News to know: iTunes 8 sneaky upgrade; AMD; CTIA; Text pricing
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Ed Bott: An inside look at Apple's sneaky iTunes 8 upgrade.
- Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: iTunes 8 can cause CD/DVD drives disappear + possible fix
- Is iTunes 8 causing BSODs on your Vista system?
- Jason O'Grady: Firmware 2.1 arrives for iPod touch
- Microphone support comes to the new iPod touch and classic
- Apple's new commitment to accessibility
- New iPods not eligible for 'back to school' discount
- iPod touch and nano disassembled (updated)
Mary Jo Foley: High-end Windows Server 2008 launch on tap
CTIA coverage:
Matthew Miller: Google launches Google Mobile App for BlackBerry devices
- Sprint announces HTC Touch Diamond and Touch Pro, is there really going to be a Touch HD?
- Get hands-free directions sent wirelessly to your Dash Express GPS device
- Foley: Nokia joins Apple as an active Microsoft ActiveSync backer
- Andrew Nusca: 'Flip,' 3G 'Bold' Blackberrys announced
- VentureBeat: Carriers begin to believe in data revenue, as Android's puzzle pieces come together
Ryan Naraine: Google closes hole in Single Sign-On service
- Adam O'Donnell: Obama sex tape? Not exactly
Google: The future of searchDeb Perelman:Whoops! Apparently, we haven't mastered email yet.
GigaOm: 5 Reasons to Move Your Startup Out of Silicon Valley
Phil Wainewright: Cloud rising
Joe Brockmeier:Picking the Fleas from Community
TechRepublic: Create a custom backup tool with Vista's Robocopy
Jennifer Leggio: New Facebook goes live, old Facebook dies
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: AMD slashes prices of Phenom X3 CPUs
- AMD introduces ATI Radeon HD 4600 Series graphics cards. Gallery (right)
- NVIDIA slapped with securities lawsuit
Tom Steinert-Threlkeld: Text message pricing: Is Sen. Kohl fighting the wrong battle?
- Richard Koman: Sen. to carriers: Why do text messages cost $1,300 per meg?
Ryan Stewart: Jibdee launches: a consumer-centric take on the webtop concept
- Andrew Mager: Bojam is an open source Wikipedia for music creation
- TechCrunch50: Day 3
- Larry Dignan: Startups: Where's the business technology?
The Lede: A Stock-Killer Fueled by Algorithm After Algorithm
AP: Apple senior execs settle options case for $14M
Christopher Dawson: How do you sell green IT in education?
Guardian: Is Apple's Genius a music subscription service in disguise?
Sean Portnoy: Control4 Introduces $499 Home Automation Controller
Dana Blankenhorn: Byetta and Januvia in battle of press releases
British MP risks arrest for Segway use
Richard Koman: O3B satellites could bring real net access to rest of world
- The Collider and the Grid: Distributed computing made LHC possible
- Gallery: Scientists react to Hadron success
John Carroll: The moral hazard of Microsoft-branded PCs
Microsoft on IE8--speed not top priority
Boomtown: Yahoo Opens Itself Up Tomorrow-Literally