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Live: Philip Schiller Macworld keynote

Jason D. O'Grady: Apple marketing guru Philip Shiller's keynote began with iLife and iWork updates. It ended with a new 17-inch MacBook Pro, an end to DRM on iTunes - and Tony Bennett. Live Macworld Expo Gallery

• Larry Dignan: Apple rolls the dice on fixed MacBook Pro batteries
• Sam Diaz: Schiller delivers but announcements disappoint
• Mac OS X Snow Leopard: What price?

• All About Microsoft
• The Apple Core
• The BlackBerry Beat
• Ed Bott's Microsoft Report
• Googling Google

Bogus LinkedIn profiles serving malware

Dancho Danchev: A currently active malware campaign is taking advantage of bogus LinkedIn profiles impersonating celebrities in an attempt to trick users into clicking on links serving bogus media players.

• Zero Day
• Threat Chaos
• Between the Lines

Windows 7 - Heal thyself!

Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Windows 7 has in place mechanisms to help even the most basic of users get their PC back from one of the worst situations that they can find themselves in - a system that won't boot.

• Gallery: Windows 7 startup repair gallery
• Gallery: Windows 7 beta 1 (build 6.1.7000.0.081212-1400)
• Jason Perlow: Windows 7 should be a Fixta free for all

• All About Microsoft
• The Apple Core
• Community, Inc.
• Ed Bott's Microsoft Report
• Linux and Open Source
• Managing L'unix
• The Universal Desktop

SOA dead as of January 1st, analyst says

Joe McKendrick: At least one analyst says SOA has hit the wall. It hasn't been delivering ROI, and organizations need to move on to better and faster initiatives.

• Between the Lines
• BriefingsDirect
• Enterprise Anti-matter
• Enterprise Web 2.0
• Irregular Enterprise
• IT Project Failures
• Service Oriented
• Software as Services

AMD Neo, HP dv2 take on both netbooks and notebooks

John Morris: Plugging a hole in its laptop portfolio, AMD has announced a new processor platform for very thin and lightweight notebooks.

• Gallery: HP expands notebook, netbook, desktop lineup for CES

• Storage Bits
• Hardware 2.0
• The Core Truth
• Laptops & Desktops

An interpretation of the cloud

Paul Murphy: Here's a simple question: from the perspective of a a senior, non IT, executive in a mid range company how does cloud computing differ from the 1980s idea of connecting all users to one big machine (real or virtual)?

• On Sustainability
• IT Project Failures
• GreenTech Pastures
• IT Services & Outsourcing
• Managing L'unix

CES 2009 - First impressions

Andrew Nusca: Some say we may be heralding the second Great Depression, but vendors and press alike are oohing and ahhing at new gadgets anyway. What recession?

• Gallery: CES gadgets - the first wave
• Matthew Miller: CES2009: HP announces Mini 2140 with Atom processor and more
• Ed Bott: Five things Steve Ballmer won't tell you about Windows 7

• Digital Cameras
• Laptops & Desktops
• The Mobile Gadgeteer
• SOHO Networking
• The ToyBox
• Smartphones & Cell Phones
• Home Theater

Carmakers could go bananas over coconuts

Harry Fuller: Baylor University researchers say the coconut husk may yield the strong fiber of future cars and other durable products.

• Emerging Technologies
• Between The Lines
• All About Microsoft
• The Core Truth
• IT Facts
• Tom Foremski: IMHO

Apple iTunes goes all DRM free

Ed Burnette: Apple announced today that effective immediately 8 million songs on iTunes would be DRM free, and that by the end of the quarter all 10 million songs on the popular music site would be DRM free.

• Googling Google
• Dev Connection
• The Semantic Web
• The Social Web
• The Universal Desktop
• Web 2.0 Explorer

MSI announces Wind netbooks with SSD/HDD and WiMAX/3.5G

Matthew Miller: MSI Computer's U-Series Netbooks include the U115 that will be capable of running both a SSD and HDD at the same time using hybrid storage technology.

• The BlackBerry Beat
• IP Telephony
• The Mobile Gadgeteer
• The Social Web
• SOHO Networking
• Team Think