News to know: Interop; Anti-spam technique; Google goes biotech
Notable headlines:
Promising antispam technique gets nod.
Larry Dignan: Google goes biotech, invests in 23andMe. Google invests $3.9 million in biotech start-up.
Red Hat CEOdecries software patents. Mary Jo Foley: New Microsoft-funded study finds developers don't want GPL to cover patent deals. Microsoft: No plans to sue over Linux patents.
Review: T-Mobile Wing (left).
- David Berlind: Cisco layers push-to-talk on top of VoIP.
- Woven Systems claims first 10Gbit switch-cum-Ethernet fabric.Green is in, Novell is back, Web 2.0 is hot.
- For feds seeking needles, Endace turns telco data into real-time haystacks.
- Video: NetGear shows 3 terabyte hardware.
- Dan Farber: Cisco CEO John Chambers proclaims the future is Web 2.0.
Dan Farber: Media literacy in a media saturated world.
Microsoft to expand Fargo operations. Microsoft on aQuantive: Think merger, not acquisition. Gallery (right): Set up S3 sleep state in Vista for significant power savings.
Computerworld: Encryption: Do It Today or Pay Tomorrow. Music industry offers deal to small Webcasters.
House passes more tech-friendly antispyware bill.
Ryan Naraine: Google's anti-malware teamcomes out of the shadows.
AP: Sony May Sell 80-Gig Playstation 3 in US.
Photos: Bright lights, big billboard. Russell Shaw: Stealing Wi-Fi signal; Five years? Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Dell's not really serious about Linux.
Donna Bogatin: MySpace to Facebook: WE have the friends, and money.
Google CEO on Education: Google Search is key.
KDE.org: KDE Project Ships Seventh Translation and Service Release for Leading Free Software Desktop.
Photos: New evidence of water on Mars.
Cisco to buy video surveillance company.
Jason O'Grady: Apple not the only PC vendor making bogus display claims.
Intel, STMicro to form new flash company.
Larry Dignan: How Red Hat is monetizing JBoss.