bMighty News Flash: Wednesday March 11, 2009

SMB news: Apple touchscreen order, flat rate BlackBerry, Google's personalized ads, Win 7 Small Biz, Windows Marketplace, Samsung SMB VoIP, D-Link network storage, Freshbooks-Outright integration, Adobe patch, Drop.io real time...BUSINESS & E-BUSINESS

• More credit for small businesses beyond TALF
• Butler Group study correlates IT investments and long term strategic cost management to IT value

HARDWARE & SOFTWARE

• Speculation about Windows 7 Small Business Edition
• Apple order of 10-inch touchscreens fuels Apple netbook rumors

MOBILE

• Developers will get 70% of revenue from sales of apps at Microsoft's Windows Marketplace, but pay $99 annual registration fee
• Metro PCS announces flat rate plan for BlackBerry Curve

NETWORKING & COMMUNICATIONS

• Samsung Business Communications Systems announces new initiative for SMB VoIP
• D-Link ships 5-day network storage for SMBs

SERVICES

• Google's new Ads Preferences Manager tool personalizes ads based on Web sites users visit, cookies
• Expanded integration allows automatic expense download from FreshBooks to Outright.com
• Drop.io moves file sharing and collaboration tools to real time

SECURITY

• Adobe Reader and Acrobat vulnerability patched, JavaScript vulnerability persists

Today On bMighty:

• Windows 7: Better, But Still Vista
• 6 Mobile Operating Systems For Your Business
• One (Weak) Password Is All Many Users Have, No Matter Many Strong Ones They Need: Sophos

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