http://blog.internetnews.com/blog/ en-us Copyright 2008 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:07:58 -0500Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:58:30 -0500Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:40:10 -0500Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:01:46 -0500Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:50:12 -0500Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:14:46 -0500Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:15:23 -0500Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:48:58 -0500Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:27:53 -0500Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:15:26 -0500Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:36:27 -0500Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:31:08 -0500Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:14:38 -0500Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:52:19 -0500Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:49:30 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification In his keynote speech at the Intel Developer Forum (IDF) on Tuesday, Intel Chairman Craig Barrett announced a contest to award four $100,000 checks for innovation. The competition focuses on four areas: education, health care, economic development and environment.... http://blog.internetnews.com/bhorowitz/2008/08/intel-shells-out-the-bucks-for.html http://blog.internetnews.com/bhorowitz/2008/08/intel-shells-out-the-bucks-for.html Craig Barrett IDF innovation Intel Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:07:58 -0500 From the "I told you so" files: A month ago Dan Kaminsky revealed to the world that there was a serious flaw in DNS - and nearly every DNS vendor had patches available right away. The patches never claimed to... http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/08/of-course-dns-is-still-vulnera.html http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/08/of-course-dns-is-still-vulnera.html DNS Kaminsky security Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:58:30 -0500 From the "no Mac for you!" files:Jerry Seinfeld is going to be the new pitch man for Microsoft - at least that's what the Wall Street Journal is now reporting.Seinfeld who is reportedly getting $10 million for the spots... http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/08/microsoft-getting-seinfeld-for.html http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/08/microsoft-getting-seinfeld-for.html Apple Mac Microsoft Seinfeld Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:40:10 -0500 From the "no it's not WinUx but.." files:As Microsoft is set to pump up to $100 million more in Novell for Linux, it's important to note that Microsoft is not paying off Linux - it's actually making money from... http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/08/microsoft-is-profiting-from-li.html http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/08/microsoft-is-profiting-from-li.html Linux Microsoft Novell open source Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:01:46 -0500 http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/08/ie-8-to-get-porn-mode.html http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/08/ie-8-to-get-porn-mode.html browsers IE IE 8 internet explorer Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:50:12 -0500 Now we know how Paul Otellini is going to sell all that flash memory like he promised. Intel announced at the Intel Developer Forum it is entering the solid state drive (SSD) market with a trio of drives aimed at... http://blog.internetnews.com/apatrizio/2008/08/intel-gets-into-the-flash-driv.html http://blog.internetnews.com/apatrizio/2008/08/intel-gets-into-the-flash-driv.html flash memory Intel SSD Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:14:46 -0500 From the "we know what's best for you" files:Firefox 3 has been out since June 17th, but to date existing Firefox 2 users have not received an upgrade notice for the new version. Instead users have had to go... http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/08/firefox-3-coming-to-firefox-2.html http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/08/firefox-3-coming-to-firefox-2.html browsers Firefox Mozilla open source Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:15:23 -0500 Following a wave of changes aimed at making its marketplace more buyer-friendly, e-commerce giant eBay has slashed the fees it charges sellers to list items on its fixed-price store. The move continues an overhaul set off by incoming CEO John... http://blog.internetnews.com/kcorbin/2008/08/barbarians-at-the-gate-ebays-s.html http://blog.internetnews.com/kcorbin/2008/08/barbarians-at-the-gate-ebays-s.html e-commerce eBay Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:48:58 -0500 It looks like the trio of MIT researchers that had been barred from talking about flaws in the Boston subway/ Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) system fare system can now talk.The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) which had been vocal on... http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/08/boston-transit-hacking-trio-fr.html http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/08/boston-transit-hacking-trio-fr.html Defcon MBTA security Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:27:53 -0500 Just as I was getting this close to throwing over my Treo 700 for (what else?) the latest 3G iPhone, out comes the latest leaked details on the next Treo about to hit the market. Fan site treopro.net got some... http://blog.internetnews.com/ejoyce/2008/08/latest-leaked-palm-treo-slick.html http://blog.internetnews.com/ejoyce/2008/08/latest-leaked-palm-treo-slick.html iPhone Palm smartphones Treo Pro Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:15:26 -0500 Yahoo Buzz, the Digg-like social news site Yahoo unveiled as an invite-only service in February, is now open to all publishers. Buzz launched with about 100 publishing partners, expanding quickly to more than 400. A handful of the top-rated stories... http://blog.internetnews.com/kcorbin/2008/08/yahoo-building-buzz.html http://blog.internetnews.com/kcorbin/2008/08/yahoo-building-buzz.html Buzz Digg Yahoo Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:36:27 -0500 Have netbooks jumped the shark? For a while there, it looked like the nascent trend of diminutive, lightweight, inexpensive, low-end notebook PCs -- netbooks -- were about to be undone by the company that jumpstarted it all. I'm referring... http://blog.internetnews.com/csaunders/2008/08/where-oh-where-is-the-dell-net.html http://blog.internetnews.com/csaunders/2008/08/where-oh-where-is-the-dell-net.html dell hardware marketing netbooks PR vaporware Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:31:08 -0500 Intel Chairman Craig Barrett opened the Intel Developer Forum with a bang, taking the U.S. federal government to task over what he felt was its failure to invest in education and research and development.Barrett is not shy in his opinions... http://blog.internetnews.com/apatrizio/2008/08/idf-opening-keynote-or-opening.html http://blog.internetnews.com/apatrizio/2008/08/idf-opening-keynote-or-opening.html education IDF Intel R&D Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:14:38 -0500 http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/08/mozilla-grabs-new-exec-directo.html http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/08/mozilla-grabs-new-exec-directo.html Mark Surman Mozilla open source Shuttleworth Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:52:19 -0500 Clearly AMD has no intention of giving Q4 over to Intel. The company announced that "Shanghai," the first server chips made with the 45nm manufacturing process, will ship in the fourth quarter of this year, around the same time as... http://blog.internetnews.com/apatrizio/2008/08/amds-shanghai-surprise.html http://blog.internetnews.com/apatrizio/2008/08/amds-shanghai-surprise.html AMD Barcelona Intel Opteron Shanghai Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:49:30 -0500