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TCO: Macs cheaper than Windows PCs

David Morgenstern: A recent survey of enterprise IT managers that administer both PCs and Macs finds that Macs have a better TCO (total cost of ownership) than Windows boxes, and require less user training and help.

• Mac sales soar 39 percent
• Are Mac OS X and Apple servers making inroads with the Feds?
• Updates that boost Mac searching and content discovery

• ZDNet Government
• All About Microsoft
• The Apple Core
• Community, Inc.
• Ed Bott's Microsoft Report
• Linux and Open Source
• Managing L'unix

Viacom wanted to buy YouTube

Sam Diaz: Viacom, which reportedly tried to buy YouTube before Google, seems to want it both ways when it comes to content on YouTube, the video site's chief counsel argued in a blog post today as filings from the legal dispute are unsealed.

• Smoking gun' emails in Viacom-YouTube case
• Judge puts kibosh on YouTube copyright damages dogpile
• Google CFO: Regulatory scrutiny is "part of growing up"

• All About Microsoft
• The Apple Core
• Ed Bott's Microsoft Report
• Googling Google
• ZDNet Government

iPad will kill ebooks as we know them

Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Apple iPad will be a game-changer in many ways, but one area of tech that it will radically shake up is that of the ebook market. In fact, Apple's latest creation will kill off the ebook as we know it.

• Digital Cameras & Camcorders
• Laptops & Desktops
• The Mobile Gadgeteer
• Home Theater
• The ToyBox
• Smartphones & Cell Phones

Will Intel's latest Xeon lineup be an 'economic no brainer'?

Larry Dignan: Intel launched its latest server chips designed for next generation data centers Tuesday and is pitching a five month return on investment for customers using single core servers.

• Gallery: Intel Xeon 5600 - your next server upgrade?
• Intel launches souped up i7 for desktops; Overclocking enabled

• Storage Bits
• Hardware 2.0
• Tech Broiler
• Laptops & Desktops

Mac OS X SMS ransomware - hype?

Dancho Danchev: Early-stage discussions at several web forums, a Mac OS X blocker as well as potential GUIs for the ransomware, offer an insight into potential ways to monetize OS X infected hosts using SMS-based ransomware.

• iHacked: jailbroken iPhones compromised, $5 ransom demanded
• Microsoft offers 'fix-it' workaround for IE zero-day
• Gallery: Mac OS X ransomware - hype or real threat?

• Zero Day
• Between the Lines

An interview with Timothy Bray

Christopher Dawson: Google's new Android Developer Advocate, Tim Bray, talks about his new role and new company. He expects that Nexus One will look like a toy in two years and tells about what Apps he'd like to see.

• Google's Bray: Nexus One will look like a toy
• A very personal Google Android vs. Apple iPhone war just got some more personality
• Tim Bray lands on Android team

• Googling Google
• Dev Connection
• The Semantic Web
• Social Business
• Collaboration 2.0
• Enterprise Web 2.0

Google announces AT&T 3G capable Google Nexus One

Matthew Miller: In a bit of a surprise move, Google announced that AT&T and Roger Wireless customers can now buy the SIM-unlocked Google Nexus One and get full 3G data functionality.

• The Mobile Gadgeteer
• Social Business
• ZDNet Government
• Team Think
• Smartphones and Cell Phones

IT on the rocks, or IT's finest hour?

Joe McKendrick: Are users starting to rebel against their information technology departments? In a piece just published in the latest issue of CIO, Thomas Wailgum ponders whether anti-IT sentiment within organizations is reaching a boiling point.

• Between the Lines
• BriefingsDirect
• Enterprise Web 2.0
• Irregular Enterprise
• IT Project Failures
• Service Oriented
• Software as Services
• Software & Services Safari

Does green tech mean wimpy tech? Dell thinks not

Heather Clancy: In certain green IT circles, there may be the perception that if you go "green" you're somehow skimping on features. The folks at Dell will dispute this.

• On Sustainability
• IT Project Failures
• GreenTech Pastures
• Forrester Research
• Technology and the Global Supply Chain
• Managing L'unix

Bernie Madoff software programmers indicted

Doug Hanchard: Two Bernie Madoff Investment employees are facing up to 30 years in jail for designing special software programs that contained fraudulent financial records and data.

• Emerging Technologies
• Between The Lines
• All About Microsoft
• The ToyBox
• IT Facts
• Tom Foremski: IMHO
• ZDNet Government
• iGeneration