News to know for Friday, April 4, 2008

"News to know" is a joint venture between TechRepublic and ZDNet. The original post publishes every morning on business days in Between the Lines.

Notable headlines:

Tricia Liebert: Windows XP lives on! Sort of Jason Hiner: Sprint CEO stays the course on WiMAX, but launch won't happen in April Paul Mah: Microsoft asked to pay 175 million in taxes in India Larry Dignan and Dan Farber: EIC podcast: SAP, Intel, Dell, XP and Google Larry Dignan: Microsoft readies Vista, Windows Server 2008 critical patches

• Are IT malpractice suits around the corner?
• Apple patches 11 QuickTime flaws
• Nate McFeters: Adobe claims to have known of Flash issue prior to CanSecWest '08, patch is on the way
• "How do I?" videos for security

Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft: June 30 Windows XP cut-off set in stone Christopher Dawson: Now we can have Windows XP Home! Dan Farber: Salesforce.com's Benioff bests SAP's Plattner in debate Phil Wainewright: The future of SaaS billing Joshua Greenbaum: Making Things Safe for Business ByDesign II Joe McKendrick: World's biggest compute job... to be done by pen and paper Dell: More layoffs on tap; ITaaS; And a bit of gadget lust Google: Cone of silence (finally) lifts on the spectrum auction David Morgenstern: Wayback Machine: QuickTime, NAB 1998 and the fight over video playback Ryan Stewart: AIR Twitter client Twhirl gets bought by Seesmic Dennis Howlett: Seesmic, Twhirl, Newsgang: whereto for RSS? Techmeme Christopher Dawson: Hands-on: Classmate 2

• Gallery: 2nd-generation Classmate PC, up close and personal
• Intel's second generation Classmates land; Does OLPC need to play catch-up?
• So when can I get a Classmate PC?

Matthew Miller: Hands-free software applications and services for your mobile phone Rik Fairlie: iPass launches Wi-Fi and 3G service for travelers Silicon Alley Insider: Craigslist Valuation: $80 Million in 2008 Revenue, Worth $5 Billion Heather Clancy: Forrester: IT planners to get a jolt of green this year MediaPost: Study: ‘Influencers’ Possess Less Clout Jason D. O'Grady: 64-bit Photoshop to be Windows only, at first

• The Big Apple bites off Apple logo
• HP lists its top suppliers

Dana Blankenhorn: Early draft of Microsoft XAML now online

• The Oracle Tax is progressive

Steve O'Hear: Official: MySpace to form join venture with major record labels; Techmeme

• Photos: A phone parade at CTIA

Dave Greenfield: IBM and Linden Partner on Enterprise-Class Second Life Paul Murphy: User perceptions and student jobs Harry Fuller: Hybrid cars becoming ever more political

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