News to know: Limelight's Olympics; Software prices; Wordcamp 2008; Windows 7 Server
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Jason Perlow: Limelight Networks: Why the Olympics didn't 'Melt' the Internet
- Larry Dignan: Limelight by the numbers: Akamai’s thorn?
- Podcast: CIO tells how he reduced impact of Olympics video streaming
Andrew Mager: Wordcamp 2008 play by play. Oliver Marks: BuddyPress, an open source competitor to FaceBook
Mary Jo Foley: Confirmed: Microsoft to proceed directly to Windo
Gallery: Tools for CSI cybercrime (right)
Ryan Naraine: Microsoft investigating NSlookup.exe flaw, reported attacks
- Paul Murphy: Exploits, vulnerabilities, and questions
- Dancho Danchev: 1.5m spam emails sent from compromised University accounts
- Intel proactively fixes security flaws in its chips
- OpenVAS emerges as free alternative to Nessus
- Threat Level: Google Privacy Practices Worse Than ISP Snooping, AT&T Charges
Michael Krigsman: Implementation complexity enables higher software prices
- Dennis Howlett: SAP wrap and transparency points
- TechRepublic: Provide flat-fee maintenance to improve your bottom line
- Paul Murphy: Compliance and IT
Vint Cerf: If you thought the internet was cool, wait until it goes space age
Washington Post: Giant of Internet Radio Nears Its ‘Last Stand’
Deb Perelman:My Awesome IT Job: IT Service Manager, University of Illinois
Smashing Magazine: 10 Futuristic User InterfacesAdrian Kingsley-Hughes: Question from a reader - What notebook/OS for college?
Garett Rogers: Google feeds publishers with new AdSense option
- Dana Blankenhorn: First Android phone will not be competitive
NYT: I Was There. Just Ask Photoshop.
Sam Diaz: Netflix back to normal; promises Saturday night movies and 15 percent off.
Video: New Dell takes innovation over standards
TSA makes laptop travel easier - or not?
Richard Koman: It's official: OOXML is a standard
Ed Burnette: LWUIT vs. JavaFX Mobile
Mark Cuban: The Platform is the Message
Dana Blankenhorn: The biggest open source threat to Microsoft
PalmInfoCenter: Additional Treo Pro Software and Hardware Details
John Carroll: Curing what ails Microsoft
Larry Dignan: The end run around the OS is underway
Heather Clancy: Not so idle: HP earns green transport logo for business products
Paula Rooney: Levin out as Black Duck's CEO
Jason O'Grady: Just what's on Michael Phelps' iPod anyway?
Paul Miller: Visualising the Semantic Web with Parallax
Christopher Dawson: Got Debian running, too
Zack Whittaker: MSE rises like a phoenix from the beta ashes
AP: Qwest, union keep talking as contract expires
Matthew Miller: GroupWise support comes to the Apple iPhone
BlackBerry rumor mill takes a page from Apple
Larry Dignan: Oracle: Our iPhone app has more than 23,000 downloads
Roland Piquepaille: Hairstyles for games and movies
Dana Blankenhorn: Appreciating gym class
- Is the latest cancer cure claim real?
- Can drugs break the chemical chain of memory? Should they?
- Becoming Americanized can be depressing
Harry Fuller: Will we kill the ocean before the atmosphere kills us?
TorrentFreak: U2 Tracks Leak After Bono Plays Stereo Too Loudly