News to know: Amazon and SaaS; Firefox memory test; Dell XPS One vs. iMac
Notable headlines:
David Morgenstern: Does the Dell PC XPS One top Apple's iMac (are they blind)?
Michael Krigsman: IT security failure costs UK agency its chairman.
George Ou: Ruckus brings smart antennas to the enterprise wireless LAN space
Phil Wainewright: Amazon EC2 offers a shortcut to SaaS. RightScale makes EC2 a better fit for SaaS. Joe McKendrick: The $80 data center: cheap computing or head in the cloud?
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Memory test - Firefox 2.0.0.9 vs Firefox 3.0 b 1. Paula Rooney: Firefox 3 Beta 2 aimed to be code complete by Dec 7. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: First Look: Firefox 3 Beta 1 goes back to basics. Gallery (right). Larry Dignan: Improved security, bookmarking - and stable too.Dana Blankenhorn: Sun OpenSolaris makes nice with Windows. What should be proprietary in open source?
Computerworld: The VA's computer systems meltdown: What happened and why.
Robin Harris: Raptor codes will defeat rapacious telcos
Dan Farber: Vendor Value: Rating the top tech companies.
Larry Dignan: Google: $900 price targets and the ‘most basic element of Internet life’ Allfacebook: Facebook Removing “Is” From Status Updates?
Garett Rogers: Google transfers domains including Gtaxes.com
Roland Piquepaille: Telecommuting is good for all of us.
Targeted e-mail attacks spoof DOJ, business group. Images: Customized e-mail attacks.
Christopher Dawson: Devon IT 6030 Series Terminal
GameStop: Disappointing outlook for holiday season. Nintendo offers new DS bundles ahead of holiday.
Google Custom Search goes global.
Ed Burnette: Neat picture: Computer running in a fish tank
Joe McKendrick: How is SOA 'governance' different from SOA 'management'?
GoogleBlogoscoped: What If Gmail Had Been Designed by Microsoft?