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Tech News Flash: Friday -- July 10, 2009

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Today's Headlines
Jackson Memorial Brought Out Worst in Networks, Best in Web
Little MacBook That Could, Batteries That Can't, Touch That Might
10 Things for Linux Desktop Evangelists to Ponder
Audit Shows Many Classified DoS Laptops Are MIA or Insecure
Google's Chrome OS: A Wispy Desktop Adversary?

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Getting IT to Speak Business-ese (12:51 minutes)
For the most part, IT people tend to operate in their own space and
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Today's Story Highlights

Jackson Memorial Brought Out Worst in Networks, Best in Web
On June 25th, many Americans learned about the death of Michael Jackson
from the Internet. They had already learned how to use social networks
to share that information -- and their grief -- with others, far
outpacing traditional television media. Apparently, the three main
broadcast works didn't learn anything from that day.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/67558.html

Little MacBook That Could, Batteries That Can't, Touch That Might
The Apple-focused blogosphere is still chugging along, even as the
summer sun starts pounding down. While Apple's new MacBooks have been
getting good reviews for the long lives of their built-in batteries, the
iPhone still isn't getting battery raves. More and more users seem to be
using external battery packs to give their iPhones a new boost of juice.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/67561.html

10 Things for Linux Desktop Evangelists to Ponder
This is the year of the Linux Desktop! Oh, um, so was `expr ${THISYEAR}
- 1`. No, wait. It was `expr ${THISYEAR} - 2`. Just kidding. Next year
is the year of the Linux Desktop! Of course, many continue to dream and
hope, cajole, and demand that one of these years be the year of the
Linux Desktop. I'm a big fan, and I'm pulling for Linux's success, but
it's a complex formula that determines if and when.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/67559.html

Audit Shows Many Classified DoS Laptops Are MIA or Insecure
Nearly a decade after a Department of State laptop containing highly
classified information disappeared in an embarrassing security lapse,
the agency is still unable to account for all of its portable computers.
The State Department's inspector general said a review of a sample of
334 laptops belonging to four departmental bureaus found that 27 were
missing at the time of the audit.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/67563.html

Google's Chrome OS: A Wispy Desktop Adversary?
Google's announcement of a Chrome operating system, coming just nine
months after its launch of the Chrome browser, has the tech sector
buzzing over the possibilities. Google is targeting netbooks, claiming
to have agreements with several OEMs already inked. How will the option
of a Chrome OS be received by the desktop-using masses? Are they ready
for a cloud-based PC experience?
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/67554.html

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