News to know: XP Mode; Cisco; Comcast; 'Ardi'
Summary: Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.
Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage.
Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft releases XP Mode virtualization to manufacturing
Larry Dignan: Cisco doubles down on video conferencing; Acquires Tandberg for $3 billion
- Polycom: A potential takeover target following Cisco-Tandberg deal
- Cisco Buys Tandberg on its way to be your B2B video conferencing partner
CNBC: GE Is in Talks to Spin Off NBC, Give Comcast 51% of New Unit
Microsoft adds consumer-friendly face to its HealthVault platform
- Will Windows Mobile jump back to number 2 by 2013?
- Matthew Miller: Documents To Go for iPhone now supports Excel editing and creation
Heather Clancy: CDW: Small businesses slowly embracing Green IT
Michael Krigsman: The 'Seven Laws of Projects'
Smart Planet: Meet ‘Ardi,’ the hottest fossil on the international scene
Tom Foremski: Krakow - Poland: An emerging R&D center for US companies
Dana Gardner: Cloud computing by industry: Novel ways to collaborate via extended business processes
Jason Perlow: Karmic Koala: That's One Seriously Fast Marsupial
Robert Scoble: Google Wave crashes on beach of overhype
Dancho Danchev: MS Security Essentials test shows 98% detection rate for 545k malware samples
- Facebook shuts down malicious fake profiles
- Spam report: Old school techniques are back; companies on alert
Andrew Mager: Threadsy: bringing all your messaging together
Andrew Nusca: Dell introduces Vostro 430 mini desktop for SMBs; Core i7, $699
- Dell's 16" Latitude Z now on sale; starts at $1,799
- Lenovo introduces Lost & Found service for ThinkPad owners
- Borders partners with Verizon to offer free Wi-Fi in stores
- Wi-Fi Alliance begins product testing; unveils new logo
- Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: "Wi-Fi CERTIFIED n" logo make an appearance
Kingsley-Hughes: Google Chrome update doesn't remove older, vulnerable version
Janice Chen: Fujifilm launches Real 3D W1 camera and 3D V1 viewer
Technology Review: Wireless Network Modded to See Through Walls
CNet News: How Yahoo is betting its cloud will pay off
Sean Portnoy: Asus, QNAP release new 1080p HD media streamers
Rachel King: How to take better sporting event photos
Gallery: LG's 3-in. 'Pop' touch smartphone offers solar power, glassy appearance
Larry Dignan: Percentage of Internet users clicking on display ads halved in two years
Richard Koman: Uniloc will appeal loss of $388m verdict against Microsoft
Dan Kusnetzky: Goodbye, OpenOffice.Org. I'm going back to MS Office
Jason Perlow: Alas, Poor Blackberry, I knew him.
Dana Gardner: Kapow and StrikeIron team-up to offer web data services capabilities to SMBs
Security Fix: Hackers Breach Payroll Giant, Target Customers
Jason O'Grady: Apple acquires map purveyor Placebase
Jennifer Bergen: Sony supports Breast Cancer Awareness Month with pink products
- Gadget Gal's daily deals: MSI Wind Top touchscreen PC, 8GB Zune MP3 player, Sony BRAVIA HDTV
- Celebrating 27 years of the Compact Disc: Does anyone really care?
Christopher Dawson: Those darned kids and their multitasking
Chris Jablonski: Scientists replicate the physics of a stellar jet in laboratory
Nvidia: Next big supercomputer player?
Heather Clancy: The power of choice: APC ALSO is shipping a timer-controlled surge protector
Aussie power grid threatened by virus
Paula Rooney: GroundWork Monitor 6.0 offers new view into virtual data center
AT&T acquires VeriSign's security consulting unit
Gallery: Fitbit: Wireless personal trainer
Foley: Microsoft shuffles its advertising engineering deck
Harry Fuller: What powers the richest Americans?
Richard Koman: America backs away from the Internet with a whimper
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