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News to know: Microsoft's strategy; Yahoo's search; Torture tests; Twitter funding

Notable headlines:Life without Google: Can Yahoo regain search share? Gallery right.Mary Jo Foley: Multiple Microsoft search refreshes due over the 12 months. Ozzie spells out the Live platform layers. Microsoft now wants its Shared Source licenses to qualify as open source.Microsoft to launch Office Communications Server 2007 this fall. Windows...

Tags: News to know, General

Blog posts 2007-07-27

Podcast: News to know midday: What's next for Yahoo; Chip wars; ERP and social media

On today's podcast: Yahoo plans strategic plan in next 100 days. Can it be fixed? Intel's results hint at AMD trainwreck. Can you marry social media and ERP?

Tags: News to know, General

Blog posts 2007-07-18

News to know: Yang's debut; SP1 preview; Malware downloads; Social media ERP

Notable headlines:Larry Dignan: Yahoo to lay out strategic plan in next 100 days. Yahoo's second quarter on target; outlook light. Yahoo profit down on slowed display ad growth.Still no cure for what ails Yahoo.Garett Rogers: Enterprise YouTube coming to Google Apps.Dennis Howlett: Build ERP on social media: not a joke.Intel:...

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Blog posts 2007-07-18

Podcast: News to know midday: FiOS; Microsoft code protection, Yahoo earnings

On today's podcast: My FiOS installation: Key points. Gallery. Microsoft's code protection scheme available to third-party developers. Yahoo's Yang preps earnings.

Tags: News to know, General

Blog posts 2007-07-16

News to know: Yahoo new ad tool; iPhone diary; GPL3 final

Notable headlines:New York Times: Universal in Dispute With Apple Over iTunes.Yahoo launches customizable ad tool.Image Gallery: Forum Nokia S60 applications.Dan Farber: U.S. healthcare industry: Google wants to protect you from Michael Moore's Sicko. Garett Rogers: Google monetizing negative press around healthcare? Google Health Advertising blog. Techmeme.iPhone coverage: Jason O'Grady: iPhone Diary...

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Blog posts 2007-07-02

Podcast: News to know midday: Dell crapware; iPhone camp; Microsoft's secret patches; Yahoo

On today's podcast: Has Dell kicked the crapware habit? iPhone developer camp set for July 6-8. Skeletons in Microsoft's Patch Day closet. Yahoo buys Rivals.com: The local angle.

Tags: News to know, General

Blog posts 2007-06-21

Podcast: News to know midday: Yahoo shakeup; Opera Mini; Cheap MacBooks

On today's podcast: Jerry Yang takes over as Yahoo CEO. Is he the right guy for the job? Opera Mini beta debuts. Gallery and Matthew Miller. Jason O'Grady finds a MacBook on the cheap--real cheap.

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Blog posts 2007-06-19

News to know: Yang's Yahoo to-do list; Russian hackers; So long Office 2003

Notable headlines:Larry Dignan: Yahoo's revolving door: Yang in as CEO; Semel out. Yang replaces Semel as Yahoo CEO. Yahoo's Yang faces daunting to-do list; perception problems. Jerry Yang blog. Techmeme.Is Yang the right guy to run Yahoo?Ryan Naraine: Russian hackers hijack Italian sites to serve exploits. Google releases Safe Browsing...

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Blog posts 2007-06-19

News to know: Apollo goes beta; Google privacy; Surface demo; Yahoo security

Adobe's Apollo platform, now called AIR, goes beta. Ryan Stewart: Adobe announces hardware accelerated video in Flash, Apollo's new name, and two new betas.Wi-Fi memory cards coming to cameras.Jason O'Grady: WWDC predictions.Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft provides first public demo of the Surface tabletop. Gallery right.David Berlind: ZDNet names next Deputy...

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Blog posts 2007-06-11

News to know: Photoshop; Jobs at Google, Yahoo; Dell job cuts

Notable headlines:Photoshop plug-in hints at next Lightroom.Larry Dignan: Google vs. Yahoo: The open jobs report.Google tests new ‘Mashup Editor.' All Google developer posts. Why Google loves developers. Techmeme on Google Gears. Phil Wainewright: What Google Gears means for SaaS developers.Dell to cut 10 percent of workforce.Gallery right: Windows Software Licensing...

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Blog posts 2007-06-01

News to know: Ubuntu Server; WinHEC; Windows Home Server; Linus Torvalds

Notable headlines:Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: LAMP On Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn Server Edition. Gallery right. Will Dell stuff Ubuntu PCs full of craplets?Mary Jo Foley: At WinHEC the future is off limits for Microsoft. Microsoft attempts to rally more hardware vendors around Rally.Ed Bott: On the road with Vista.InformationWeek: Linus Torvalds Responds...

Tags: General, News to know

Blog posts 2007-05-16

Podcast: News to know midday: TJX's data breach costs; Ubuntu server; Yahoo CFO

Todays podcast includes a look at:TJXs escalating data breach costs. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes installation of Ubuntu 7.04 Server Edition gallery. Yahoos new CFOs investment banking chops.

Tags: General, News to know

Blog posts 2007-05-15

Additional Resources

Late breaking news: Microsoft investigates reports of Office Word 2002 SP 3 exploited in the wild

From Bill Sisk, security response communications manager for Microsoft: Microsoft Security Advisory (953635) Vulnerability in Microsoft Word Could Allow Remote Code Execution Published: July 8, 2008 Microsoft is investigating new public reports of a possible vulnerability in Microsoft Office Word 2002 Service Pack 3....

Tags: Attacker, Vulnerability, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Microsoft Office, Security, Office Suites, Software, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-07-08

Kaminsky and Ptacek comment on DNS flaw

Well, well, well, what a day for security news! I got a chance to get the scoop word of mouth from Dan Kaminsky of IOActive (pictured above [image courtesy of quinnums]) and Thomas Ptacek of Matasano pictured below on the DNS flaw that's been all over the...

Tags: DNS, Flaw, Nate, Domain Names, Networking, Security, Internet, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-07-08

Dan Kaminsky breaks DNS, massive multi-vendor patch coming, details at Black Hat Vegas '08

It would seem there's a bigger story to that MS08-037 flaw that came out for Patch Tuesday today. From Dave Lewis over at the Liquid Matrix security blog: Today Dan Kaminsky released a first, as far as I can recall. A coordinated patch was released today...

Tags: Black Hat, DNS, CERT, Flaw, Mogull, Updates, Domain Names, Networking, Security, Internet, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-07-08

A Modest Privacy Proposal

The Senate Commerce, Science & Transportation Committee is holding a hearing tomorrow on Privacy Implications of Online Advertising. Appearing before the committee headed by long-time Senator Daniel K. Inouye (D-Hawaii) are lawyers for Google and Microsoft, as well as Facebook's chief privacy officer -- and Robert R. Dykes, the chairman...

Tags: Google Inc., Web, Internet Service Provider, Service Provider, Internet Service, Internet, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Business Services, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-07-08

Software's drive to become like television

Software business models are becoming more and more like that of television. That fact is the real driver behind Microsoft's desire to buy Yahoo, given the central importance software-oriented ad networks will have in the future. by John Carroll

Tags: Software, Advertisement, Microsoft Corp., TV, Tools & Techniques, Games, Management, Personal Technology, John Carroll

Blog posts 2008-07-08

Photos: Supercomputing at Oak Ridge

Just outside Knoxsville, Tenn., lies one of the world's great supercomputer labs. CNET News' Daniel Terdiman takes a tour. by CNET News.com

Tags: Supercomputer, Photograph, Supercomputing, CNET News, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2008-07-08

VMware: CEO Greene out; Revenue light

VMware on Tuesday swapped CEOs and said that its revenue growth would fall short of expectations. In a statement, VMware said that CEO Diane Greene has departed. She will be replaced by Paul Maritz right effective immediately. Maritz will also be president and sit on VMware's board....

Tags: Revenue, VMware Inc., Virtualization, Microsoft Windows, Storage, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-08

Top 10 things Michael Arrington should do to protest Microsoft's bad behavior

TechCrunch's Michael Arrington is miffed. Microsoft crossed a line by ganging up on Yahoo with Carl Icahn. Arrington outlines his case, but the last sentence is what intrigued me: "I'm all for a merger. But I won't stand by quietly while Microsoft destroys what's left of...

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Help Desk, Operating Systems, Desktops, Software, It Operations, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-08