Apple is wrecking wireless biz; Enterprise Bill of Rights; Chrome OS for IT [TECH UPDATE]

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Top Editors Picks Analyst: Forget the Feds, Apple is 'doing just fine at wrecking the wireless business' Larry Dignan: The Feds have been examining exclusive wireless c arrier deals with handset makers, but the effort is a bit of a farce. One analyst says it's laughable that the wireless industry is anticompetitive and the Feds don't have to worry about wrecking the wireless industry. Apple already has. READ FULL STORY AmazonWireless: shopping the phone instead of the plan In an economic downturn, prepaid mobile is big business WSJ: Justice Dept. "reviewing" large telecoms Carrier strength drives smartphone selections FCC reacts, starts looking into carrier-exclusive deal Sponsored CDW Server Virtualization Profiler Tool Is your server environment a good candidate for virtualization? Should you adopt server virtualization software? Would blade servers make network management easier and save you money? Find out with this quick assessment. (CDW) A buy side response to the enterprise buyer's Bill of Rights (and a partial solution) Dennis Howlett: Our own Michael Krigsman asserts that the bill of rights protects the customer, which is the stated aim, but only covers half the territory needed to produce successful projects. I disagree. READ FULL STORY Michael Krigsman: Evaluating the enterprise software buyer's 'Bill of Rights' Expect better: IT Partner Bill of Rights Dell: IT demand has stabilized, but margins pinched Larry Dignan: In advance of its analyst powwow on Tuesday, Dell said that demand for its technology gear has stabilized and the company is expecting revenue to be up a bit sequentially in its fiscal second quarter. However, Dell's gross margins will fall short of Wall Street expectations. READ FULL STORY Dell's FastTrack: now shipping popular systems overnight Apple forecast: 12% Mac sales growth quarter to quarter PC OEMs: Please cut the crap! Chrome OS: 3 reasons it matters, 4 reasons it's irrelevant Jason Hiner: Google's idea is to essentially create a thin client operating system for consumers. This is not going to have a big impact on IT departments and businesses, many of which are experimenting with Windows-based thin client solutions such as VDI. But IT pros should understand Chrome OS because workers will try to bring it into the business. Here are reasons why it matters and why it doesn't. READ FULL STORY When you see Chrome OS think business model Google on offense: Chrome OS is a wager on the future of computing Taking the 'PC' out of the Chrome OS equation Google's Chrome OS: A threat to Intel and the rise of ARM chips Complete ZDNet coverage: Google Chrome Can Apple launch a tablet device and do what it did with the iPhone? Matthew Miller: As a guy who tried a few Windows Tablet PC devices in the past, but rarely even used the touch screen functionality of the tablets, I at first just kind of shrugged off a rumored Apple tablet. Then I thought a bit more about what Apple did with the smartphone market after launching the iPhone. There are some real possibilities for Apple to demonstrate how something like a large screen tablet can be done right. READ FULL STORY Rumor: Apple 9.7-in. tablet coming October; $800 Apple tablet rumor rehashed, this time October and $800 Don't hold off on summer purchases for CrunchPads Archos Google Android-based Internet Media Tablet to be revealed 15 September Sponsored CDW Server Virtualization Profiler Tool Is your server environment a good candidate for virtualization? Should you adopt server virtualization software? Would blade servers make network management easier and save you money? Find out with this quick assessment. (CDW) Featured TalkBack Blog Poll: What photo tips would you like to learn more about? Rachel King: I'm thinking about writing some photography how-to guides for ZDNet readers. So what do you want to learn about? Light and shadows? Editing software? Nighttime photography? Take my poll and let me know. READ FULL BLOG What do you think? Post Your Thoughts in TalkBack Reader TalkBacks Can Office 14 live up to the trailer? "That was hilarious. I won't buy it, but that was pretty funny." -- mojorison67 Windows 7: Why, and why risk it? "I don't believe Microsoft will EVER get the OS right." -- lvincent45 Elsewhere on ZDNet Photo Gallery IBM and UNIVAC in the Apollo Program IBM and UNIVAC were the key system integrators for the Apollo program. IBM provided broad computer support on a number of fronts including guidance systems on the Saturn V vehicle itself, whereas UNIVAC's computers were critical to the Deep Space Tracking Network. 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