HTC to be first with Google phone ... After crash, China won't sell Olympic tix online ... Red Hat joins open source Java project

In this issue:
- HTC already working on Google phone
- Red Hat signs on to Sun's open-source Java project
- MySpace launches self-serve ad service
- Microsoft unveils enterprise search products
- China abandons plans to sell Olympics tickets online
- Google's mobile move: awe-inspiring and terrifying
- Apple posts QuickTime security fix
- Human race to split into two species: One attractive, the other ugly


IN THE NEWS

Red Hat signs on to Sun's open-source Java project
Red Hat has signed on to contribute to Sun's open-source Java project and to align its Java development efforts for Linux with the project, OpenSDK.

Microsoft unveils enterprise search products
Microsoft is set to release a pair of low-cost enterprise search products, a move one company official said comes at a time when the market in question is 'at a tipping point.'

China abandons plans to sell Olympics tickets online
Organizers of the Beijing Olympics Monday gave up on online ticket sales after the ticketing system crashed last week.

HTC already working on Google phone
Taiwanese mobile phone maker High Tech Computer (HTC) is already working on a Google phone, and will start selling it in the second half of next year, an executive said Tuesday.

Google's mobile move: awe-inspiring and terrifying
Google's announcement on Monday of a mobile development platform that could radically alter the wireless market is yet another example of the lengths the company will go to keep its advertising business growing at a jaw-dropping rate.

Google's Android adds to mobile complexity
While Google may be pitching its new mobile software platform as a way to unify the mobile market, even members of the new alliance think differently.

Apple posts QuickTime security fix
Apple has released an update to its QuickTime media player, fixing a number of critical security bugs in the software.

MySpace launches self-serve ad service
MySpace plans to launch a self-serve advertising service targeted to small-business owners, musicians, politicians and others looking to reach MySpace users


WINDOWS TIP

Page files, system volumes, and large memory 64-bit systems
By Mitch Tulloch, MTIT Enterprises

Conventional wisdom is that your page file should be 1.5 times the size of your system's RAM. But since 64-bit Windows servers often have huge amounts of memory, do you really need to allocate a whopping 48 GB of hard drive space just to your page file on a system that has 32 GB of RAM? ...continue


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Google announces software for mobile phones ... HTC to be first with Google phone ... Organizers abandon online ticket sales for 2008 Olympics


ITWHIRLED

Human race to split into two species: One attractive, the other ugly
A British evolutionary theorist believes that our far future ancestors will be taller and have better hair and deeper voices -- if they're part of the elite. The underclass will spawn a race of stocky, goblin-like creatures. ...read more


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