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• Apple discontinues MobileMe status blog

  Wow, that was quick. MobileMe's status page is no longer going to be updated. After starting out strong, promising to "write a posting every other day or so to let ...

  Tags: MobileMe, Blog, Apple Inc., Internet, Blogging, Jason D. O\'Grady

  Aug 20, 2008 9:35 AM PDT

• Nanospheres moving faster than light?

  In recent years, I don't think I've spent a month without a report about a new way to exceed the speed of light. Yesterday, University of Pennsylvania researchers announced a ...

  Tags: Researcher, Particle, Roland Piquepaille, Penn, Theory, Team, University Of Pennsylvania, Nanoparticle, Bandwidth

  Aug 20, 2008 9:08 AM PDT

• Why do you want WinFS?

  Every time the conversation turns to Windows 7, the subject of WinFS comes up. This next-generation file storage software was cut from Windows Vista and eventually killed completely nearly four ...

  Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, WinFS, Ed Bott, Software, NTFS.com, Microsoft Windows

  Aug 20, 2008 9:07 AM PDT

• Hyperic gets on Google's cloud

  Hyperic CloudStatus is now available to users of Google AppEngine cloud. The program was already available to users of Amazon's Web Services cloud. Hyperic principal engineer Jon Travis said the integration ...

  Tags: Monitoring, Dana Blankenhorn, Hyperic CloudStatus, Cloud, Google Inc.

  Aug 20, 2008 9:00 AM PDT

• Palm Treo Pro officially announced, will come to U.S. as unlocked model only

  It was no surprise to anyone that the Palm Treo Pro was coming since Palm themselves have been posting videos and images, but today it was officially announced. It was ...

  Tags: Palm Treo, Personal Technology, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Matthew Miller, Palm Inc., Hardware, Wireless LANs, Wireless, Consumer Electronics

  Aug 20, 2008 8:53 AM PDT

• Visa, banks to test real-time fraud alerts

  Credit card giant Visa is teaming up with with eight North American banks to deliver fraud alerts in real-time via SMS text messages and e-mails to cell phones. The pilot ...

  Tags: Financial Services, Ryan Naraine, Bank, Visa Inc., Cardholder, Telecom & Utilities, Transaction

  Aug 20, 2008 8:53 AM PDT

• The layered approach ... my wish for a future OS

  Yesterday, in passing, I mentioned that I'd like to see Windows evolve into an operating system where the OS, installed applications and user data were each contained in separate layers. ...

  Tags: Operating System, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows 95, Layer, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, User Data, Microsoft Windows

  Aug 20, 2008 8:53 AM PDT

• Oh, really? Report says techies don't care much about salary.

  According to a new report and an unscientific polling of a handful of techies, it's not salary or bonuses that cause IT pros to leave their jobs, but a lack ...

  Tags: Human Resources, Workforce Management, Training And Certification, Training, Salary, Job, Deb Perelman, Techie, Recruitment & Selection

  Aug 20, 2008 8:04 AM PDT

• Get your kids moving

  The American College of Sports Medicine says kids who run around during the day don't just avoid obesity, and bad habits for a lifetime. They also learn better. by Dana ...

  Tags: Kid, Gym, Construction, Dana Blankenhorn, Teacher

  Aug 20, 2008 7:58 AM PDT

• The news on Intel's Nehalem; chips with integrated GPUs up next

  Intel has given new details of what it calls the biggest change in its processor platform in a decade. The new information on Nehalem, discussed in keynotes and presentations at ...

  Tags: Core, Components, Chip, Processors, Semiconductors, GPU, Hardware, Nehalem, John Morris, Intel Corp.

  Aug 20, 2008 7:49 AM PDT

• Third party support, threat or menace?

  Channels like third party support companies need to be nourished, not feared. Offer their people special classes. Give them special badges at your own support events. Throw them a party, ...

  Tags: Channel Management, Finance, Retail, Dana Blankenhorn, Marketing, Internet, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Third Party, Investment

  Aug 20, 2008 7:37 AM PDT

• IE 8 looking like a November release

  According to one well-placed tipster, who requested anonymity, the current plan is for Microsoft to make IE 8 Beta 2 available for download from its Web site on Thursday, August ...

  Tags: Web Browsers, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Internet, Mary Jo Foley

  Aug 20, 2008 7:28 AM PDT

• eBay has Amazon envy: Cuts fees to get more fixed pricing

  Can eBay still be eBay as it moves toward a fixed pricing model? Possibly, but it's going to be really difficult to change its auctioneer image. On Wednesday, eBay announced ...

  Tags: Pricing, Marketing Research, Larry Dignan, Marketing, Amazon.com Inc., Pricing Strategy, eBay Inc.

  Aug 20, 2008 7:02 AM PDT

• Our educational system needs an overhaul (and how can Intel help?)

  Fellow ZDNet blogger, Sam Diaz, wrote an interesting piece yesterday highlighting a vital message from Intel Chairman, Craig Barrett, during his keynote at the Intel Developers' Forum. Quoting both Barrett ...

  Tags: Kid, Christopher Dawson, Craig Barrett, Internet, Blogging, Productivity, Intel Corp.

  Aug 20, 2008 6:55 AM PDT

• Ricoh's new R10 wide compact camera helps you snap perfectly level shots

  Only six months to the day after Ricoh's R8 announcement comes its replacement, the R10, announced yesterday. With much the same design as the R8--including the fairly wide f/3.3-5.2 28mm-200mm-equivalent ...

  Tags: Components, Pricing, Monitors & Displays, Marketing, Hardware, Ricoh Corp., Camera, Janice Chen

  Aug 20, 2008 6:40 AM PDT

• SpamZa - opt in spamming service fighting to remain online

  A recently launched unethical spam list building service called SpamZa, is fighting to remain online after providing highly successful (87 spam emails in 8 minutes) into fulfilling its objective, namely, ...

  Tags: Spam, Newsletter, Dancho Danchev, SpamZa, Online Communications, Marketing, E-mail, Spamming, Corporate Communications

  Aug 20, 2008 6:23 AM PDT

• Novell as Microsoft's client state

  Microsoft has created a compliant client state, a vassal, small and subservient, a bridge between the closed world of Windows and the free world of open source. by Dana Blankenhorn

  Tags: Linux, Vertical Industries, Microsoft Corp., Operating Systems, Government, Dana Blankenhorn, Open Source, Software, Enterprise Software, Novell Inc.

  Aug 20, 2008 6:17 AM PDT

• WSUS users get a surprise: Windows 7 client

  Some Windows Software Update Services WSUS users got a surprise on their patching servers on August 20: A mention of Windows 7 Client. by Mary Jo Foley

  Tags: Windows Software Update Services, Microsoft Corp., Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Mary Jo Foley, Software, Microsoft Windows Server Update Services, Microsoft Windows

  Aug 20, 2008 6:13 AM PDT

• Compromise on the drinking age debate

  Issue pub licenses to colleges. Let those pubs serve beer and wine to those with student IDs as young as 18. by Dana Blankenhorn

  Tags: College, Beverage, Wine, Food & Beverage, Dana Blankenhorn, Manufacturing, Willy

  Aug 20, 2008 6:03 AM PDT

• Intel unveils Nehalem 'turbo mode'

  At IDF, the chipmaker announced a power-control feature in its new micro architecture, claiming it is 'pretty compelling' for enterprises. Intel unveiled on Tuesday a new aspect of its upcoming ...

  Tags: Components, Data Center, servers, Nehalem EX, Processors, IDF, Hardware, Pat Gelsinger, Data Management, chips

  Aug 20, 2008 5:51 AM PDT

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