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Christopher Dawson: Are you sure you don't just want to use Ubuntu?
Robin Harris: Apple's new Macbook: Flop or fiasco?
- Jason D. O'Grady: New MacBook Pro performance degrades without the battery
Will Storm delays hurt RIM's Q3?
IBM launches cloud computing services
Video: Can Obama bring tech respect to Washington?
Christopher Dawson:Is Apple pricing itself out of education?
Dan Kusnetzky: AppAsure: Good stuff but is it virtualization?
Dancho Danchev:Cybercriminals release Christmas themed web malware exploitation kit
Jason D. O'Grady: App Store developers stuffing the ballot box (again)
Dana Gardner: Enterprises can leverage cloud models and manage transition risks using service governance, says HP
Tom Steinert-Threlkeld: Credit card fraud not a holiday liller. Unless you get hit
Holiday Gift Guide 2008: Mid-range Apples that won't break the bank
RPX: Can it defend against patent trolls?
CNET News: Google cutting contractor workforce
Paul Murphy:
Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft 'Red Dog': A pink poodle in disguise?
Black Friday deals on wireless networking gear
Harry Fuller: From private jets to car pool? Detroit may be getting the message.
HP sees Q4 gains from EDS acquisition
Video: Decreasing California's carbon footprint
Matthew Miller: Mobile software Monday: Evernote version 3.0 for Windows Mobile
Dana Blankenhorn:Trust the doctor or a computer analysis
Forrester: Two paths for information management pros in an economic downturn
Text analytics helps find what you're searching for
Heather Clancy: TI execs ramp up green tech contributions, at work and at home
Joe McKendrick: Are we shorting SOA?
Microsoft Dynamics: solid customer stories, quietly confident
Sam Diaz: Twitter is smart to reject Facebook and go it alone
Roland Piquepaille: How our brain sees natural scenes
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Why the "beta culture" will have to change
Sunbelt Software slashes price of VIPRE Antivirus + Antispyware
Benchmarks: AMD's 45nm 'Shanghai' Opteron
John Carroll: Going back to Windows Media Center
Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft, Amazon take different paths to cloud caching
Microsoft releases Singularity under unapproved license
Vista-related e-mails I'd like to read (but probably won't)
Matthew Miller: T-Mobile G1 Android gets Opera Mini and visual voicemail
Dana Gardner: Clickability offers enhanced Web content management through SaaS media service cloud
Zack Whittaker: The ultimate student handheld: something for Christmas?
StarLight for Mac enters alpha; iPhone client in development
Ed Burnette: The case for Scala
Another solution for working with Exchange on your T-Mobile G1 Android device
Dana Blankenhorn: Is the era of open source legal stupidity over?
SAP: Pushing against the economy
Did suicide viewers commit a crime?