News to know: Apple Tablet; IBM; IE6; Microsoft-HP; Google-China
News to know: Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates are BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage:
Jason D. O'Grady: Apple tablet: delayed until June?
- Apple tablet: Please don't call it 'iPad'
- Jason D. O'Grady: Will iPhone 4.0 grace the stage with the tablet?
- Joel Evans: Will we see Apple's Tablet January 27th?
Sam Diaz: IBM beats for Q4; 'confident' about 2010
Zack Whittaker: If IE6 decommissioned; Google attack may never have happened?
Dan Kusnetzky: Thoughts on Microsoft/HP Cloud Alliance
Sam Diaz: Despite China concerns, Google stays on track to push Apps into enterprise in 2010
- Google puts Android in China plans on hold
- Dancho Danchev: Google-China cyber espionage saga - FAQ
- CNET: Google investigates China insiders over attacks
- New York Times: Google Hopes to Retain Business Unit in China
Larry Dignan: There's a great IT spending, budget disconnect brewing
Jason D. O'Grady: Bill Gates is on Twitter, why isn't Steve Jobs?
- Jennifer Leggio: Twitter growth slows while usage expands globally, report says
Chris Jablonski: Korean robot maid upgraded to do laundary, use microwave
Andrew Nusca: Versace prepares launch of $5,000 mobile phone; competes with luxury watch market
Ryan Naraine: Mac OS X dirty dozen: Apple plugs critical security holes
- Jason D. O'Grady: Apple patches six OS X vulnerabilities with Security Update
Larry Dignan: IDC predicts top tech for 2010 IT recovery
Heather Clancy: Symantec's data center report amplifies green IT drumbeat
Sean Portnoy: Yamaha releases two new sound bar systems that probably cost more than your HDTV
Google Blog: Helping computers understand language
Andrew Mager: Forget Fox, Conan should move his show to the web
Harry Fuller: Down the road
Mary Jo Foley: Five Windows Mobile 7 questions and five speculative answers
Andrew Mager: Chirp: The Twitter Developer Conference
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: So, who's gonna be rushing out to buy an iPad?
Ed Bott: Microsoft confirms plan to release out-of-band IE update
Robin Harris: Bad governments love big storage
Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft confirms SQL Server 2008 R2's May due date
Heather Clancy: Need to verify your greenhouse gas emissions? Locus Tech has your back
Sam Diaz: Microsoft to limit search data retention to 6 months
TechCrunch: Report: 44% Of Google News Visitors Scan Headlines, Don't Click Through
Doug Hanchard: Haiti: High- and low-tech disaster relief
Paula Rooney: Firefox 3.6 RC2 now available
Christopher Dawson: Microsoft Ribbon Hero: A brilliant training tool from Office Labs
Rachel King: CrisisCamp bringing together developers, programmers for Haiti relief efforts
Christopher Dawson: Following up on my datacenter fantasy
Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft's compatibility conundrum: When is it wrong to do the 'right' thing?
Brian Sommer: Deloitte's Ethical Problem - Will Be Revisited Again?
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Could (and should) Firefox and Chrome converge into a single browser?
Mary Jo Foley: Open identity expert flies the Microsoft coop
Joe McKendrick: Yes, we still need design-time governance in the cloud
Dana Blankenhorn: Turning the BPA ship around
Mary Jo Foley: First of the 2010 releases of Microsoft codename tracker is ready for download
Dana Blankenhorn: Open source and the Google cloud
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Is it time for a Wii hardware upgrade?
ZDNet UK: IPv4 address shortage reaching critical stage
Ryan Naraine: Microsoft readies emergency IE patch to counter public exploits
Rachel King: Samsung unveils new TL, SL, and HZ-series pocket cameras
Dennis Howlett: Business ByDesign and the Three Bears
CNET: Researchers: Facebook vulnerable to clickjacking
Larry Dignan: BMC takes Remedy suite to SaaS model
Rachel King: Acer founder thinks American IT brands will be dead in 20 years