News to know: L.A. goes Google; AMD-Galleon; Cisco-ScanSafe; Ubuntu; Amazon RDS
Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage.:
Larry Dignan: WSJ: AMD's former CEO was a Galleon tipster
Sam Diaz: Cisco continues its buying spree with ScanSafe acquisition
Christopher Dawson: Yes, Ubuntu can absolutely be the default Windows alternative
Sam Diaz: L.A. votes to "Go Google"; pressure shifts to Google and the cloud
Larry Dignan: Amazon launches relational database service: Think MySQL in the cloud
Ed Burnette: What's new in Android 2.0? Part 1: User features
- Gallery: Google Android OS 2.0 photos
Jason D. O'Grady: Apple pitching media companies on tablet?
Sam Diaz: Document rental service brings "deep web" content to the mainstream
Jason Perlow: Congratulations B&N, you've built my Kindroid. So now what?
Ed Bott: Dear Microsoft: What's the deal with Windows 7 upgrades?
Matthew Miller: Roku adds 2 new players, including the HD-XR with 802.11n support
John Morris: More laptops combine Core i7, Windows 7
Christopher Dawson: What does the Nook need to be Ed Tech's e-book holy grail?
Sean Portnoy: Is HDTV turning Americans into hockey fans?
Tom Foremski: Stunningly poor quality predictions about the future Internet from Google's CEO
Mary Jo Foley: SharePoint: The team that makes the donut(s)
Heather Clancy: The paper chase: Intralinks calculator tracks paper saved, emissions diverted
Dancho Danchev: New LoroBot ransomware encrypts files, demands $100 for decryption
Mary Jo Foley: Why is Microsoft opening up its Outlook file format now?
Oliver Marks: John Hagel on Real Time, Social & Mobile Web
Harry Fuller: Another flashpoint in global warming warnings
Wall Street journal: FCC Considers Shifting Some TV Airwaves to Broadband
Doug Hanchard: Banks and auto sector got bailed out, are telecom providers next?
Tom Foremski: CultureWatch - traditional cafes or cafe office-spaces?
Harry Fuller: You can only convince some of the people some of the time
Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft makes final version of Windows compatibility toolset available
Harry Fuller: List of the smart grid grants
David Morgenstern: ZFS on Snow Leopard? Forget about it!
Dancho Danchev: Gawker Media tricked into featuring malicious Suzuki ads
Ryan Naraine: Malware ads served from Gizmodo blog
Jennifer Leggio: 2010 Predictions: Will social media reach ubiquity?
Larry Dignan: IBM aims to connect corporate mashups and business intelligence
Chris Silva: Why mobility will - and does already - matter to IT
Garett Rogers: Use Google Voice with your existing phone number
Dennis Howlett: SAP regaining its mojo?
Ryan Naraine: Facebook password-reset spam is Bredolab botnet attack
Tom Foremski: Can you teach programmers to be journalists?
Harry Fuller: Could Congress head off action by EPA on emissions?
CNET: Microsoft drops 'Family Guy' special
Larry Dignan: Will a flu pandemic really bring down the Internet?
Dana Blankenhorn: Open source nanotech project launched
Dana Blanknehorn: Carper option in final Senate health bill
Heather Clancy: CA amps up energy management, sustainability monitoring applications
CNET: US Defense Department to partially lift flash drive ban
Harry Fuller: Smart grid grants
Rachel King: ZDNet readers don't care about celebrity endorsements
CNET: Xerox prints computer smarts on fabric, plastic
Dana Blankenhorn: Will OpenSolaris survive Oracle?
ZDNet Asia: Net pioneer GeoCities finally laid to rest
Dana Blankenhorn: Black Duck finds its business makes sense
Dan Kusnetzky: Examining datacenter operations with Akorri BalancePoint