News to know: Windows 7; Google; Vizio; Treknology; Green tech

Posted by Larry Dignan

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Ed Bott: Windows 7 RC gets its first bug, and it’s a doozy

Sean Portnoy: Surprise! As HDTVs price rise, sales drop and Vizio becomes the biggest brand

Andrew Mager: Easily spam Twitter with trending topics API

Garett Rogers: Google does 3 Chrome updates, and runs out of bandwidth

• Larry Dignan: Analyst: Google will start walking away from bad AdSense deals like MySpace
• NYT: Data, Not Design, Is King in the Age of Google
• ReadWriteWeb: Google Execs: Twitter-like Functionality Could Be Added to Search

Zack Whittaker: The wireless escapades: the inevitable journey into frustration

Tom Steinert-Threlkeld: From Payola ‘Pay for Say’: Will Metrics Aid Honesty or Abet Dishonesty in Online Conversation?

ZDNet UK: EC wants software makers held liable for code

Photos: Integrated circuit celebrates 50th birthday

Sam Diaz: SEC filing: Sun shareholders sue to block Oracle acquisition

Forrester Blog: Leveraging cloud computing for new business enablement

Jason O’Grady: Unannounced touchscreen Nokia outed in new ‘Trek film

Jason Perlow: Advances in TREKnology

• Frugal Friday: Presto, Project Forks, Kindle DX, Star Trek, Sonatype
• Pano Logic brings us closer to “The Screen”

Dana Blankenhorn: Open source enterprise software shakeout

Zack Whittaker: Podcast: ZDNet and Neowin meet in the middle

Mary Jo Foley: More fallout from Microsoft’s moves to consolidate its ad platforms

• Microsoft shows off App-V virtualization for servers

Richard Koman: White House probes NASA, as Europeans launch two advanced telescopes

Ryan Naraine: Heartland says malware breach cost $12.6 million

Michael Krigsman: Enterprise student laundry system fails

Gizmodo: Long-Exposure Shot of a Roomba’s Path Shows Beautifully Organized Chaos

Oliver Marks: How to Avoid Collaboration Traps, Create Unity and Get Results

Richard Koman: Schmidt doesn’t see problem with Apple board seat

Heather Clancy: Green technology design: Easier said than done?

• Manufacturer pushes pseudo-Energy Star rating for Ethernet gear
  
• Harry Fuller: Alternative energy and alternatives to alternative energy
• Global warming heating up Washington D.C.

Photos: Top-rated reviews of the week

Dana Blankenhorn: Why health reform remains possible

• New England Journal of Medicine fights flu panic
• The fundamental value of Internet access

Jennifer Bergen: Nokia’s unlocked N97: Pre-order and save a few bucks

• Quickfire Deal: $160 Asus Eee PC 900A
• Gadget Gal’s daily deals: Unlocked Nokia phone, LG HDTV, REI laptop bag sale

Brian Sommer: Where Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) must go next

• Phil Wainewright: Another week, another $70m vote for SaaS
• Joe McKendrick: ‘SOA is Dead’ debate lives on and on

GigaOm: T-Mobile to Launch Many Android Devices Later This Year

ComputerWorld: Analysis: SSD performance — is a slowdown inevitable?

Dave Greenfield: Hunting for cool phones

Larry Dignan: Unemployment abounds, but not for IT and management consultants

Photos: Getting an armchair off the ground (right)

Christopher Dawson: Netbooks are everywhere

More details emerge on Wolfram Alpha

Smaller profit margins will slow adoption of larger Kindle

• Matthew Miller: Will the new Kindle DX complicate plagiarism prevention?

Report: US air-traffic control systems hacked

Diaz: Are Amazon and Real one-upping Apple?

AT&T and Verizon: Is the smartphone growth train slowing?

Inside Microsoft Research UK

Social networks will need to do more for Asia

Paul Murphy: NCIS: Episode #140: Breakout

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