News to know: Microsoft 'Tahiti'; Intel vs. AMD; Skype beta; SAP exec leaves

Notable headlines:

Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft readies new 'Tahiti' collaboration service. Microsoft fills in its System Center roadmap.

Yahoo opens up e-mail APIs to outsiders. Techmeme discussion.

David Berlind: After slamming Intel for using retired benchmarks, AMD does the same thing in China.
Garett Rogers: Google Notebook leaves beta, gets new interface. Ground-level photography from Vutool to appear in Google Earth?

New Intel chip:

• Dan Farber: Biggest leap since the Pentium Pro.
• John Spooner: Intel’s plan for Penryn.
•  Intel to add memory controllers, threading in 2008.

Skype Beta:

• Russell Shaw: Skype's just-released 3.2 Beta adds some new features.
• David Berlind: Skype Beta 3.2 Windows enables PayPal-ing money to other Skype contacts.
• Gallery: How it works (right).

BBC: US 'no longer technology king'
Larry Dignan: Shai Agassi out at SAP. Joshua Greenbaum: SAP in the Post-Agassi Era.
GPL draft:

Larry Dignan: GPL 3 isn't the 'last call'; FSF locks in on Microsoft-Novell.

Dana Blankenhorn: GPL tries to make legal language fit lofty goals.

Ed Burnette: New GPLv3 draft takes aim at Microsoft/Novell but loosens crypto restrictions. 

George Ou: Did Apple install a rootkit in Apple TV?
Ryan Stewart: 40,000 downloads of Adobe Apollo since alpha launch.

Cisco to acquire chip start-up Spans Logic.
Photos (right): Old and new autos at Euro shows.

Computerworld: Why Microsoft should fear Apple.