Editor's note: Learn how two researchers' Do Not Track software fits in with the FTC's recent preliminary report about online privacy protection. Also, find out why the Nokia N8 leads the smartphone world, and see the inside of a Google Cr-48 Chrome notebook. - Jason Do Not Track functionality: How it works Internet privacy is very much in the news. Everything from new technology to government regulation is being promoted. What does that mean to us? Read more | News from ZDNet | | | Reports: 650-700 layoffs expected at Yahoo today There won't be much holiday cheer at Yahoo today, if reports about a round of layoffs are true. Word is that anywhere from 650 to 700 people will lose their jobs today, mostly in the product groups headed by Blake Irving, a former Microsoft exec brought in by CEO Carol... Read more | | Microsoft, IE security, NSS and the vendor funded study conundrum For NSS Labs president Rick Moy the questions about his company's study of Internet Explorer security must get old. Read more | | Toshiba wins contract to produce iPhone LCDs Toshiba has won a major contract to produce LCD panels for the iPhone and will spend about US$1.19 billion to build a new fabrication plant to produce upwards of 8M panels per month for Apple. Read more | | Your Gawker password hacked? Some of you deserve it Gawker comment passwords were hacked over the weekend and judging from the idiotic selections from some users they had a security breach coming anyway. Read more | | Google Voice Search gets a personalization upgrade I'm always impressed with Google's on-stage demos of its voice-to-text technology - but I quickly get frustrated when I try to speak searches or other commands into my own Android phone. Sure, the voice search gets most of the words right most of the time but frankly, that's just not... Read more | | The Nokia N8; uncompromising specifications and functions in the smartphone world The Nokia N8 leads the smartphone world when it comes to the latest and greatest specifications and unlike other smartphones that are missing one or more specs, the N8 has it all in one. Read more | | Microsoft: A big ship at crossroads; What else is new? Predicting the demise of Microsoft is almost a national pastime in the tech sector, but the angst is a bit overblown. Here's the Microsoft ledger of positives and negatives. Read more | | Dell plays the part of Scrooge with Venue Pro delays The Dell Venue Pro delivery date keeps getting pushed back and the few that were available at Microsoft Stores have experienced major issues. Will Dell ever deliver the Venue Pro or is the device DOA? Read more | | Microsoft to show off true iPad competitors at CES? The New York Times is reporting that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer may show off some new slates and tablets from various PC partners at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2011 in January. Read more | | Sexy enterprise software, part two: SAP and Workday Part two of this series adds more background, building to the discussion of what makes enterprise software sexy. Read more |
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