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April 27, 2009
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In this issue:
1. IT Blogwatch: Windows 7 RC1 is here... almost
2. Don Tennant: The Baby Shaker episode: Let's move on
3. Ken Mingis: How to make a MacBook zippy -- just add an SSD
4. Jaikumar Vijayan: If a security vendor breaks into a malicious site, is it hacking?
5. Seth Weintraub: Verizon said to be pursuing Apple's iPhone (again)
6. Seth Weintraub: With 27 apps per device, iPhone customers aren't likely to stray
7. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: Running Windows 7 RC on a netbook
8. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: Get your software into Linux the easy way
9. Mark Everett Hall: Microsoft is doomed! (Again.)
10. Lisa Hoover: Geolocation services let you run but not hide
11. Scott McPherson: Why you should be looking at Mexico NOW.
12. Seth H. Weintraub: Samsung enters the Google Android market with the i7500
13. Douglas Schweitzer: CAPTCHA can getcha too
14. Robert L. Mitchell: CallVantage failure: Just blame VoIP
15. Joyce Carpenter: SharePoint professionals share canned goods
16. Richi Jennings: RSA Conference, day three/four
17. Shark Tank: Anytime, redefined
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Bad Data is Bad for Business
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Edmunds.com Customer Success Story for Service Automation
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IDC Whitepaper: The Benefits of Datacenter Transformation
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IT Blogwatch: Windows 7 RC1 is here... almost
In Monday's IT Blogwatch, Richi Jennings watches the official release of the
Windows 7 release candidate be... uhh, officially released. Not to mention a
phone bill for $0.00...
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/4900416/283856150/186082/0/
Don Tennant: The Baby Shaker episode: Let's move on
As a father who has been blessed with four healthy kids, I don't know what it's
like to be the parent of a child who was seriously injured by being shaken as a
baby. So I don't pretend to be able to fully comprehend the hurt and anguish
those parents feel over the infamous iPhone Baby Shaker app.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/4900416/283856150/186083/0/
Ken Mingis: How to make a MacBook zippy -- just add an SSD
I recently inherited a base model $1,299 MacBook and wanted to make it a little
snappier for day-to-day operations. So I snagged an OCZ SSD and swapped it in
for the stock drive. Color me happy.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/4900416/283856150/186084/0/
Jaikumar Vijayan: If a security vendor breaks into a malicious site, is it hacking?
Security vendors sometimes break into malicious Web sites and systems to gather
data for stopping cyber crooks. How justifiable is that practice?
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/4900416/283856150/186085/0/
Seth Weintraub: Verizon said to be pursuing Apple's iPhone (again)
USA Today's post today is the latest in a series of reports that Verizon is
clamoring for the iPhone. According to "people familiar with the situation",
Verizon and Apple have been having high level talks throughout the year and even
into last year. Will we see a Verizon iPhone soon?
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/4900416/283856150/186086/0/
Seth Weintraub: With 27 apps per device, iPhone customers aren't likely to stray
Just like the purchased .AAC file libraries that kept traditional iPod owners
from straying to other MP3 players, the iPhone's apps are likely to help Apple
keep its touch device customers loyal to its products. Here's why:
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/4900416/283856150/186087/0/
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: Running Windows 7 RC on a netbook
How does Microsoft's latest Windows 7 leak, Build 7100 run on a netbook, the
Dell Mini 9 in specific? Here's what I found.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/4900416/283856150/186088/0/
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: Get your software into Linux the easy way
The Linux Foundation and openSUSE recently joined forces to make it easy for any
developer to get any program into any version of Linux.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/4900416/283856150/186089/0/
Mark Everett Hall: Microsoft is doomed! (Again.)
Once again the doomsayers are declaring Microsoft is all but dead. When will the
company finally listen?
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/4900416/283856150/186090/0/
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Lisa Hoover: Geolocation services let you run but not hide
Just when we got used to using social networks to tell people what we're having
for lunch, a batch of new services have come along to let them know where we're
eating, too. Applications that use your mobile phone's cell tower triangulation
ability or GPS feature to broadcast your whereabouts to the world are popping up
all over. Should you use one?
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/4900416/283856150/186092/0/
Scott McPherson: Why you should be looking at Mexico NOW.
Mexican swine flu is real, and it is infecting and killing people down south.
You need to be ready to move on your pandemic plans if this virus continues to
spread.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/4900416/283856150/186093/0/
Seth H. Weintraub: Samsung enters the Google Android market with the i7500
And then there were three. Samsung is now the first major smartphone
manufacturer to launch a Google Android phone, the i7500. Samsung initially will
aim the phone at the European market.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/4900416/283856150/186094/0/
Douglas Schweitzer: CAPTCHA can getcha too
Sometimes figuring out what those squiggly characters are is tricky and that's
the point. CAPTCHAs were designed to require some thinking. Typing in those
letters and numbers that appear in the little colorful box is supposed to be a
challenge and task that only humans carry out. Online criminals can't use their
bots (and botnets) to distinguish letters and numbers that have been altered
beyond their automated recognition capabilities.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/4900416/283856150/186095/0/
Robert L. Mitchell: CallVantage failure: Just blame VoIP
After AT&T has finally announced plans to close down its failed CallVantage
voice over IP service for existing users on Friday (it stopped taking on new
customers last year), one news service blamed VoIP as a failed technology.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/4900416/283856150/186096/0/
Joyce Carpenter: SharePoint professionals share canned goods
SharePoint Saturday DC is collecting canned goods for donation to charities in
the northern Virigina area. The organization is sponsoring an event on May 2 for
developers, architects and anyone else who is interested in SharePoint.
The event itself is free, but the food drive is a competitive event.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/4900416/283856150/186097/0/
Richi Jennings: RSA Conference, day three/four
This is the third and final report from the RSA Conference. Sorry if you were
expecting this a day or two ago, but... well, let's just say circumstances
conspired against me.
In this post:
BoxSentry Ditches Challenge/Response; Fights False Positives
AVG loves its freeloaders
Astaro drops its R&D-led roadmap
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/4900416/283856150/186098/0/
Shark Tank: Anytime, redefined
Pilot fish takes a new job at a company that pays for IT employees' broadband
Internet at home. But at the end of the first week, fish comes home to find that
her Internet isn't working.
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SHARK BAIT OF THE DAY
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