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Apple's HTC lawsuit paying off

Larry Dignan: Apple's high-profile patent lawsuit against HTC is already delivering returns since it is "meaningfully disrupting the development roadmaps for would-be iPhone killers," according to an analyst.

• Apple's HTC lawsuit: Is it biting off more than it can sue?
• HTC responds to Apple; What's the long-term hit?
• Apple's HTC patent suit: Can it derail Google's Android devices?

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

Netbooks: Time to write the obit?

Larry Dignan: IDC rolls out its 2010 PC industry predictions, becoming the second major research firm to note that mininotebooks, or netbooks, will hit the growth wall and plateau.

• Gartner: PC shipments to surge in 2010
• Pixel Qi DIY netbook screen inspired by OLPC
• Would you buy 7-inch smartbook for $85?

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

Newegg sold counterfeit Intel Core i7 CPUs

Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: It's not often that a reputable retailer is duped into passing on dodgy goods to customers, but it seems that Newegg managed to end up with counterfeit Intel Core i7 920 CPUs in its supply chain.

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

Vodafone HTC Magic shipped with Conficker, Mariposa malware

Dancho Danchev: Researchers from PandaSecurity are reporting on Conficker, Mariposa and Lineage password stealing malware samples, shipped with a recently purchased Vodafone HTC Magic smartphone..

• Researchers build 8,000-strong smartphone botnet
• Googler ships exploit to defeat DEP
• Police arrest Mariposa botnet masters, 12M+ hosts compromised

• Zero Day
• Between the Lines

Review: Google Apps Marketplace

Larry Dignan: Overall, the Google Apps Marketplace is well stocked with apps, reviews, service providers and refinement tools and highlights a budding ecosystem.

• Google Apps Marketplace makes it harder to ignore the cloud
• Google Apps Marketplace: Apps Roulette
• Gallery: A tour of Google Apps Marketplace

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

Google's online-only phone selling model has failed

Garett Rogers: Google Nexus One so far, hasn't lived up to expectations. I guess it's not as bad as the Google Buzz roll-out, but Google's attempt at fundamentally changing the way we buy cell phones has yet to bear much fruit.

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

Cast Iron launches integration platform

Dana Blankenhorn: In a move to tackle a persistent cloud computing challenge, Cast Iron Systems just rolled out a new platform that aims to help companies large and small securely integrate public clouds, private clouds and on-premise applications.

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

Confessions of a Windows 7 pirate

Ed Bott: In the interest of research, I've been digging into message boards and forums run by unabashed Windows enthusiasts who are intent on breaking Microsoft's activation technology.

• Microsoft rolls out Windows 7 activation updates
• Microsoft makes it legal to rent Windows, Office worldwide
• Microsoft: Enterprise interested in Windows 7 upgrades, but timing uncertain

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

IT hiring outlook improves

Larry Dignan: CIOs say the information technology hiring picture is improving for the second quarter and job hunters may want to focus their efforts on the insurance and financial services sector

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

RealNetworks kills RealDVD to settle Hollywood lawsuits

Sam Diaz: RealNetworks said today that it agreed to the terms of a permanent injunction that prohibits the company from selling the product or any technology that enables DVD-ripping.

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