News to know: Google Wave; Bing; Palm webOS; Verizon Wireless CEO; AOL
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Sam Diaz: Meet Google Wave: a new way to communicate and collaborate
- Google Wave: It's still a work in progress.
- Tom Steinert-Threlkeld: Let's All Do the Wave ...
Mary Jo Foley: Bing: Microsoft's new search... er, decision engine
- Larry Dignan: Microsoft's Bing: Powerset's role, market share, brand (and other burning questions)
- CNET: Ballmer live at D: It's Bing
Andrew Nusca: Palm webOS touts iTunes sync, Twitter search, App Catalog
- Jason D. O'Grady: Pre syncs with iTunes out of the box
- Jennifer Bergen: Palm Pre ringtone leaked: Music to your ears?
Larry Dignan: Verizon Wireless CEO throws jabs: Plans to offer Palm Pre (and its 'cousin'); Scoffs at AT&T's network upgrade
Larry Dignan: Time Warner sets AOL spin-off; Separation 'best outcome'; Worth $5 billion?
Mary Jo Foley: Silverlight 3 to launch July 10
Ryan Naraine: Dangerous Microsoft DirectX vulnerability under attack
Larry Dignan: Dell's major units take first quarter hits; IT demand indicators 'remain mixed'
- Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Dell profits slump 63% - Not as bad as analysts had feared
Jason D. O'Grady: BusinessWeek: Apple is most innovative company
Heather Clancy: Does this come in a chopper model?
James Farrar: Greenpeace Cool IT: But does GP miss the point?
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: ASUS creates dual GeForce GTX 285 GPU MARS 295 Limited Edition "Frankencard"
Mary Jo Foley: IDC: Windows still leading server market, but revenues down 29 percent
Harry Fuller: Lunch in your cubicle and the ENVIRONMENT
Richard Koman: Europeans vote to give Google Book deal a hard time
Larry Dignan: Intel CIO: Social networking a 'nascent effort for us'
Christopher Dawson: Interead Cool-er: so close yet so far away
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: What's new: HDMI 1.4
Brian Sommer: Bad time to be accused of H-1B visa fraud
Dana Blankenhorn: Can Ohloh bring back Sourceforge mojo?
Ed Bott: CES attendance falls off a cliff in 2009
Joe McKendrick: SOA enters 'Second Life'
Jason D. O'Grady: FTC cracks down on robocalls
Google CEO touts always-on computing
Matthew Miller: Is the HD in Zune HD just a marketing gimmick?
Yvonne Tocquigny: The CEO's top five fears of social media
Sean Portnoy: NEC develops new chip that promises superior 1080p upscaling
Jason D. O'Grady: Leaked: Third-gen iPhone bezel
Zack Whittaker: US government sanctions hit Windows Live Messenger in embargoed countries
Rachel King: HD Mini-Camcorders: Flip UltraHD vs. Sony Webbie HD MHS-PM1
Jennifer Bergen: Gadget Gal's daily deals: TomTom GPS, Casio Exilim digital camera, Sony Walkman
ZDNet UK: Basic transistor flaw could hobble chip design
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Alienware "Allpowerful" teaser
ZDNet Asia: Sophos: Mind your software defaults
Larry Dignan: Sirius aims to go viral with iPhone, social networking as automakers unravel
Andrew Nusca: Dell debuts 14-in. ultrathin Studio 14z notebook for $649
Larry Dignan: Enterprises and employees have iPhone disconnect
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: SATA Revision 3.0 paves way for 6Gb/s devices
Andrew Nusca: 18 Android phones coming by Christmas 2009
Dan Kusnetzky: Talking with Benjamin Linder of Scalent Systems
Christopher Dawson: In fairness to Moblin