News to know: Microsoft StartKey; SaaS; NeoOffice; Intel Atom; Apple

Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft preps StartKey: A 'Windows companion' on a USB stick
- Will OOXML get the ISO standards nod? It's not a given. Dana Blankenhorn: The U.S. voted no on Microsoft Office standard at ISO
- Ed Bott: A real-world Vista challenge: Can this Sony Vaio be saved?
- David Morgenstern: Wintel Vista conspiracy screws customers: Another win for Apple
- Robin Harris: Windows Vista (In)capable
Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft moves deeper into the software services arena. Microsoft statement.
Christopher Dawson: Office 2008 vs. iWork vs. NeoOffice vs. OpenOffice Gallery (right). Jason O'Grady: Multi-Touch gestures in any application
Nate McFeters:Airport security concerns: Bluetooth, switchblades and wireless X-rays? Michael Krigsman: Qantas Airways: a perfect storm for IT failure? Was Heathrow 777 crash caused by poltergeists?
ZDNet gets a facelift: The changes at a glance
Dennis Howlett: Google averaging $66 to $99 per user on Apps? Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft refreshes beta of its Google Docs competitor
Larry Dignan: Intel: So long Silverthorne, Diamondville; hello Atom. Intel statement. Christopher Dawson: Cheap laptops to be powered by Intel's Atom chips
George Ou: Intel christens Silverthorne as "Atom"
Dana Gardner: OpSource releases OpSource Connect for integrating SaaS, Web services
Nate McFeters: Exploitation is Still Possible as Third-Parties Neglect to Implement Vista Security FeaturesRyan Stewart: Is an offline version of Silverlight coming at MIX next week? Interviews galore from Adobe's Engage event
United Tech makes bid for ATM maker Diebold
Stats of the day: 146 mln mobile phones sold in the US in 2007
- Japanese robots to earn $26 bln by 2010
- Americans spend 24 minutes a day on online shopping
- LCD TVs overtook CRT TVs in 2007
Michael Krigsman: Twitter is down again. CenterNetworks: Twitter deals SXSW preparation
Garett Rogers: YouTube gets personal, lets users opt-in to beta
New York Times: I need a virtual break, no really
Harry Fuller: Global Warming (GW)? The spin cycle is on high.
Roland Piquepaille:Cell images on Times Square?
eBay sees growing risks to business in coming year
Jason O'Grady: Running naked (with hard drives)
Images: Today's Venus weather forecast: Sulfuric acid clouds (right)
Christopher Dawson: A quick word on Apple Pages
Dana Blankenhorn: Do open source developers deserve a premium?
Russell Shaw: Man mistakenly assigned Vonage number now has to go thru PITA of requesting it back
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Vista price slash
Dan Farber: Google CEO Schmidt practices the art of stonewalling
Dan Kusnetzky:What would a next generation datacenter look like?
Survey: CIOs moderately upbeat about IT spending
TechRepublic: Cost cutting in IT
EU sends TomTom formal objections to Tele Atlas deal
Ask.com not planning to scrap search: source