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ITworld Wrap-Up
April 2, 2008
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In this issue:

Microsoft cofee-table PCs 'surface' at AT&T stores
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Mozilla launches final Firefox 3.0 beta
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Google lays off some U.S. DoubleClick employees
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Questionable search ads slip by Yahoo
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ISO confirms approval of OOXML, gives two months to appeal
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3065335/158421455/106273/0/

Pro baseball Web video woes continue
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3065335/158421455/106357/0/

Intel exec: Programming for multicore chips a challenge
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3065335/158421455/106358/0/

Creating template emails for Outlook 2007
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Creating template emails for Outlook 2007
By Mitch Tulloch

If you work in an organization and use Outlook, you'll often find
yourself sending the same types of emails, with variations, again and
again. Examples of this might include memos, press announcements,
expense reports, and so on. How can you avoid having to type the same
information again and again when you do this? A friendly geek made my
life easier by showing me how to create an email template in Outlook
2007, and now I have a bunch of them on my system and they save me tons
of time. Here's what I did:
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3065335/158421455/105938/0/


IN THE NEWS
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Microsoft cofee-table PCs 'surface' at AT&T stores
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3065335/158421455/106353/0/
AT&T will soon be the first company to use Microsoft's touch-enabled,
tabletop Surface computers as customer-service kiosks in stores.

Mozilla launches final Firefox 3.0 beta
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3065335/158421455/106354/0/
Mozilla unveiled the final beta of Firefox 3.0 Wednesday and will move
on to the release candidate stage by freezing changes as early as next
week.

Google lays off some U.S. DoubleClick employees
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3065335/158421455/106355/0/
Google said Wednesday it is laying off some of the employees at recently
acquired DoubleClick and placing others in transition roles.

Questionable search ads slip by Yahoo
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3065335/158421455/106356/0/
Yahoo recently expanded the list of products that can't be advertised on
its search engine, but it appears the company could be more stringent in
enforcing its ad rejection policies.

ISO confirms approval of OOXML, gives two months to appeal
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3065335/158421455/106273/0/
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) announced that
its members have approved adoption of a draft standard based on
Microsoft's Office Open XML document format, a day after the company
itself declared victory.

Pro baseball Web video woes continue
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3065335/158421455/106357/0/
Major League Baseball's MLB.TV online broadcasting service encountered
serious technical difficulties for the second straight day on Tuesday,
as affected paying subscribers fumed about missing games.

Intel exec: Programming for multicore chips a challenge
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3065335/158421455/106358/0/
Adding more cores is desirable to meet growing computing demands, but it
could create more challenges for programmers writing code that enables
applications to work effectively with multicore chips.

EMC dives into consumer storage -- in China
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3065335/158421455/106359/0/
EMC, a maker of high-end storage arrays, is adding a storage device
designed for consumers to its product lineup. But instead of launching
the device in Europe or the U.S., the storage vendor is first releasing
the product in China.

Apotheker named co-CEO of SAP
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3065335/158421455/106274/0/
SAP announced Wednesday that deputy CEO Leo Apotheker has been promoted
to co-CEO and will serve along with CEO Henning Kagermann, a move that
positions Apokether as Kagermann's likely successor atop the enterprise
software giant.


TOP STORIES
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Gone in 2 minutes: Mac gets hacked first in contest
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Study sees Microsoft brand in sharp decline
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3065335/158421455/105510/0/

Microsoft vs. Apple: Who patches 0-days faster?
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3065335/158421455/105458/0/

Even Apple will be hated one day
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Waste Management sues SAP over ERP implementation
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ITWHIRLED
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Five videos too good for YouTube
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Tired of the YouTube scene? Would you rather watch something a little
more...movielike? Well, fire up the popcorn. Here are five flicks you
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