News to know: Mix07; Google responds to Viacom; Credit card passwords
Notable headlines:
Google denies Viacom copyright charges. Full response (PDF). Donna Bogatin: Google accuses Viacom of 'Unclean Hands': Demands day in court.
Ryan Naraine: Verisign putting disposable passwords on credit cards.
Supreme Court sides with Microsoft in patent spat.
Ed Bott: How to get sued by Microsoft.
George Ou: 2.5 *terabyte* hot-swap storage — for $730. Photos: How five 500-GB hard drives stack up.
Mix07 coverage:
- Mary Jo Foley: Another piece of Microsoft's cloud programming model revealed. Mix '07's sleeper announcement: Cross-platform CLR. A new Microsoft software plus service: Silverlight Streaming.
- Ryan Stewart: My lunch with Ray Ozzie and Scott Guthrie.
- Dan Farber: Ray Ozzie: Silverlight + .NET and ‘experience first’ software at MIX07. Microsoft's expanding Web platform.
- Dana Gardner: Is Microsoft’s bottom-trolling for developers with weak knees?
Russell Shaw: Insider's diary of BlackBerry service shutdown.
Baseline: 6 Habits of Top I.T. Groups: A Consultant's List.
'Keeping the lights on' stifles tech innovation.
Comcast and Yahoo ink Internet advertising deal.
Phil Windley: Trips processor reveals new architecture.
Computerworld: Cheating on IT Exams May Cast Doubt on Their Value.
Jason O'Grady: Stealthy Apple Battery Update addresses swelling.
Review: Kodak EasyShare 5300 All-in-One printer (left).
Mashable: YouTube Launches Active Share.
Techmeme: A look at iGoogle. Garett Rogers: iGoogle: Google's newest brand.
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: AACS licensing authority censors Cory Doctorow's class blog.
Wikipedia co-founder wants open-source search engine.
Donna Bogatin: Google zeal breeds more identity theft risks.
Marketing Pilgrim: The Technorati 100 Not So Hot?
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: WGA - The “A” stands
David Berlind: One Office Suite please. Hold the mayo (I brought my own).
Mobile minitablets still grounded. UMPCs in China (right).
Larry Dignan: What Yahoo's Right Media purchase is really about. Techmeme.
Verizon's FiOS network: Payback time?
Russell Shaw: This Vodafone pricing model could set the tone for North American Skype-over-handset charges. North American wireless broadband REALLY needs these two Japanese innovations.
DigiTimes: Xbox 360 GPU to go to 65nm in fall, TSMC to see side benefits, says paper.
eWeek: SCCM 2007 Offers One of Many Vista Deployment Paths.