharePoint 2007 service packs ready for download. New Windows Live Messenger build works on 'almost all' phones.
Robin Harris: A simple storage device that saves lives
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: The most disappointing products of 2007. Janice Chen: Best digital cameras to buy yourself (part 1)
Photos: 3DV's depth-sensing camera (right).
Larry Dignan: HP: Blade, enterprise printing and channel happy. HP sets 2009 targets; Says its IT revamp ‘halfway there’. HP’s Hurd: Digital content will force enterprise IT overhaul.
The secret of IT transformation: It’s all about the CEO stupid. Survey: One in 3 IT projects fail; Management ok with it. Dennis Howlett: Checking the pulse of enterprise social computing. IT transformation - it's about destroying fiefdoms.
Dan Farber: What CIOs really want.
Amazon enters alternative payment game; invests in Bill Me Later.
Publishing 2.0: Why I stopped using Twitter. Techmeme.
Christopher Dawson: Parting thoughts on the Kindle for students. The Latitude XT - Finally, a Dell I actually want
AT&T: U-verse TV service to pass 30 million homes by 2010
Garett Rogers: New holiday iGoogle theme on the way
Red Hat delays new software for PCs until January
Ryan Stewart: Microsoft Volta - a cool new RIA technology
Joe McKendrick: Ruby on Rails picks REST; no tears for SOAP
Chris Matyszczyk: AskEraser takes on Google, Yahoo and Jason Bourne.
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: The RIAA is NOT saying that ripping your CDs is illegal. Techmeme.
Photos: Shedding light on solar thermal
Notebookreview.com: Free Vista Ultimate (for your privacy.
Russell Shaw: Friendster debuts Developer Platform- but where are the voice APIs? Steve O'Hear: LinkedIn wants to be more than a glorified Rolodex - adds new sticky features
Dana Blankenhorn: Is Linux enough for open source medical advocates? Paula Rooney: Projity exanding open source, Saas attack against Microsoft Project
Michael Krigsman: How would you make an enterprise software blog sexy?
Jason O'Grady: How Universal Music lost touch with their customers