News to know: Salesforce, Microsoft, HP earnings, Google Buzz, Palm
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Larry Dignan: Salesforce launches private beta of Chatter
Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft announces more plug-ins, releases second Outlook Social Connector beta
- Sam Diaz: A Windows update nightmare makes me glad, once again, that I use a Mac
- Zack Whittaker: Social networking to Outlook: The next big time waster?
Larry Dignan: HP earnings: Strong first quarter results, 2010 outlook
Doug Hanchard: Google Buzz: Electronic Privacy Information Center files complaint with FTC
Sam Diaz: Google Buzz: Privacy concerns grab gov't attention, hint at desperation
Larry Dignan: Palm Pre Plus shines in productivity, mobile WiFi
- Matthew Miller: Review: Verizon Palm Pre Plus can't win back this Palm fan yet
Andrew Nusca: URL typos earn Google $497 million per year, study says
Rachel King: VoxOx debuts Universal Translator in real-time for SMS, email and social media
Mary Jo Foley: In other non-phone related Microsoft news...
Matthew Miller: Review: Sony Reader Daily Edition premium ebook reader
CNET: Google donates $2 million to Wikimedia
Jennifer Leggio: Please Rob Me: Ethical or not? [poll]
Rachel King: Volvo developing touchscreen backseat entertainment system
Jason D. O'Grady: MWSF10: O'Grady's Best in Show
Dana Gardner: Seeing a golden lining around efficiency, HP expands cloud consulting services portfolio
CNET: Olympic skier Begg-Smith known as 'spam king'
Ryan Naraine: Core Impact + Metasploit highlights pen-test market maturation
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: CPUs - New vs Old
Brian Sommer: The scary side of freelancing: the inadvertent freelancer
Heather Clancy: Zamboni to the rescue after electric ice groom shortcircuits
CNET: Microsoft probes possible privacy snafu
Dana Blankenhorn: Pushback begins against robotic surgery
Larry Dignan: Technology budgets 2010: Maintenance gobbles up software spending; SMBs shun cloud
Rachel King: LG unveils 'Skinny Frame' HD plasma HDTVs in Korea
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Pwn2Own 2010 - Which browser will be the first to crack?
Dana Blankenhorn: Is open source still a recruitment tool?
Heather Clancy: Another case of virtualization's green IT side effect
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: The slow demise of the printer
Dan Kusnetzky: Parallels, GoDaddy and Parallels Small Business Panel
Rachel King: Buffalo Kokuyo debuts USB 3.0 hub with four ports, costs $89
Sam Diaz:Can Dell school Washington on how to break down inefficiencies?
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: AMD delivers Catalyst 10.2 drivers