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Top Editors Picks Microsoft cancels EC antitrust hearing Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft requested the hearing to be rescheduled because the company believed that a number of the potential attendees are going to attend may not because of a conflict. READ FULL STORY Microsoft won't bother with EU hearing EC complains about IE integration in Windows 'Gumblar' web attacks spreading quickly More Microsoft competitors join European browser-bundling antitrust case Microsoft to pay $200 million for patent infringement Sponsored Live Virtual Conference: Lowering datacenter costs through server refresh Discover how today's newest generation of rack servers provide extreme performance?along with dramatically reduced IT costs. (IBM) The just shoot me vacation Larry Dignan: Vacation advice: Bring along your smartphone, laptop and every other work-tethering device. Forget about two full weeks. Install a fax in your hotel room. And at least look like you're working -- or you'll just worry about being laid off. READ FULL STORY Telecommuting nightmare: Workers use mobile devices 2 to 6 hours per week in bed Adult Attention Disorder - 'splittering' communications Have we all become a bunch of anxious, depressed, sleep-deprived irritable stress-heads? Modern maladies: I have the attention span of a gnat Analyst: An Apple tablet is coming to shake up netbook market Larry Dignan: Apple is likely to launch a tablet similar to the iPod touch, but larger in the first half of 2010. This tablet would then be Apple's entry into the netbook race, according to Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster. READ FULL STORY Apple tablet: too little, too late? Netbook, notebook, or something else? Apple hates netbooks See also: From Russia with Mac clones Sponsored Live Webcast: Long Live the Firewall! Re-examine the ongoing importance of firewalls in today's networking, security and threat landscape in this sure-to-be-lively online discussion. (PC Connection) Jetpack: Firefox's secret sauce? Larry Dignan: Jetpack is Mozilla's attempt to take its 8,000 developers - and 12,000 add-ons they have produced - to another level. Mozilla said that Jetpack will enable add-ons to be created in as little as a dozen lines of code. READ FULL STORY Mozilla's Fennec goes alpha for Windows Mobile Mozilla wants help to reinvent browser tabs Ballmer, You Can Drive My Car Andrew Nusca: Not MapQuest. Not Google Earth. Microsoft Virtual Earth is now the preferred choice for OnStar's automatic crash response advisors. Microsoft and OnStar execs discuss the future of automotive safety and GPS -- and what else the software giant is doing in your next vehicle. READ FULL STORY GAO warns GPS satellite program needs funding and leadership Ban mobile devices and driving Legislator wants to smudge online maps Photos: 2011, year of the electric car Featured TalkBack Blog Now Gmail lets you understand your spam Garett Rogers: A new feature in Gmail Labs offers translation of messages written in foreign languages. No doubt, this feature was probably created with good intentions - such as being able to effortlessly communicate with someone that doesn't speak your language. READ FULL BLOG What do you think? Is this a worthwhile feature? Post Your Thoughts in TalkBack Reader TalkBacks IBM rolls out the 'Smart Cube' "SMBs can save 'beaucoup deniro' by using Linux and hire a certified Linux admin off the street." -- Dietrich T. Schmitz Shame on you, Facebook! "Make up your mind: free speech or not." -- techboy_z Elsewhere on ZDNet Photo Gallery Dell Vostro A90 unboxing 13 pictures of the new Vostro A90, including some comparison shots between it and the Dell Mini 9 and some internal shots of the SSD and RAM slots as part of the migration process. VIEW THE GALLERY Canon PowerShot SD960 IS sample photos Inside the botnets that never make the news More ZDNet Photo Galleries ZDNet Reviews HP Photosmart C6380 all-in-one The HP Photosmart C6380 is a good fit for beginning photographers that want more than just a simple printer. Its six-ink cartridge bay, scanning, and copying extend its versatility. READ THE REVIEW Jabra SP200 Bluetooth speakerphone ViewSonic DPG807 More ZDNet Reviews Sign up for ZDNet's Product Watch Newsletter for the latest product reviews, news, and expert analysis	News and Blogs Google releases a faster Chrome 2 Vista SP2: Microsoft to push via Windows Update in 'the coming weeks Salesforce.com delivers mixed fiscal year outlook: Earnings up, revenue light Microsoft struggles with Xbox vs. Windows Media Center positioning Google, Michigan boost argument for book deal Churchill Club: 11th annual top 10 tech trends Ascent to build new, multi-tenant green data center by Microsoft's Chicago facility Dell tops new corporate sustainability index The ROI From Twitter: "Don't bother" telling your CFO, O'Reilly says CIO Jury: Are we recovering yet? Submerged cities? Global warming's boon to future archaeologists E-file flap dings Intuit tax revenue outlook VOIP reaches end of its proprietary era Most Rated Posts Cloudy day: Google falters; Packets lost in key cities Is the Kindle one massive DRM timebomb? Adult Attention Disorder: The 'Splittering' of Communications Windows 8 starts to come into focus New Mac OS X email worm discovered   Videos and Podcasts The future of clean-tech investing At the Enterprise Carbon Accounting Symposium, venture capitalists discuss the outlook of investing in smart grids, carbon management, and energy-monitoring tools. At debate is how to invest capital in an efficient way. PLAY VIDEO Autodesk's five core strategies Emma Stewart, who heads up Autodesk's Sustainable Business & Operations program, lays out the company's five strategies for reducing its environmental impact. PLAY VIDEO Counting carbon to find bottom-line benefits What could your business do better? At the Enterprise Carbon Accounting Symposium, panelists explain what "The Climate Registry" is, and how business leaders can benefit from carbon accountability. PLAY VIDEO Salesforce stacks the cloud to ease operations ZDNet Senior Editor Sam Diaz shares his views on Saleforce.com's cloud strategy. He says its new upgrade, Summer '09, is helping customers be more flexible by adding real-time features. PLAY VIDEO Search space becomes more crowded All the Web content in the world is useless, if you can't find what you're looking for, right? ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das talks to senior editor Sam Diaz about new search services and features that aren't necessarily going toe to toe with Google, but may prove to be disrupters for the search giant. PLAY VIDEO Play more video and audio New Technologies Sponsored White papers Live Webcast: Long Live the Firewall! Re-examine the ongoing importance of firewalls in today's networking, security and threat landscape in this sure-to-be-lively online discussion. (PC Connection) Live Virtual Conference: Lowering datacenter costs through server refresh Discover how today's newest generation of rack servers provide extreme performance?along with dramatically reduced IT costs. (IBM) Live Webinar: Practical Security Techniques for Virtualized Infrastructures Examine current trends, practical techniques. and new approaches for implementing iron-clad security measures in today?s virtual infrastructures. (Trend Micro) Enterprise Social Software Webcast Discover the true business value of enterprise social software plus hear about best practices from industry experts during this live interactive webcast. (IBM) Build or buy: Oracle's pre-built analytic applications vs. building a custom warehouse Read about the pros and cons of deploying pre-built analytic applications from Oracle versus building a custom data warehouse. (Oracle) More white papers: Most popular papers Recently added papers Most popular papers by industry
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