News to know: Amazon-Zappos; eBay earnings; Windows server; AMD; Plastic Logic Reader; Apple-AT&T
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Larry Dignan: A good fit: Amazon gobbles up Zappos
- Tom Steinert-Threlkeld: Don't Forget to Turn Out the Lights, Tony
Sam Diaz: eBay's Q2: PayPal, Skype growth offset by declines at marketplace sites
Jason Perlow: Windows Server 2008 R2 Releases to Manufacturing
- Mary Jo Foley: They're soup: Windows 7, Server 2008 R2 released to manufacturing
- Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Windows 7 RTM - Get the facts
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: AMD sales slump 13%
- Larry Dignan: Analysts: AMD has no answers for Intel's assault
Matthew Miller: Plastic Logic Reader will connect via AT&T and WiFi
Sam Diaz: Apple can't seriously be "very happy" with AT&T relationship
Christopher Dawson: Is Microsoft getting serious about education?
- Christopher Dawson: CollegeNET ends the thick/thin letter game
David Morgenstern: WiFi drop-off problem still dogging MacBook lines?
Harry Fuller: Researcher: Pee power in our energy future
Brian Sommer: Wedding Bells: NetSuite + OpenAir + QuickArrow
Larry Dignan: VMware: 'Somewhat better visibility' ahead
Heather Clancy: Microsoft goes Hohm with energy-tracking application
Matthew Miller: Dead Finger Tech: Amazon Kindle ebook reader
Ryan Naraine: Adobe Flash zero-day attack underway; Harden PDF Reader immediately
CNET: Chrome security boosts Google OS plan
Christopher Dawson: Dead-finger tech: Google Apps
Ed Burnette: World of Warcraft Armory charms the iPhone
Andrew Nusca: Rumor: Apple to team with Verizon for tablet computer
Sam Diaz: Growth of 3G wireless broadband illustrates demand for 4G connections
Jennifer Leggio: SecurityBSides 'unconference' takes on Las Vegas during Black Hat, Defcon
Dana Blankenhorn: Open source actively lobbies for a piece of the federal pie
Larry Dignan: Nortel's carcass is in high demand
Jennifer Bergen: Gadget Gal's daily deals: Kingston 8GB USB flash drive, Dell Inspiron desktop computer, Canon EOS Rebel T1i
Joe McKendrick: SOA's 'blind spot' -- where's the timely and trusted data?
ZDNet Asia: Chinese firms accused of 'Sexy Space' Trojan
Matthew Miller: Will pre-teens really adopt the new iPod touch as a VoIP phone?
Brian Sommer: Teams in the (Troubled) Cloud
Dana Blankenhorn: Does HIMSS own the incoming Surgeon General?
Janice Chen: Fujifilm announces two hot megazooms: 10x ultracompact and top-of-the-line shooter
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Apple lawyers tried to hush up exploding iPod reports
Mary Jo Foley: Will the 'real' Windows 7 testers please stand up?
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Corsair's Dominator GT DDR3 RAM back on sale
Tom Foremski: Adknowledge acquires Smart Rewards: Can virtual cash reinvent online ads?
Matthew Miller: Hands on: T-Mobile myTouch 3G Google Android device is all about you
CNET: Firefox 3.0.12 patches five 'critical' problems
Jason Hiner: Survey: 71% of IT departments block users from social networking
Mary Jo Foley: Pigs are flying low: Why Microsoft open-sourced its Linux drivers
Zack Whittaker: Live@edu and Moodle: A shameless publicity stunt?
Heather Clancy: Just leave it behind: Moving company teams with e-cycler
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: NVIDIA ForeceWare 190.38 drivers out for GeForce/ION
Dan Kusnetzky: Cloud Survey results - everything old is new again
Larry Dignan: IBM bolsters Juniper pact; Reseller deal with Cisco