News to know: IDF; Windows 7 wishes; IE 8; Salesforce.com

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Larry Dignan: Salesforce acquires InStranet; Will take it SaaS and better target call centers

Ed Bott: My Windows 7 wish list

• Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Windows 7 wishes
• The Register: A third of Vista PCs downgraded to XP

Gallery: Creative uses for USB ports (right)

Larry Dignan: Why there's a software support and maintenance revolution underway

• Dennis Howlett: A fresh model for software maintenance

Mary Jo Foley: IE 8 to get 'porn mode'?

• Submit your best, new Microsoft codenames. Win a prize
• Piecing together Microsoft's cloud-computing vision

TechRepublic: Advice to twentysomethings: Hiring managers don't want your text messages

Mitch Ratcliffe: eBooks volume 3: What is the right price for a device that holds 100s of books?

Larry Dignan: HP delivers strong third quarter fueled by blades, international, notebooks

• John Morris: HP ultraportables get new Intel chips, 80GB SSD
• Dan Kusnetzky:Conversation with HP's Roberto Moctezuma

Sam Diaz: Live from IDF: Entertainment, WiMax and a sense of security.

• IDF Opening Keynote: Are you listening, Washington?
• Jason Hiner: Will Intel's Craig Barrett replace Bill Gates as the new 'IT industry ambassador'?
• VentureBeat: IDF: Intel thumps its chest on everything from Atom to Nehalem
• Video: Intel chairman highlights partnerships around the world
• Video: Inside the Intel Developer Forum

Ryan Naraine: Android security team appeals to hackers

• Android security team appeals to bug hunters
• Jason O'Grady: Google revs Android SDK
• Paul Murphy: The opportunities in search
• Garett Rogers: New Android SDK finally given to developers

AppleInsider: Steve Jobs vows iPhone app crash fix for September

• Matthew Miller: Jobs reportedly acknowledges 3rd party app failure to launch issue

NYT: EBay Is Planning to Emphasize Fixed-Price Sales Format Over Its Auction Model Webware: Microsoft sees tailored search as way to pierce Google's armor

Joe McKendrick: Who should lead SOA? Enterprise architects or business analysts?

• IBM's Raj Nagaratnam: SOA services have identities, too

Roland Piquepaille: New algorithm speeds up networks

Heather Clancy: Another way to ditch your gadgets the green way and earn some money in the process

Richard Koman: Google.org invests in geothermal

Andrew Mager: An Event Apart 2008: Day 2

TechRepublic: 10 security challenges facing closed source software

Michael Krigsman: The triple sins of IT failure

Jason O'Grady: Dell to offer one year warranty extension on GeForce 8600M GT

Dennis Howlett: SEC introduces IDEA

TechCrunch: Apple Is Flailing Badly At The Edges

Dancho Danchev: Scammers caught backdooring chip and PIN terminals

• China busts hacking ring, managed to penetrate 10 gov't databases
• Fortune 500 companies use of email spoofing countermeasures declining

Video: Will Facebook apology backfire in a lawsuit?

CIO Sessions: The Weather Channel CIO: Brian Shield

• Timely delivery for perishable content
• Data every mile
• The Weather Channel's 'green' HD studio

Matthew Miller: BlackBerry Kickstart specs appear on Expansys retailer site

• More photos and a video of the Palm Treo Pro are revealed
• Mobile handset sales down in 2Q: Market share race has three horses
• SlashGear: Palm Quietly Unveils the Treo Pro Smartphone

Richard Koman: The 2008 Google(tm) Democratic Convention

• Muxtape has RIAA problems
• Webcasters can't reach compromise with SoundExchange; Pandora set to close
• MIT students ungagged: Judge vacates gag order
• Feds bust P2P-based kiddie porn ring

Dignan: What's future proofing worth? Analyzing the Verizon FiOS bet

Jason O'Grady: Apple releases iPhone 2.0.2, as usual, sans changelog

• Tom Bihn announces first "Checkpoint Friendly" bag
• Overheated iPod nano blamed for three fires
• Apple's MobileMe: Why don't we just call it a beta

Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Psystar fails to meet court deadline again

• Dell Inspiron 910 customers can choose between XP and Ubuntu

Dana Blankenhorn: I am I, GoogQuixote, the lord of free wireless

• Can sites violate net neutrality?

Fred Wilson: The Human Piece Of The Venture Equation

Dana Gardner: Morph Labs and FiveRuns combine efforts to support, test and monitor Rails apps

Steve O'Hear: Yahoo Buzz! opens up, let the gaming begin

Jennifer Leggio: PitchEngine revs up public beta, puts the social in PR

Google, Apple surge in customer satisfaction rating

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