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iPhone hits another security speedbump

Ryan Naraine: According to security researcher Aviv Raff, everyone's favorite mobile device is vulnerable to two separate security weaknesses that expose millions of users to phishing and spamming attacks.

• Adobe posts workaround for clickjacking flaw, NoScript releases ClearClick
• Atrivo/Intercage's disconnection briefly disrupts spam levels
• Webcam hijack demo highlights clickjacking threat
• Scammers introduce ATM skimmers with built-in SMS notification
• Talkback Tuesday: Mobile Malware

• Zero Day
• Threat Chaos
• Between the Lines

How a Mac Mini can beat a Vista behemoth

Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Here's a tale of how a humble Mac Mini system outperformed my cutting-edge quad-core system. It's also a story of how Apple can't write good software for the Windows platform.

• Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Linux laptops see 4x returns compared to Windows
• Jason D. O'Grady: Geekbench: Psystar v. Mac mini
• Larry Dignan: Apple: Perhaps it needs the enterprise after all

• Asus announces quad-core gaming laptop (again)
• How a Mac Mini can beat a quad-core Vista behemoth (or how Apple can't write good software for Windows)
• Can two AMDs be better than one?
• AMD finally announces "asset-smart" plan; new Foundry Company created
• Linux laptops see 4x returns compared to Windows

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

Is Linux ready to replace Windows?

Ed Bott: These days, Linux is a great choice for technically sophisticated users who don't mind being far, far out of the mainstream. But for the rest of us, it's a nonstarter.

• Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Linux laptops see 4x returns compared to Windows
• Dana Blankenhorn: The Linux laptop goes to school
• Dana Blankenhorn: My first Linux laptop is the Asus EeePC netbook

• Will Windows 7 get a new name for its release?
• Microsoft Live Search now embedded in Facebook
• Microsoft quietly halts sales of third-party activation offering
• Microsoft PDC: Will the real cloud platform please stand up?
• Chicken, egg and mobile open source

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

Sony AW series: The best laptop display?

John Morris: With expansive 16:9 displays and Blu-ray drives, the new crop of desktop replacements with 18.4-inch displays are geared toward mobile entertainment.

• Asus announces quad-core gaming laptop (again)
• First impressions of the Dash Express connected GPS device
• Future wireless networks could be powered by "smart lighting"
• Does this make me a member of the mile-high club?
• Remember Vivitar cameras? Here's what's in store next for the brand

• Digital Cameras
• Laptops & Desktops
• The Mobile Gadgeteer
• SOHO Networking
• The ToyBox

AMD splits into two companies

John Morris: AMD and an investment company backed by the government of Abu Dhabi established a new semiconductor company that will manufacture AMD's advanced processors. It will be run by former CEO Hector Ruiz.

• Larry Dignan: Asset smart? AMD moves manufacturing off its balance sheet;
• Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Can two AMDs be better than one?
• Sam Diaz: AMD to spin off manufacturing

• Seesmic snags Washington Post
• Will Windows 7 get a new name for its release?
• Microsoft Live Search now embedded in Facebook
• Microsoft quietly halts sales of third-party activation offering
• Microsoft PDC: Will the real cloud platform please stand up?

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

LinkedIn and Xing set to benefit from downturn?

Steve O'Hear: LinkedIn, the social network for "professionals," could actually be benefiting from the downturn.

• Does the Semantic Web matter?
• Whisky, Whiskey, and the Semantic Web ?
• LinkedIn and Xing set to benefit from downturn?
• Google launches new Spreadsheets interface
• Welcome to the Data Cloud ?

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

Startups listen up: you've got a pricing problem

Dennis Howlett: Just about every new product coming to market is being offered as a service rather than packaged software. But pricing remains something of a mystery.

• Cisco SONA
• Seesmic snags Washington Post
• Forrester fuels the SAP maintenance price hike debate
• Windows Vista Woes or helping my Grandson with homework
• With Systinet 3.0, HP broadens SOA governance role to encompass services lifecycle, business processes, IT service management

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

Large Hadron Collider computing grid launched

One of the world's largest computing grids, capable of streaming the equivalent of three million DVDs a year, was officially launched.

• Ask revamps for faster Web search, more relevance
• Large Hadron Collider computing grid launched
• Two Europeans indicted for US cyberattacks
• Microsoft launches software for cheap Portuguese laptop
• Ballmer previews 'Windows Cloud'

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

Improve your failed IT culture

Michael Krigsman: The underpinnings of IT failure lie in culture, the unspoken rules governing an organization's style and general priorities. Since most organizations pay little attention to project culture, it's not surprising failure rates remain high.

• The IT role in the mortgage meltdown
• Magink aims to outshine LED technology, but not outpower
• Google is NOT your friend
• Why Agile development matters [podcast]
• A question about web server volume failures

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

Sony eBook device adds light and touch

Matthew Miller: Sony just announced the Sony Reader PRS-700 with touch screen functionality. Even more impressive to me than the touch screen functionality is the integrated LED reading light.

• First impressions of the Dash Express connected GPS device
• MobileTechRoundup show #149, Netbook talk, WiMAX available, new phones in the house
• Sony announces new Reader eBook device with integrated LED and touch screen
• First Intel MID now available for $699
• Sprint XOHM WiMAX service launches in Baltimore

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