News to know: Yang's debut; SP1 preview; Malware downloads; Social media ERP
Notable headlines:
Larry Dignan: Yahoo to lay out strategic plan in next 100 days. Yahoo's second quarter on target; outlook light. Yahoo profit down on slowed display ad growth.
Still no cure for what ails Yahoo.
Garett Rogers: Enterprise YouTube coming to Google Apps. Dennis Howlett: Build ERP on social media: not a joke.
Intel: Solid quarter; cuts capital spending; hit on chip pricing.
Ryan Naraine: Blocking drive-by malware downloads. Gallery (right). Stepto leaves MS security, goes gaming.
Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft starts priming the pump for Vista SP1 Preview. Microsoft offering Office 2007 for rent on a monthly basis. Microsoft wants inside your kitchen. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Setting up a dual-boot Linux and Vista PC.
Mary Jo Foley: Peter Moore quits Xbox. Techmeme.
Dennis Howlett: Chewing on software and service pricing.
Gallery: 10 tech disappointments...with cool names (right).
Jason O'Grady: Seven ways to improve iPhone in software. Ryan Naraine: Beware the iPhone/Safari dialer. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Can Mac users rely on Apple to protect them from security threats?
Baseline: CIO pay survey.
Russell Shaw: How to use your BlackBerry 8800 as a Bluetooth modem for Mac.
Gizmodo: Google Streetview Camera Car Fleet Set to Invade America.
Will security firms detect police spyware? Hackers steal government, corporate data.
Fred/A VC: Facebook will sit tight, as it should.
Road warriors' top worry: Missing e-mail. Review: Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850 (right).
Analyst: BEA Systems' end game is near.
David Berlind: .Caught on tape: Supposedly user-friendly label printing foiled by Microsoft and Avery.
Ryan Naraine: Symantec puts price tag on anti-botnet tool.
Computerworld: Hacking extortionist resurfaces.
Google launches custom search for SMBs.
Marc Wagner: Is Vista to blame for Mac, Linux popularity?