News to know: HP, Vista SP2; Pre; Oracle licensing
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Larry Dignan: HP's second quarter on target; Big units take revenue lumps; Headcount cuts ahead
Mary Jo Foley: Where is Vista SP2?
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Put together a solid barebones system for $350
- John Morris: Living with a netbook: The performance penalty
- D-Link router's CAPTCHA flawed, WPA passphrase retrieved
- Ryan Naraine: Microsoft confirms server vulnerability warning
- Chink in encryption armor discovered
- Protect yourself from vishing attacks
- Microsoft warns of new server vulnerability
- 'Gumblar' web attacks spreading quickly
- Jennifer Bergen: Palm Pre launching two days before Apple's WWDC announcement?
- Andrew Nusca: Summer soap opera: Palm Pre, Apple iPhone, Android army usher in "smart" age
- Wither the 'smartphone': Reorganizing the mobile market when all devices get smart
- Gizmodo: Android Donut Interface Makes Us Forget All About Palm Pre
- Eugene Lee: CEO SocialText on integration, Twitter and predictions
- Paul Greenberg: Poll: Analyst Org. You Trust in Enterprise Software - Traditional & Social
- Need to crunch some energy vs. performance numbers? SiCortex updates index
- Harry Fuller: Leave your computer on--the myths
- Jason Hiner: EMC's Tucci: The four "next big things in IT"
Bits: Is Boston Still a Venture Capital Hotbed?
Robin Harris: RAIDfail: Don't use RAID 5 on small arrays
Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft opens My Phone beta to the public
TechCrunch: Facebook Turns Down $8 billion Valuation Term Sheet, Claims 2009 Revenues Will Be $550 million
Dana Blankenhorn: Blumenthal offers deadlines but puts off the hard decision
The plaintiffs' problem with no software liability
Christopher Dawson: Update on the Latitude 2100: options=sticker shock.Tom Steinert-Threlkeld: Cat Got Your Tongue: How Gossip Will Become The New Media
Rachel King: Price drops on digital cameras
Zack Whittaker: Can you go without gadgets for a week?
Kingsley-Hughes: Will these be the first DirectX 11 GPUs?
Leggio: Powered steps up branded communities with Facebook Connect integration
Bergen: Gadget Gal's daily deals: Sony Bravia HDTV, Logitech Harmony remote, ASUS LCD Monitor
Richard Koman: Judge: Shield law doesn't protect online commenters