Mary Branscombe / ZDNet:
Hotmail Exchange ActiveSync — Hotmail will be switching on Exchange Active Sync connections for mobile phones on Monday 30 August. (The feature has been in development for some time and a number of users who figured out the server name have had intermittent unofficial access during tests, but this will be the official launch.)
Brian Barrett / Gizmodo:
The 300,000 Biggest Websites, Visualized With Their Icons — How do the 288,945 most heavily trafficked sites on the internet stack up against each other? Take a very close look at this chart to find out. — While you could spend all day with a microscope trying to sort …
Larry Dignan / Between the Lines Blog:
Tech companies’ vision hampered by growth goggles as M&A picks up — In a little more than a week, the tech industry has lost its M&A mind. As technology companies stretch for growth they are reaching for acquisitions in the name of diversification and showing a willingness to overpay for assets.
Groklaw:
Proof SCO Knew IBM Was Involved in Linux From 1998 Onward — Look what I just found, SCO’s Partners page from 2002, on Internet Archive, and lo and behold, it provides proof positive that SCO, then calling itself Caldera, knew that IBM was involved with Linux as far back as 1998.
Taylor Buley / Buleyean String:
Free of Freemium, Things Are Starting To Look Up At Ning — Ning, provider of on-demand social communities, has recently been one of Silicon Valley’s most interesting companies. Five months ago the company announced the sudden exit of chief executive Gina Bianchini, eventually gave …
JD Rucker / Soshable:
Tumblr’s Biggest Strength is its Biggest Weakness to Google — If you haven’t heard of Tumblr, you will. The pace that it’s currently growing is similar (if not greater than) the type of growth that Twitter experienced 2 years ago. The blog/microblog/community hybrid social media site …
Martin Heller / InfoWorld:
Oracle’s Android lawsuit: A Pandora’s box of serious evils — A deeper look at Oracle’s legal claims show how an Oracle win or a Google give-in could destroy Android and even open source — Everyone knows that Oracle is suing Google over claims that Google used Sun’s Java technology without …
Robert McMillan / Computerworld:
ICANN asks Demand Media for answers after report — IDG News Service – The group responsible for managing the Internet’s domain name system is asking Demand Media’s eNom division for answers following complaints from Internet security groups. — ENom, the world’s second-largest domain name registrar …
Robert McMillan / PC World:
ICANN Asks Demand Media for Answers After Report — The group responsible for managing the Internet’s domain name system is asking Demand Media’s eNom division for answers following complaints from Internet security groups. — ENom, the world’s second-largest domain name registrar …
David Pogue / New York Times:
State of the Art: OpenDNS Simplifies Life for Web Users — I’m about to make your life better. No need to thank me. — But first, a warning: On the way to understanding how your life will get better, you’ll have to read about some technical, fairly arcane topics. Trust me: It’ll be worth it.