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iPhone hits another security speedbump

Ryan Naraine: According to security researcher Aviv Raff, everyone's favorite mobile device is vulnerable to two separate security weaknesses that expose millions of users to phishing and spamming attacks.

• Talkback Tuesday: Mobile Malware
• iPhone hits another security speedbump
• Dropping the iPhone NDA is good for security
• Cybercriminals syndicating Google Trends keywords to serve malware
• Well, I do actually worry (about mobile viruses)

• Zero Day
• Threat Chaos
• Between the Lines

Can two AMDs be better than one?

Adrian Kinsley-Hughes: AMD will break up into one company that is focused on designing processors, and another that manufactures them. The two companies will also see some $6 billion in new funding from two Abu Dhabi investment firms.

• Can two AMDs be better than one?
• AMD finally announces "asset-smart" plan; new Foundry Company created
• Linux laptops see 4x returns compared to Windows
• Sony AW series: The best laptop display?
• Techies choose Obama - by a landslide

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

Is Linux ready to replace Windows?

Ed Bott: These days, Linux is a great choice for technically sophisticated users who don't mind being far, far out of the mainstream. But for the rest of us, it's a nonstarter.

• Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Linux laptops see 4x returns compared to Windows
• Dana Blankenhorn: The Linux laptop goes to school
• Dana Blankenhorn: My first Linux laptop is the Asus EeePC netbook

• Open source and Steve Jobs is fine
• Microsoft starts sharing details on SQL Server 'Kilimanjaro'
• Test drive: First checkpoint-friendly computer bag
• Linux ready to replace Windows? Not yet…
• iPhone 2.2 features trickle out

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

Sony AW series: The best laptop display?

John Morris: With expansive 16:9 displays and Blu-ray drives, the new crop of desktop replacements with 18.4-inch displays are geared toward mobile entertainment.

• Future wireless networks could be powered by "smart lighting"
• Does this make me a member of the mile-high club?
• Remember Vivitar cameras? Here's what's in store next for the brand
• Blackberry Storm, 'Application Center' info leaked
• MobileTechRoundup show #149, Netbook talk, WiMAX available, new phones in the house

• Digital Cameras
• Laptops & Desktops
• The Mobile Gadgeteer
• SOHO Networking
• The ToyBox

eBay doubles down, buys Bill Me Later

Larry Dignan: Coupling Bill Me Later with PayPal gives eBay a great one-two punch in online payments. If CEO John Donahoe's bold move works, eBay could be the Visa or Mastercard of the Web.

• Google Checkout: Gaining momentum, but big retailers wary
• Amazon enters alternative payment; invests in Bill Me Later

• Startups listen up: you've got a pricing problem
• Microsoft starts sharing details on SQL Server 'Kilimanjaro'
• Test drive: First checkpoint-friendly computer bag
• Linux ready to replace Windows? Not yet…
• iPhone 2.2 features trickle out

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

LinkedIn and Xing set to benefit from downturn?

Steve O'Hear: LinkedIn, the social network for "professionals," could actually be benefiting from the downturn.

• Whisky, Whiskey, and the Semantic Web ?
• LinkedIn and Xing set to benefit from downturn?
• Google launches new Spreadsheets interface
• Welcome to the Data Cloud ?
• Truevert stands on Yahoo!'s shoulders; learning to search for Green issues

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

Startups listen up: you've got a pricing problem

Dennis Howlett: Just about every new product coming to market is being offered as a service rather than packaged software. But pricing remains something of a mystery.

• Windows Vista Woes or helping my Grandson with homework
• With Systinet 3.0, HP broadens SOA governance role to encompass services lifecycle, business processes, IT service management
• Startups listen up: you've got a pricing problem
• WSO2 eases enterprise data availability for SOA access, consumption
• SAP: first to hit the buffers

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

Large Hadron Collider computing grid launched

One of the world's largest computing grids, capable of streaming the equivalent of three million DVDs a year, was officially launched.

• Ask revamps for faster Web search, more relevance
• Large Hadron Collider computing grid launched
• Two Europeans indicted for US cyberattacks
• Microsoft launches software for cheap Portuguese laptop
• Ballmer previews 'Windows Cloud'

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

Improve your failed IT culture

Michael Krigsman: The underpinnings of IT failure lie in culture, the unspoken rules governing an organization's style and general priorities. Since most organizations pay little attention to project culture, it's not surprising failure rates remain high.

• A question about web server volume failures
• The color that shall not be named. AMD's Vertal downplays green credentials, plays up efficiency arguments
• Project tradition and IT culture [cartoon]
• Improve your failed IT culture
• Data Processing scores big success! Linux loses, again!

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

Sony eBook device adds light and touch

Matthew Miller: Sony just announced the Sony Reader PRS-700 with touch screen functionality. Even more impressive to me than the touch screen functionality is the integrated LED reading light.

• MobileTechRoundup show #149, Netbook talk, WiMAX available, new phones in the house
• Sony announces new Reader eBook device with integrated LED and touch screen
• First Intel MID now available for $699
• Sprint XOHM WiMAX service launches in Baltimore
• Run, don't walk, and pick up a REDFLY Mobile Companion for $199.95

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