In addition to the security bulletins posted on this month's Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has released a slew of non-security updates, the majority of which are for the latest versions of the client and server operating systems. All of them are available on Windows Update ... Read More

Here’s the latest action:

TwitPic gets into Places — TwitPic, the photo service piggy-backing on the micro-blogging site, has introduced the “Places” service that tags photos with specific places they were taken, like restaurants or other venues.

Yahoo exec departs for greener pastures — Larry Cornett, Yahoo’s vice president of search consumer products, has left the search ... Read More

We caught up with Wired magazine writer Steven Levy today at the SDForum awards party. There were a lot of cool folks at the event in the hills of Los Altos, but Levy had the trump card. He picked up an iPhone 4 today and pulled it out for us to see.

Levy has been around the block a few times. ... Read More

Ultrafast laser maker Raydiance has raised $1.25 million of an expected $5 million, according to a filing with the SEC. Led by former AOL CEO Barry Schuler, the company manufactures computer controlled lasers that can be used in the healthcare, manufacturing and energy industries. Solar panel manufacturing, eye surgeries and cancer treatments are all examples of applications for the lasers.

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'Man of integrity' now a shell

Disgraced ex-Brocade CEO Greg Reyes, who appealed in 2007 against a 21-month prison sentence for stock option backdating, has been given an 18-month term in the slammer plus a $15m fine.…

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Ain't no tea trolley in the real world

Ex-government developers and other tech staff will need to accept the different culture of working in the private sector if they want to find jobs.…

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street was set to open flat on Friday after the government said first-quarter economic growth was slower than previously estimated and lawmakers reached a historic agreement to overhaul financial regulations.

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Apple's next-generation smartphone arrives and complaints pop up immediately, while Google beats Viacom in a landmark copyright case. Also: privacy pitfalls. ... Read More

Lately, it seems like the business world has taken a horribly misguided detour from B2C and B2B to Me2Me. For some reason, Gen Y personal branding "gurus" who've never built a company or marketed anything but themselves are actually passing for thought leaders in the blogosphere. ... Read More

I’m a bit of a tech junkie.  I bought the iPhone as soon as it came out, I bought the iPad when it came out, and I’ll buy whatever else is coming out next week as soon as it comes out – I can’t help it.

So when I bought the latest greatest keyboard for my office, I was admiring it closely. That’s when I ... Read More