News to know: IE, Vista patches on deck; Google's money machine; Microsoft's licensing mess
Notable headlines:
Ryan Naraine: Patch Tuesday: Critical IE, Vista patches on deck. Exploits released for nasty Yahoo Webcam ActiveX flaws. Import ban slapped on some 3G handsets.
Parallels updates Windows-on-Mac software. Gallery (left).
Dan Farber: SAP unveils Co-Innovation Lab and envisions Web 3.0.
Garett Rogers: Google launches YouTube’s money machine.
Ed Bott: Microsoft's licensing mess. Mary Jo Foley: Chalk up another Linux patent deal for Microsoft. Microsoft fixes Windows Mobile 6.0-Vista Device Center sync problem.
Photos: The look of tech at Computex (right).
Apple TV: From whence the profits?
Digital signatures get Web standards nod.
Robin Harris: Western Digital's surprising little drive.
David Berlind: Windows Activation trips up virtual machine clones, even on same system.
Study: Shoppers will pay for privacy.
Larry Dignan: Firefox 3 takes shape with Alpha 5.
iPhone expectations: Lofty to loftier. BusinessWeek: How Big Will the iPhone Be? Computerworld: Beyond iPhone: The top five gadget trends of 2007.
Review: Samsung SGH-i718 (left).
Sprint adds local product search via GPS. Leading ISPs sign up for Goodmail antispam service.
BBC: Wireless energy promise powers up. AP: Agency Bans Phones With Qualcomm Chips.
Ed Burnette: GPLv3 myth#2: You can't mix GPL software with other software.
Joe McKendrick: REST for the SOA-weary. Photos (right): Easy does it with Asustek's 'Eee PC.'
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Malware could turn innocent iTunes Plus users into file-sharers. Dana Blankenhorn: The era of big software is over. Computerworld: Great Expectations: How To Keep Big IT Projects On Track.
Dan Kusnetzky: What does it take to manage virtualized environments? Here's Sun's view.
Solar thermal energy making a comeback.
Images: Google Street View captures moments in time (right). Reuters: Bill Gates, Harvard dropout, gets degree.
Steve O'Hear: Vator.tv: YouTube for the elevator pitch. John Carroll: The race for low-cost HD players.
Marc Andreessen: How to hire the best people you've ever worked with. Russell Shaw: Google patent: Use media keywords to trigger social network connections