News to know: Conficker; TomTom vs. Microsoft; Intel; Google
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Ryan Naraine: German researchers score Conficker detection breakthrough
- Larry Dignan: Enterprises thrown a lifeline as Conflicker worm looms
- Richard Koman: How far does Conficker infection of British government go?
- FAQ: Conficker time bomb ticks, but don't expect boom
- Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: The "no bull" guide to Conficker
- DHS: DHS Releases Conficker/Downadup Computer Worm Detection Tool
- Dancho Danchev: Inside BBC's Chimera botnet
- Koman: Supreme Court won't hear appeal in Va. antispam case
Sam Diaz: Intel promises faster, greener, cheaper computing with Xeon 5500
- HP announces new server line built on Nehalem
- Forrester: A reason to refresh
- Heather Clancy: Intel ushers in new era of energy efficiency with data center design contest
- Larry Dignan: TomTom, Microsoft settle: Who caved?
- Dana Blankenhorn: TomTom surrenders to Microsoft in patent fight
- Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Microsoft/TomTom settle patent infringement case
- Would you cheat to get 'certified'?
- Dennis Howlett:Any bidders for Satyam?
- Nokia, AT&T debut thinnest smartphone ever. Gallery (upper right)
- New Dell Inspiron towers come in eight candy colors
- NVIDIA introduces new workstation graphics lineup, virtualization
- Western Digital enters SSD market with SiliconSystems acquisition
- Canon rumor: CCD is dead, long live CMOS
- Motorola debuts Evoke, 2.8-in. touchscreen, QWERTY phone.
- Jennifer Bergen: New Asus Eee PC netbook with optical drive
- Michael Krigsman: Ed Yourdon on IT governance and failure [podcast]
- Fujitsu America CEO makes mid-market enterprise bet
- Clash of the Touch Titans; iPhone 3G 3.0 vs HTC Magic Google Android
- Sean Portnoy: DirecTV releases iPhone app to taunt us cable customers
Creative Commons: It's Official: Twitter Hires Ex-Google Designer Douglas Bowman
Chris Jablonski: Med student diagnoses cultural objects with radiology art
Dennis Howlett: SAP signs up for Open Cloud Manifesto: does anyone care?
AppleInsider: RBC says iPhone 3G ‘Pro’ won't boost iPhone momentum
Christopher Dawson: Is there a better place to host video than YouTube?
- Disney, YouTube forge video distribution pact
- Engadget: Netflix raising rates for Blu-ray subscribers by around 20 percent
Paula Rooney: Citrix ships free XenServer to fend off Vmware, Hyper-V and KVM
Dan Kusnetzky: Sychron OnDemand Desktop 3.0 - another take on desktop virtualization
Blankenhorn: How does In-Stat predict mobile open source domination
Paul Miller: Growing the Linked Data pool, with the Talis Connected Commons
Inside Skype for iPhone--photos
Jennifer Leggio: Microsoft uses TruCast to build community for Windows 7
- Usage of social networking profiles among adults and teens
- TechCrunch: Twitter Hiring A Concierge To Pamper Celebrities. Requires Schmoozing.
Dave Greenfield: Three Challenges for Avaya's Aura
David Morgenstern: Macworld Expo moves to February in 2010
- Jennifer Bergen: Will Apple take over your car?
- Quickfire Deal: Apple 13-in. MacBook for only $799
- Jason O'Grady: MacBook mini concept could be a sign of things to come