News to know: Microsoft store; Domain names; Blackberry Storm2; VoIP; Android
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Robin Harris: A visit to Microsoft's first store
Zack Whittaker: Web addresses to extend to non-English languages
Matthew Miller: Did you know the BlackBerry Storm2 is also now available?
Sam Diaz: Report: VoIP sales top $20 billion in first half; more growth to come
Matthew Miller: Hey HTC, where is your new QWERTY Google Android device?
Heather Clancy: Formal or ad hoc? Fewer than half of data center pros have real green plan
Michael Krigsman: Amplifying 'weak signals' for IT success
Sam Diaz: Apple TV update looks good but doesn't offer much more
Harry Fuller: The current system is stacked against greentech in big buildings
Garett Rogers: Google "attacking" developer community?
Tom Foremski: GOOG is not making phones or buying newspapers
Paul Murphy: Scaring yourself and others
Joe McKendrick: How to put the 'lean' in Lean IT
Dana Gardner: Internet performance management makes data center consolidation possible
Doug Handchard: ZDNet Government version of Throw out the Trash Day
Ars Technica: Did Congress really give the FCC power to protect the 'Net?
CNET: Intel seeks new 'microserver' standard
Gallery: A close look at Intel's microserver
Heather Clancy: Digital River e-commerce suite aids with levying environmental fees
Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft refreshes Bing for touch phone users
Heather Clancy: If you STILL haven't invested in power management, here's another option
Harry Fuller: What's the hurry? You can still see Miami from the plane.
GigaOm: Skype, Founders Settlement in the Works
Sean Portnoy: Men watch more high-def than women--and other things about HDTV you probably already know
CNET: Facebook beats the 'spam king'
Larry Dignan: McAfee vs. Symantec: Dueling in consumer and enterprise
Mary Jo Foley: Pre-Halloween scare-off: Bing middle school jingle vs. VS 2010 bug killer
Sam Diaz: Business Week: 1.4 million Google Voice users, global push in the works
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Friday Challenge: What can your OS do that mine can't?
Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft to drop Office Accounting product, services
Dennis Howlett: Is BI ready to meet the real world?
Dana Blankenhorn: Health IT discussion overtaken by policy
Harry Fuller: Geothermal gets its day in the sun
Dana Blankenhorn: Making a foundation a real solution to the mySQL mess
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Wii sales take a 43% tumble ... why?
Zack Whittaker: MI5, an ISP lawsuit and an e-petition: More opposition to piracy cut-off plans
Rachel King: Trick or Treat: Five spooky gadgets and accessories for Halloween
Dana Blankenhorn: What should open source do in a car?
Dennis Howlett: SOMESSO: social computing meets financial services
Adrian KIngsley-Hughes: Windows 7 vs. Ubuntu 9.10 - Strengths and weaknesses
Dan Kusnetzky: Eco-IT
Larry Dignan: Smart Planet: HopeLabs' playful approach to overcoming childhood obesity