News to know: Salesforce.com; Office; SOA; Facebook

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Sam Diaz: Salesforce announces Twitter app; further validates power of cloud

Ed Bott: Next Office version to ship in 32-bit and 64-bit versions

Oliver Marks: Recovery 2.0 - Where Web 2.0 Really Accelerates

Dana Gardner: Webinar: Modernization pulls new value from legacy and client-server enterprise applications

• BriefingsDirect Analysts list top 5 ways to cut enterprise IT costs durin

  

  g economic downturn

Joe McKendrick: Computing was all 1s and 0s -- now it's all SOA

Jason Perlow: Not all cheap wireless routers are created equal

CNN: ‘Smart Grid’ may be vulnerable to hackers  

Photos: Top-rated reviews of the week

Jason Perlow: The Zen of Ubuntu

• Joe Brockmeier: Firefox inches towards 50%, Safari holds steady
• Apple still neglecting developer community
• Dana Blankenhorn: Europe gets its own GPL
• If open source is future proof the test has begun
• How likely is your software to survive the recession?

• Jennifer Leggio: Threatpost launches as best practice for enterprise IT and social media
• Richard Koman: Will military, NSA take over all cybersecurity operations?

• Podcast: Windows Mobile 6.5 and the touch generation

• Janice Chen: Does Cisco + Flip = Consumer Innovation or Enterprise Video Tool
• Forrester: Cisco's flip kick into video authoring: It's the bits, folks

• iPod repairman accused of defrauding Apple of 9,000 shuffles

• RIM has nearly twice the Apple US market, gap should continue to grow

• Apple joins the Twitterverse with clever Blade Runner easter egg
• Ballmer: Apple logo costs $500
• Michigan iPod repairman scams 9,000 iPods from Apple

• Blankenhorn: Obama chooses a policy wonk to head health IT

• TomTom chooses a moderate limited hang out route