News to know: Next-gen Windows; Oracle patches; Facebook feeding frenzy
Notable headlines:
Mary Jo Foley: Next-gen Windows: Most wanted features emerge. Larry Dignan: Next-gen Windows features and the fallout.
Ed Bott: Hardware notebook: What I look for in a Vista PC.
Web leaders: Search is just the beginning.
Ryan Naraine: Oracle readying 46 security patches for DB, server products.
Review: Logitech MX Air. Photos: A mouse that waves (right).
Techmeme: Facebook feeding frenzy over merger rumors, ad results. Steve O'Hear: Facebook, show us the money. Google's Brin does not see Facebook up for sale. David Berlind: Size matters in Samsung's latest hard drive offerings. Traces of BlackBerry found in Samsung's latest solid-state based ultra-mobile PC.
Review: Ubuntu 7.04. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: What's the point of Gobuntu?
Jason O'Grady: iPhone Diary Day 14: Screen film on the cheap. MacsimumNews: Apple patent involves media data exchange and portable electronic devices.
Interpol chief wants databases to track criminals. Computerworld: FBI data mining programs target more than just terrorists, DOJ says.
Going from killer app to major Web platform.
Ryan Naraine: IE-to-Firefox flaw debate rages: Ex-Microsoft security strategist weighs in. Microsoft ships malware removal starter kit for SMB market.
Washington Post: Shaken Internet Radio Stations Face Specter of New Fees Sunday. Techmeme.
Engadget: Man's quest for $10 AT&T DSL ends in success... kind of.
Jason O'Grady: Flock 0.9 - My browser of choice.
Ryan Stewart: The market adoption proves the "why" of Rich Internet Applications. Review: Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX100 (silver right).
Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft readying Channel 8. Microsoft's medical search engine now integrated into MSN.
Dana Blankenhorn: Another IBM patent dump.
Larry Dignan: Offshore outsourcing: The latest mileposts.