Palm's webOS lives up to hype; Researcher offers tool to hide malware in .Net

Less freedom in the new digital world? Google offers top tip to help beat bots Daily News PM Alert NetworkWorld.com | LANs & WANs Research Center | Update Your Profile Sponsored by Dell Firm Grows Business While Trimming Servers Maxol markets a comprehensive range of oil and petroleum products to all sectors of the Irish market. Maxol used the Windows Server 2008 Enterprise OS featuring Hyper-V virtualization technology to consolidate 22 servers to 6 servers, an 80 percent reduction. Spotlight Story Palm's webOS lives up to hype, early developers say By John Cox Underneath the Palm Pre's sleek exterior is Palm's real innovation: a new kind of operating system designed with the mobile Web in mind. 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