News to know: Firefox 3.5; Lenovo; Blackberry Tour; Chambers
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Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Benchmarking Firefox 3.5
- Testing Firefox 3.5 ... mind your add-ons!
- Paula Rooney: Firefox 3.5 released, more than 1.1M downloads already
- Zack Whittaker: Can Firefox 3.5 wean universities off their IE addiction?
- CNet News: With 3.5 launch, Firefox faces new challengers
- Larry Dignan: Firefox 3.5: Well positioned as mid-sized browser gorilla
- Technologizer: Firefox 3.5: The Technologizer Review
- Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft to push IE 8 to more business users in August
John Morris: Desktops aren't dead (yet)
Andrew Nusca: Lenovo introduces latest ThinkServer lineup; Intel Xeon 5500, 128GB DDR3, 16 bays
BlackBerry Tour lands at Verizon on July 12; $199.99
- Asus Wireless-N RT-N16 router offers 300Mbps throughput
- Micron begins mass production of 34nm NAND flash memory
- Helping corporations leverage the Web, using open source and the cloud
Dignan: Forrester expects IT spending trough in third quarter; U.S. tech spending to fall 5 percent in 2009
- Amazon vs. tax happy states: E-tailer could nuke Associates program and still win
- Analyst: Kindle to reach 10 percent of Amazon's customer base; Ending Target deal a risk
- Review: Feds provide a handy window into their IT spending
MIchael Krigsman: Failing with online backup
NYT: Beijing Delays Rule on Software Censor
Screenshots: Doom Resurrection on iPhoneRichard Koman: Exclusive: Proof that Green Dam ripped off Solid Oak in 2006
Jennifer Bergen: MyDeskFriend: Robotic penguin connects you to your Facebook friends
Dana Blankenhorn: Can a Virginia hack scuttle health IT reform?
Heather Clancy: Get ready for the Energy Star 5.0 barrage: Let the testing begin
- Harry Fuller: California not politically bankrupt
- Case study of resource use without thought of consequences
Broadcom ups hostile offer for Emulex; Sets July 14 deadline
Diaz: Too many social networks? GizaPage puts them all into one social home page
Harry Fuller: Political gaming around the Waxman-Markey bill