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Nothing stealthy about this Windows Update update

Ed Bott: Unlike previous Windows Update updates, this one isn't sneaking in under anyone's radar. Microsoft will communicate the details well in advance and provide more notice before and after the process.

• What could Open Office do with a business model?
• Nothing stealthy about this Windows Update update
• Google Talk optimized for iPhone
• DJ your Independence Day party with your Mac
• Microsoft: Silverlight content is searchable, too

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

Microsoft: Silverlight content is searchable, too

Mary Jo Foley: When Adobe, Google and Yahoo announced earlier this week that content stored in its Flash file format would be more easily indexable by Google's and Yahoo's search engines, Microsoft was nowhere to be found.

• Nothing stealthy about this Windows Update update
• Google Talk optimized for iPhone
• DJ your Independence Day party with your Mac
• Microsoft: Silverlight content is searchable, too
• Microsoft steps up self-policing of its OSI-approved source licenses

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

Can Mozilla's security metrics project end the patch-counting nonsense?

Ryan Naraine: Mozilla has launched a valuable Security Metrics Project that could help - we can only hope - put an end to the silly notion that patch-counting helps to determine a product's security posture.

• Happy 4th of July
• Storm Worm's Independence Day campaign
• Say it ain't so AVG, say it ain't so: AVG LinkScanner = Badware?
• On deck from MS: Four 'important' patches but nothing for IE
• Apple caught neglecting iPhone security

• Zero Day
• Threat Chaos
• Between the Lines

Use Google Talk on your iPhone/Touch

Garett Rogers: Google just released a new version of Google Talk that works on the iPhone and iPod Touch. It's pretty nice looking, and it works well to boot.

• Google trying to take privacy seriously
• Viacom vs YouTube exposes Google's data retention policy
• Use Google Talk on your iPhone/Touch
• LineRider releases a Silverlight 2 version
• WordPress, Gears, and the converging browser/desktop

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

NVIDIA hit by faulty mobile GPU disclosure

Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: NVIDIA has discovered a problem relating to "significant quantities" of older mobile GPUs. Notebook OEMs have already been given access to updated GPU drivers which are designed to alleviate the problem

• July 4th, 2008: A trip down memory lane
• First look at Ubuntu 8.10 - Intrepid Ibex
• NVIDIA hit by faulty mobile GPU disclosure
• Sony pulls problematic PS3 software update after 1 hour
• And the Firefox Download Day totals are in ...

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

Nikon announces D700: Full-frame dSLR for $2,000 less than flagship D3

Janice Chen: If you're looking for a full-frame, pro-quality digital SLR, but don't want to spend the money of the big guns like the Nikon D3 or Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III, the new Nikon D700 may be just the fit for you.

• The ToyBox presents: Top 10 Summer Gadgets 2008
• Weekend Gadget Guidance: Sync files between computers over the Web, free
• Camera UI and photo comparison between four high end Windows Mobile devices
• Google Talk isn't the only iPhone optimized IM client
• Linksys WRT610N Wi-Fi router delivers dual bands, simultaneously

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

Smartphone battle royale

Larry Dignan: Welcome to the smartphone market's new reality -- picky customers, rough economic sledding, and features that no longer warrant a few extra dollars. Recent stumbles by RIM, Palm and Sony Ericsson point to more leverage for IT buyers.

• Camera UI and photo comparison between four high end Windows Mobile devices
• Google Talk isn't the only iPhone optimized IM client
• Hearst provides nine fun, informative, and functional mobile sites
• What is the best method for picking up an iPhone 3G on July 11th?
• What MP3 player and mobile phone sound the best to you?

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

Distributed decision making in IT

Paul Murphy: The PC doesn't scale, and throwing manpower at that problem just makes it harder and harder to control the risks that go with the thing; but Unix does scale.

• Texas Instruments pulls power management efforts under new division
• Internet abuse and Cloud Computing
• Runescape graphic glitches
• Energy Independence Day...not yet, but it's a popular idea
• TechForward advocates the cause of temporary ownership

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

Google's culture 'not fit' for enterprise apps

Phil Wainewright: Ex-Googler Sergey Solyanik says the search engine giant is culturally incapable of delivering enterprise-class reliability to its users, unlike his current and former employer Microsoft.

• As you sow...
• Hyperic CloudStatus
• Microsoft Hyper-V and Spin Marketing - Symantec's take
• Ten ways to tell it's not SOA
• Powerset's smarts are Microsoft's gain

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

Bill Gates bids farewell to Microsoft

Bill Gates' farewell speech to Microsoft reminded employees that the company knows how to come from behind as well as to lead.

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