News to know: x86 rules; Vista meets Linux; Google TV; Oracle Linux 'idiots'
Notable headlines:
Despite its aging design, the x86 still rules.
Ed Bott's Vista Hands On: Part 1: Access shared folders from a Linux machine. Part 2.
George Ou: Firefox ANI exploit on the way - no protected mode. Why is Microsoft hell-bent on ruining their reputation?
Donna Bogatin: Google TV ads debut. Google (will be) a monopoly.
Google blog. Techmeme discussion.
Reviews of the day: At left: Samsung YP-K3 (2GB, red). At right: HP Pavilion SlimLine s3020n PC.
Microsoft targets more software pirates.
Software lets you create cybertwin.
Microsoft licenses Vista for 'diskless' PCs.
Ryan Naraine: JavaScript bug-hunting tool leaks out. Windows animated cursor flaw--prevention and cure. The feds weigh in on Windows security.
CIOs: IT spending outlook cloudy.
Bangalore dreams of a second Silicon Valley. Gallery (right).
Royal Pingdom: Downtime in 2007 for the 20 most popular websites.
Larry Dignan: Steve Job's calculus: Dealmaking, dollars means DRM is dead. Blog focus on DRM. Techmeme discussion.
TheStreet.com: Microsoft in the Zune.
ZDNet Australia: Oracle Linux adopters labelled 'idiots'.
FCC imposes rules to prevent pretexting.
E.U. official: Now isn't time for RFID regulations.
Ryan Naraine: eEye fires CEO Ross Brown.
Computer Business Review: Web 2.0 is vulnerable to attack.
Dan Farber: ZoomInfo’s immature semantic search engine. Roland Piquepaille: A really smart image search engine.
AP: Citi Introduces Cell Phone Banking.
Photos (right): Picasso's undercover painting.
Steve O'Hear: User's campaign to get featured on YouTube.
Phil Wainewright: Forget Doubleclick, the future is PPA.
David Berlind: Two very different VoIP platforms--one company (Microsoft).
Comcast money helps open source scare Cisco.
Gallery (right): How do I... Change file extension associations in Windows Vista.
Ryan Stewart: Desktop vs. Browser--when to deploy applications for each.
Dana Gardner: BEA takes the Web 2.0 plunge, in the deep end.
Donna Bogatin: Hillary Clinton snags $4 million online.
Computerworld: Circuit City awards $775M IT outsourcing contract to IBM.