News to know: Palm ads; Microhoo SEC filing; U.S. Marines; Bing; Skype; Clunkers
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Larry Dignan: Palm Pre's creepy ads: They worked. You're still talking about them
Andrew Nusca: Palm's creepy Pre ads: will they actually make you buy the phone?
Sam Diaz: Yahoo-Microsoft deal: Details from the SEC filing
Ryan Naraine: U.S. Marines ban Facebook, MySpace, Twitter
- Richard Koman: Marines ban Facebook, Twitter
- Sam Diaz: Marines block social networks, concerned about security
CNET: Bing grabs a bigger slice of search market
Zack Whittaker: Skype: The situation now, and the road ahead
Harry Fuller: Cash for clunkers: one man's story
Sam DIaz: Has government red-tape and politics hurt cybersecurity efforts?
- Richard Koman: Soldiers get priority for Google Voice
Chris Dawson: Intel Summer Tech Day (or "Why couldn't I live in California?")
Matthew Miller: Tablet devices suck, so why does Apple want to make one?
Harry Fuller:What's written in the international climate change reports
Matthew Miller: Facebook photo uploads come to the Nintendo DSi
John Morris: HP rolls out more Compaq budget laptops
Sean Portnoy: Moxi Mate adds multi-room support for Moxi HD DVR
Brian Sommer: More, a lot more, on the Huron restatement
Michael Krigsman: Managing vendor performance: An IT failures virtual town hall
Jennifer Leggio: The Speakers Group: 'Women will be better represented'
Harry Fuller: Are we being smart about the smart grid?
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Windows XP Mode RC - Serious improvement over beta
Jason Perlow: Laptop Warranties and Accidental Damage Coverage: What You Need to Know
Zack Whittaker: The glass ceiling and the next generation
Harry Fuller: Global warming and personal opinion
Dancho Danchev: Fake Microsoft patch malware campaign makes a comeback
Larry Dignan: Sony launches two new readers including a pocket-sized $199 device
Andrew Nusca: HP debuts Compaq 515, 610 budget full-size business laptops; $429
Joe McKendrick: Stupid SOA tricks
Ryan Naraine: Fake 'Blue Screen of Death' pushing scareware
Tom Foremski: Wired's Editor Chris Anderson bans words "journalism" and "media"
Dennis Howlett: ERP sales are falling: here's one reason
Christopher Dawson: Progress through processors: Intel's new Facebook app
Andrew Nusca: Microsoft Zune HD revealed in pictures; black, silver
Janice Chen: Nikon announces new Coolpix S1000pj compact camera with built-in projector
Richard Koman: FSF petitions against Amazon's Big Brother attitude
Heather Clancy: Three real examples of intelligent building networks in action
Richard Koman: First-ever arrest of domain-name thief involves Clippers' Madsen
Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft delivers near-final test build of Windows 7 XP Mode
Tom Foremski: Schmidt resignation: Is Apple search on the way?
Joe McKendrick: Surgical decisions: How to change business executives' minds about information technology
Jennifer Bergen: Gadget Gal's daily deals: Canon PowerShot digital camera, iPod sale, 3M pico projector
Dana Blankenhorn: Todd Park draws good reviews in debut as HHS CTO
Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft PDC 2009: What's on tap for developers this November?
Larry Dignan: FTC: Our probe of Google-Apple boards continues
Dana Blankenhorn: Funambol to monetize cloud sync for mobile VOIP
Larry Dignan: FCC: We'll be relentless for competition, consumers, innovation and investment
Dan Kusnetzky: One hundred sixty and counting
Jeremy Allison: Why writing a Windows compatible file server is (still) hard
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