News to know: Droid; BlackBerry; Mac; Firefox fixes; SAP
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Andrew Nusca: With Motorola Droid, Verizon puts doubts about Google Android platform to rest [review]
Motorola Droid vs. Apple iPhone 3GS vs. Palm Pre [spec shootout]
- Sam Diaz: Can Droid mask iPhone envy? Or will Verizon iPhone rumors keep users guessing?
- Matthew Miller: Smartphone wars; one platform will never rule them all
- Jason Hiner: Five interesting new details about Verizon's Moto Droid
- Motorola Droid gets official on Verizon; arrives Nov. 6 for $199
- Ed Burnette: Motorola DROID on Verizon: Is this the iPhone killer you're looking for?
- What's new in Android 2.0? Part 2: Developer features
- Matthew Miller: Motorola and Verizon announced DROID for 6 Nov at $199.99
- Larry Dignan: Google, Android 2.0 sticks fork in GPS devices
- Verizon's HTC Droid Eris (aka Desire) may be priced at $99
- C'mon Sony, who is going to pay $600 for a feature phone?
- Can Palm and WebOS make it through 2010?
With BlackBerry Storm2, RIM wins the battle but loses the smartphone war [review]
Sprint to try hand at 3G netbooks; launch trial in 5 markets
Robin Harris: Long-term Mozy for Mac review
Facebook: Facebook Platform: A Roadmap for the Future
Ed Bott: Internet TV goes live on Windows 7 Media Center
Brian Sommer: Cloud-to-Cloud Integration - Another Big ERP Challenge!
Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft's Windows 7 challenge: Selling Live services (without being sued)
AppleInsider: Apple predicted to sacrifice ‘sweetheart’ AT&T deal for Verizon
Oliver Marks: Jive hits SBS 4: SharePoint in Rear View Mirror
Ryan Naraine: Firefox hit by multiple drive-by download flaws
Larry Dignan: Yahoo, Microsoft extend negotiations for search pact
Juniper steps up Cisco assault
SAP: Enterprise software market 'difficult'; Emerging markets weak
- Dennis Howlett: SAP Q3: sales down, profit up
Intel, Numonyx claim memory breakthrough
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Intel pulls new SSD firmware day after release
Sam Diaz: Yahoo gains respect, credibility as news outlet; looks to expand offerings
Ryan Naraine: Opera browser dinged by code execution flaw
Paula Rooney: Microsoft partners to allow Eclipse interop on Win7, WinServer 2008 R2, Azure
Venture Beat: Augmented reality company Layar gets $1M boost, launches on Symbian
Heather Clancy: Scientific Energy adds energy-measurement module to commercial building commissioning application
Andrew Mager: Fake Google Chrome OS looks a lot like Ubuntu
How to revert your Facebook home page back to show live status updates
Twitter now explains trending topics
Dan Kusnetzky:Revisiting the topic of Office versus OpenOffice.Org
Janice Chen: Canon 7D glitch produces ghosted images
Zack Whittaker: Facebook freezes deceased person's profiles
Kingsley-Hughes: Modern Warfare 2 - A game too far?
Brainstorm Tech: Apple's 2009 ad budget: Half a billion
Dana Blankenhorn: What the DoD now says about open source