News to know: XP Mode; Cisco; Comcast; 'Ardi'
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Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft releases XP Mode virtualization to manufacturing
Larry Dignan: Cisco doubles down on video conferencing; Acquires Tandberg for $3 billion
- Polycom: A potential takeover target following Cisco-Tandberg deal
- Cisco Buys Tandberg on its way to be your B2B video conferencing partner
CNBC: GE Is in Talks to Spin Off NBC, Give Comcast 51% of New Unit
Microsoft adds consumer-friendly face to its HealthVault platform
- Will Windows Mobile jump back to number 2 by 2013?
- Matthew Miller: Documents To Go for iPhone now supports Excel editing and creation
Heather Clancy: CDW: Small businesses slowly embracing Green IT
Michael Krigsman: The 'Seven Laws of Projects'
Smart Planet: Meet ‘Ardi,’ the hottest fossil on the international scene
Tom Foremski: Krakow - Poland: An emerging R&D center for US companies
Dana Gardner: Cloud computing by industry: Novel ways to collaborate via extended business processes
Jason Perlow: Karmic Koala: That's One Seriously Fast Marsupial
Robert Scoble: Google Wave crashes on beach of overhype
Dancho Danchev: MS Security Essentials test shows 98% detection rate for 545k malware samples
- Facebook shuts down malicious fake profiles
- Spam report: Old school techniques are back; companies on alert
Andrew Mager: Threadsy: bringing all your messaging together
Andrew Nusca: Dell introduces Vostro 430 mini desktop for SMBs; Core i7, $699
- Dell's 16" Latitude Z now on sale; starts at $1,799
- Lenovo introduces Lost & Found service for ThinkPad owners
- Borders partners with Verizon to offer free Wi-Fi in stores
- Wi-Fi Alliance begins product testing; unveils new logo
- Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: "Wi-Fi CERTIFIED n" logo make an appearance
Kingsley-Hughes: Google Chrome update doesn't remove older, vulnerable version
Janice Chen: Fujifilm launches Real 3D W1 camera and 3D V1 viewer
Technology Review: Wireless Network Modded to See Through Walls
CNet News: How Yahoo is betting its cloud will pay off
Sean Portnoy: Asus, QNAP release new 1080p HD media streamers
Rachel King: How to take better sporting event photos
Larry Dignan: Percentage of Internet users clicking on display ads halved in two years
Richard Koman: Uniloc will appeal loss of $388m verdict against Microsoft
Dan Kusnetzky: Goodbye, OpenOffice.Org. I'm going back to MS Office
Jason Perlow: Alas, Poor Blackberry, I knew him.
Dana Gardner: Kapow and StrikeIron team-up to offer web data services capabilities to SMBs
Security Fix: Hackers Breach Payroll Giant, Target Customers
Jason O'Grady: Apple acquires map purveyor Placebase
Jennifer Bergen: Sony supports Breast Cancer Awareness Month with pink products
- Gadget Gal's daily deals: MSI Wind Top touchscreen PC, 8GB Zune MP3 player, Sony BRAVIA HDTV
- Celebrating 27 years of the Compact Disc: Does anyone really care?
Christopher Dawson: Those darned kids and their multitasking
Chris Jablonski: Scientists replicate the physics of a stellar jet in laboratory
Nvidia: Next big supercomputer player?
Heather Clancy: The power of choice: APC ALSO is shipping a timer-controlled surge protector
Aussie power grid threatened by virus
Paula Rooney: GroundWork Monitor 6.0 offers new view into virtual data center
AT&T acquires VeriSign's security consulting unit
Gallery: Fitbit: Wireless personal trainer
Foley: Microsoft shuffles its advertising engineering deck
Harry Fuller: What powers the richest Americans?
Richard Koman: America backs away from the Internet with a whimper