News to know: Microsoft; Apple; Google; Hack attacks
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.
Mary Jo Foley: What's Microsoft's next billion-dollar business? (Hint: it's not search)
Microsoft denies holding up Win 7 tools for PC makers
Ryan Naraine: Hacker demos persistent Mac keyboard attack
- Fake ATM, skimmers found in Las Vegas hotels
- Twitter turns to Google for help with malware attacks
- Mozilla patches 'critical' Firefox flaws
- Researchers hijack computer during software update
- Apple: GarageBand leaks user data to advertisers
- Black Hat recap podcast: SSL, SMS, BIOS rootkits
- Dancho Danchev: Does Twitter's malware link filter really work?
Larry Dignan: It's official: Google and Apple are competitors (especially in mobile)
- Google's Schmidt resigns from Apple's board; Jobs: It would be recusal city
- David Morgenstern: Apple Board vacancy: Good riddance to Eric Schmidt
- Jason O'Grady: Eric Schmidt resigns from Apple board
- Richard Koman: Schmidt's departure does nothing to stem scrutiny of Apple
How-to: Hackintosh the HP Mini 1151NR
Heather Clancy: Lofty aspirations for power efficiency: Power Loft seeks silver certification for new data center
Robin Harris: HD DVD returns and kicks Blu-ray to the gutter
Benchmarks: Windows 7 RTM versus Vista, XP
Jennifer Bergen: Kensington introduces iPhone/iPod charging dock with mini battery
Tom Foremski: Chip industry's boom/bust cycles and the failure of business intelligence
Oliver Marks: When Collaboration is Literally Life or Death...
Ars Technica: Google reveals plans for Chrome cloud synchronization
Joe McKendrick: A brief history of complex event processing
Morgenstern: Visioning Apple's netbook futures
- Mary Jo Foley: Windows 7 ultrathins still not hitting the true netbook sweet spot
- Microsoft decides not to push Windows 7E on Europe, after all
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Apple puts image ahead of safety ... again!
- Times of London: Apple tries to silence owner of exploding iPod with gagging order
- Andrew Nusca: Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6 available for pre-order at Amazon
- iPhone OS 3.0.1 jailbreak, unlock and tether-able
- Revamped NetApplications data: Bad for IE and Mac OS, good for Chrome
- Microsoft: Buy now, buy later ...
- Garett Rogers: Going Google billboards, begging to be mocked
- Christopher Dawson: Google Apps isn't about CIOs
Michael Krigsman: CRM failure rates: 2001-2009
Matthew Miller: Always Innovating Touch Book hybrid device now shipping
NYT: Out of Search Business, Yahoo Shifts Its Focus
Nusca: Palm Pre now available at Amazon.com; $199.99
- Facing competition, HTC expects revenue to fall; launch delays, canceled contracts
- Goldman Sachs: BlackBerry, iPhone own smartphones, but if Apple ever gets an enterprise subsidy...
- Dancho Danchev: Dead-finger tech: 3G USB Modem, Prestigio Powerbank 501
- Jennifer Bergen: Dead-Finger Tech: Google Maps
Jason Hiner: Stars are aligning to ban U.S. drivers from text messaging
Brian Sommer: Stories that warrant watching: SPSS, HP, Acer, Google, SAP, Oracle, NetSuite
Dana Blankenhorn: What the FCC can do for open spectrum
Ubuntu adds desktop support for small businesses
Zack Whittaker: Downloading content illegally vs. getting away with it
Should RadioShack change its name to The Shack? Does it matter?
Culprit found for latest LHC leaks
Dana Gardner: WebLayers sets sights on cloud governance with updated WebLayers Center 5.0Dennis Howlett: Michael Arrington snared in libel verdict: lessons for us all
Bergen: Gadget Gal's daily deals: 32-inch Vizio HDTV, Dell back-to-school sale, Sharp AQUOS Blu-ray player Sony open sources digital effects software
Dignan: FCC's more proactive stance: Should we cheer or worry?
USA Today: JetBlue and United give Twitter a try to sell airline seats fast