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Breaking the zero-day habit

Mike Rothman: Given that this blog is called "Zero Day," I think it's fitting that I'm calling for most security professionals to ignore most of what comes out of the security research community.

• Zero Day
• Threat Chaos
• Between the Lines

Vista SP2: What's inside?

Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft is adding to Windows Vista SP2 features such as built-in Hyper-V hypervisor, a Windows Vista Feature Pack for Wireless, and improved power settings for Windows Server 2008.

• Ed Bott: Vista SP2, Microsoft's back on track
• New virtualized sandbox, Vista SP2 and other PDC-week leftovers
• Ed Bott: My favorite Windows Vista gadgets

• All About Microsoft
• The Apple Core
• Community, Inc.
• Ed Bott's Microsoft Report
• Linux and Open Source
• Managing L'unix
• The Universal Desktop

RIM warns for the third quarter; Blames Bold, Storm slippage

Larry Dignan: Research in Motion said its third quarter sales and earnings will be lower than expected primarily due to "shifts in product launch dates" and a weak economy.

• All About Microsoft
• The Apple Core
• The BlackBerry Beat
• Ed Bott's Microsoft Report
• Googling Google

Nokia's N97: Is this your future netbook?

Larry Dignan: Nokia on Tuesday rolled out its N97, a high-end smartphone with a 3.5 inch touch display, QWERTY keyboard and social location software to allow people to use Facebook, MySpace and other sites on the go.

• Gallery: Nokia N97
• Michael Miller: Nokia N97 announced; QWERTY keyboard and touch on a Nseries device

• Digital Cameras
• Laptops & Desktops
• The Mobile Gadgeteer
• SOHO Networking
• The ToyBox
• Smartphones & Cell Phones
• Home Theater

'IT has no inherent value'

Michael Krigsman: A paper says that people build IT projects like a house of cards ready to tumble down in the failure to deliver anything useful back to their organization.

• On Sustainability
• IT Project Failures
• GreenTech Pastures
• IT Services & Outsourcing
• Managing L'unix

Whassup with Netbooks?

Dana Blankenhorn: It is important to note that this year's models are just Version 1.0 for the form factor. It will take some tweaks for these guys to replace desktop or notebook kit wholesale.

• Storage Bits
• Hardware 2.0
• The Core Truth
• Laptops & Desktops

CIOs vote on Vista for '09

The latest silicon.com CIO Jury has unanimously voted that they are not ready to invest in Microsoft's latest OS Vista.

• Emerging Technologies
• Between The Lines
• All About Microsoft
• The Core Truth
• IT Facts
• Tom Foremski: IMHO

Novell updates PlateSpin, rebrands Orchestrator

Dan Kusnetzky: Novell products in the area of virtualization technology and management of virtualized environments appear both powerful and easy to integrate into many existing datacenter configurations.

• Between the Lines
• BriefingsDirect
• Enterprise Anti-matter
• Enterprise Web 2.0
• Irregular Enterprise
• IT Project Failures
• Service Oriented
• Software as Services

Google adds millions of newspaper pages to their archive

Garett Rogers: In September, Google announced plans to scan and index the content of historical newspapers - that project just got a huge boost with the acquisition of Paper of Record's archives.

• Googling Google
• Dev Connection
• The Semantic Web
• The Social Web
• The Universal Desktop
• Web 2.0 Explorer

Will Nokia use Linux in future high end phones?

Matthew Miller: Recently, Nokia purchased Trolltech, an embedded Linux company, earlier in 2008 and Trolltech/Nokia have consolidated the Trolltech brands into a singular brand labeled Qt.

• The BlackBerry Beat
• IP Telephony
• The Mobile Gadgeteer
• The Social Web
• SOHO Networking
• Team Think