News to know: IDF; Windows 7 wishes; IE 8; Salesforce.com
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Larry Dignan: Salesforce acquires InStranet; Will take it SaaS and better target call centers
Ed Bott: My Windows 7 wish list
- Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Windows 7 wishes
- The Register: A third of Vista PCs downgraded to XP
Gallery: Creative uses for USB ports (right)
Larry Dignan: Why there's a software support and maintenance revolution underway
- Dennis Howlett: A fresh model for software maintenance
Mary Jo Foley: IE 8 to get 'porn mode'?
- Submit your best, new Microsoft codenames. Win a prize
- Piecing together Microsoft's cloud-computing vision
TechRepublic: Advice to twentysomethings: Hiring managers don't want your text messages
Mitch Ratcliffe: eBooks volume 3: What is the right price for a device that holds 100s of books?
Larry Dignan: HP delivers strong third quarter fueled by blades, international, notebooks
- John Morris: HP ultraportables get new Intel chips, 80GB SSD
- Dan Kusnetzky:Conversation with HP's Roberto Moctezuma
Sam Diaz: Live from IDF: Entertainment, WiMax and a sense of security.
- IDF Opening Keynote: Are you listening, Washington?
- Jason Hiner: Will Intel's Craig Barrett replace Bill Gates as the new 'IT industry ambassador'?
- VentureBeat: IDF: Intel thumps its chest on everything from Atom to Nehalem
- Video: Intel chairman highlights partnerships around the world
- Video: Inside the Intel Developer Forum
Ryan Naraine: Android security team appeals to hackers
- Android security team appeals to bug hunters
- Jason O'Grady: Google revs Android SDK
- Paul Murphy: The opportunities in search
- Garett Rogers: New Android SDK finally given to developers
AppleInsider: Steve Jobs vows iPhone app crash fix for September
NYT: EBay Is Planning to Emphasize Fixed-Price Sales Format Over Its Auction Model Webware: Microsoft sees tailored search as way to pierce Google's armor
Joe McKendrick: Who should lead SOA? Enterprise architects or business analysts?
Roland Piquepaille: New algorithm speeds up networks
Heather Clancy: Another way to ditch your gadgets the green way and earn some money in the process
Richard Koman: Google.org invests in geothermal
Andrew Mager: An Event Apart 2008: Day 2
TechRepublic: 10 security challenges facing closed source software
Michael Krigsman: The triple sins of IT failure
Jason O'Grady: Dell to offer one year warranty extension on GeForce 8600M GT
Dennis Howlett: SEC introduces IDEA
TechCrunch: Apple Is Flailing Badly At The Edges
Dancho Danchev: Scammers caught backdooring chip and PIN terminals
- China busts hacking ring, managed to penetrate 10 gov't databases
- Fortune 500 companies use of email spoofing countermeasures declining
Video: Will Facebook apology backfire in a lawsuit?
CIO Sessions: The Weather Channel CIO: Brian Shield
Matthew Miller: BlackBerry Kickstart specs appear on Expansys retailer site
- More photos and a video of the Palm Treo Pro are revealed
- Mobile handset sales down in 2Q: Market share race has three horses
- SlashGear: Palm Quietly Unveils the Treo Pro Smartphone
Richard Koman: The 2008 Google(tm) Democratic Convention
- Muxtape has RIAA problems
- Webcasters can't reach compromise with SoundExchange; Pandora set to close
- MIT students ungagged: Judge vacates gag order
- Feds bust P2P-based kiddie porn ring
Dignan: What's future proofing worth? Analyzing the Verizon FiOS bet
Jason O'Grady: Apple releases iPhone 2.0.2, as usual, sans changelog
- Tom Bihn announces first "Checkpoint Friendly" bag
- Overheated iPod nano blamed for three fires
- Apple's MobileMe: Why don't we just call it a beta
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Psystar fails to meet court deadline again
Dana Blankenhorn: I am I, GoogQuixote, the lord of free wireless
Fred Wilson: The Human Piece Of The Venture Equation
Dana Gardner: Morph Labs and FiveRuns combine efforts to support, test and monitor Rails apps
Steve O'Hear: Yahoo Buzz! opens up, let the gaming begin
Jennifer Leggio: PitchEngine revs up public beta, puts the social in PR