News to know: Microsoft; IBM; Crimeware; AT&T; Facebook; Jan Baan
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Mary Jo Foley: Windows 7 download tool is back and now available under a GPL open-source license
Dancho Danchev: Zeus crimeware using Amazon's EC2 as command and control server
Larry Dignan: IBM: LotusLive paying subscribers go 0 to 18 million in a year
Brian Sommer: CEO Interview: Jan Baan
ERP Holiday Letter: "Did you get one in your vendor's card to you?
Phil Wainewright: Cloud computing, so much more than multi-tenancy
- Google exec on Apps uptime, security and enterprise traction
- Michael Krigsman: 'Is on-premise ERP obsolete?'
AT&T's wireless chief hints at curbing iPhone data hogs
Facebook force feeds new privacy settings: How many folks will really personalize them? Facebook statement
- Doug Hanchard: Information you post could be harmful and you won't even know it
- Jennifer Leggio:Google real-time search + Twitter = a wake-up call for brands
Matthew Miller: 3rd Annual Smartphone Round Robin kicks off
Nokia to close two US Flagship stores
Hands-on: B&N Nook is the king of connectivity and content
- Dignan: Aftermarket holds up relatively well for first-gen Kindle
- Rachel King: Aluratek reveals the Libre eBook Reader PRO, priced under $200
- Computerworld: Amazon's Kindle winning battle, but Adobe poised to win e-book war
- NYT: Not Yet The Season For a Nook
- Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Pogue just killed B&N's Nook
Andrew Nusca: Study: Americans consume 34 gigabytes of information every day
Joe McKendrick: Governance isn't just for on-premise services anymore
The global mobile industry needs a reality check
Christopher Dawson: Oh, that's why SIF is important
Apple tablet in the spring, for sure? Whatever...
Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft to move Orchard open-source CMS project to the CodePlex Foundation
Ad Age: Vevo Debuts as Top 10 Video Site
Zack Whittaker: About time! Office 2010 'academic edition'; Microsoft actually listens
Heather Clancy: Roambi reaches out to iPhone users with carbon emissions data
NYT: AOL Quietly Returns to Life on Its Own
Jennifer Leggio: An app that filters Twitter noise? It's about time
- BSidesBay unconference targets tough security, risk questions
- Twitter to open fire hose to developers: Here comes the business app deluge
Tom Foremski: Paris diary: A new spirit among French entrepreneurs...
TechCrunch: Marissa Mayer Talks Google Search, Chrome, Online News And More At Le Web
Jason O'Grady: Analyst: Apple tablet to arrive in Spring for $1k
Sean Portnoy: Boxee takes inevitable hardware plunge with Box living room device
Dana Blankenhorn: Back to they did too much on swine flu
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Saboteur doesn't play well with ATI graphics cards
Rachel King: HP leaks slides with details on Radeon HD 5000-series GPUs
Android gets enterprise-grade email app
Bloomberg: EBay Lawyer Says Company Used Confidential Craigslist Data to Build Site