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Must-Read News Stories Transmitter.C mobile malware spreading in the wild Dancho Danchev: Researchers are reporting a newly discovered mobile malware variant (Transmitter.C) distributed through a modified version of legit mobile app. Upon execution, the malware attempts to automatically spread by sending hundreds of tainted text messages. READ FULL STORY Spammers like shortcut URLs, too. Should Twitter be worried? Sponsored Live Webcast: Maximize Uptime, Performance and Savings with UNIX Listen to experts as they discuss how you can best utilize UNIX to improve service, reduce costs and manage risk on your network. EyeWonder malware incident affects popular web sites Dancho Danchev: During the last couple of hours, visitors of popular and high trafficked web sites such as CNN, BBC, Washington Post, Gamespot, WorldOfWarcraft, Mashable, Chow.com, ITpro.co.uk, AndroidCommunity; Engadget and Chip.de, started reporting that parts of the web sites are unreachable due to malware warnings. READ FULL STORY Manchester City Council pays $2.4m in Conficker clean up costs This Week's Highlights Chrome OS: Rusty by 2010? Mary Jo Foley: After reading the few Chrome OS details that Google smartly dropped just weeks before Microsoft announces the RTM of Windows 7, I've got a few doubts about the search giant's entry into the operating-system game. It's also telling that many Google fans assume Microsoft is standing still. READ FULL STORY Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Chrome OS is a game changer Dennis Howlett: Why Chrome OS is no threat to Windows Chrome OS: Good for you; bad for Microsoft Google's software stack is revealed; shrapnel everywhere Complete ZDNet coverage of Google Chrome OS Sponsored Live Webcast: Maximize Uptime, Performance and Savings with UNIX Listen to experts as they discuss how you can best utilize UNIX to improve service, reduce costs and manage risk on your network. Windows 7 Family Pack, Anytime Upgrade prices leak Ed Bott: Three years ago, Amazon Canada inadvertently published the price list for Windows Vista before it had been officially announced. Now, thanks to some similarly careless online retailers, I've found details confirming both the availability and price of the Windows 7 Family Pack and three Anytime Upgrade products. READ FULL STORY Do you need more than Windows 7 Home Premium? Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Windows 7 'Family Pack'...fact or fiction? Windows 7 versus Snow Leopard: How much do upgrades really cost? Microsoft to offer Family Pack for Windows 7 Special Report: Windows 7 nearing the finish line Azure pricing: How low will Microsoft go? Mary Jo Foley: Next week, Microsoft plans to share pricing and licensing details for its Azure cloud computing environment. As a latecomer to the cloud, Microsoft needs to offer steep discounts if it wants to compete with the likes of Amazon and Google. READ FULL STORY Webcast: Demystifying Azure and Microsoft's cloud strategy Migrating to Amazon Web Services: The blueprint Microsoft's Azure cloud platform: A guide for the perplexed Windows Azure defined: A developer's view Windows Azure: Microsoft mainstreams the cloud If everyone bets on Android does anyone gain an edge? Larry Dignan: Motorola -- along with a bevy of other wireless carriers -- has gone gaga for Google's mobile operating system. If Samsung, LG, HTC, Sony Ericsson and Motorola all go Android happy, does anyone really have an advantage? READ FULL STORY Verizon, T-Mobile plan Android phones by year's end; boost for Motorola Clash of the Touch Titans; iPhone 3G 3.0 vs HTC Magic Total cost and feature chart: iPhone 3G S vs. Palm Pre vs. Android G1 Fixing Motorola's mess: kick that smartphone strategy into high gear RIM and Google: Perfect storm? CIOs on mobile security: Choosing a platform Now's the time to manage your online brand Sam Diaz: "Managing a Brand through Social Networks" sounds like it should be a training course designed for corporate marketing professionals. Such a course, though, might as well be targeted at an average Joe or Jane, the everyday person who (intentionally or not) is building an online brand of his or her own. READ FULL STORY Too many social networks? GizaPage puts them all into one social home page The marketing myth of "free" social media The Groundswell of Social Media Backlash Cheaper ultraportables meet more powerful netbooks John Morris: There are two ways to address the limitations of netbooks: The first is to offer less-costly notebooks. The second is to give netbooks a little more muscle. Both are now happening. READ FULL STORY Analyst: Cheap ultrathin laptops push design limits; cracked plastic Toybox Ten: 10 full-featured laptops for less than $750 Desktops aren't dead (yet) Netbook or notebook? Confusion reigns at 12 inches Photo Gallery Images: The many faces of the smart grid There's a growing buzz around the smart grid. What technologies are needed to make the grid more efficient and reliable? VIEW THE GALLERY Smart Outlook add-ons--screenshots Factron Quattro adds interchangeable steampunk lenses to your iPhone More ZDNet Photo Galleries Can Yahoo steal the search throne from Google with Search Pad? Sam Diaz: Yahoo is launching a new search feature today that could give the embattled company an opportunity to do what it -- and others --have been unable to do in recent years: truly challenge Google in the search business. See what makes this cloud-based smart tool such a game changer. READ FULL STORY Bartz to Yahoo shareholders: Change is coming; We're not Google Google still the king, even with Yahoo Search Pad Bing! Microsoft gets something right. Well, maybe Gallery: Top 10 alternatives to Google Search The $0.99 Netbook has arrived, on Sprint Andrew Nusca: It's a race to the bottom. Best Buy and Sprint have teamed up to offer a Compaq-branded HP Mini 110c netbook for only 99 cents when you sign a two-year data contract. Normally, the system would run you $389 at Best Buy, no contract. READ FULL STORY Cheaper ultraportables meet more powerful netbooks Analyst: Cheap ultrathin laptops push design limits; cracked plastic Netbook or notebook? Confusion reigns at 12 inches New HP mini 5101 netbook adds aluminum chassis; chiclet keyboard for business Featured TalkBack What should SAP do with its $5bn war chest? Dennis Howlett: Speculation abound whether SAP will hit the numbers it has internally set itself for Q2. The old 'will they get acquired and if so by whom?' discussion has also reared its head. What should SAP do? READ FULL BLOG What do you think? Post Your Thoughts in TalkBack Reader TalkBacks Toybox Ten: 10 laptops for less than $750 "I've mulled over buying a laptop for almost a year and keep asking myself the same questions." -- mhatter13 Microsoft gets something right! Well, maybe. "As long as they don't try to control the market using the power of their monopoly." -- wackoae SmartPlanet: Is hydrogen fuel the answer? GM thinks so John Dodge: GM is still pushing ahead hard with hydrogen. A spokesman says though the company is under pressure to slash costs, it "continues to believe hydrogen is a key to solving the nation's mid-to-long term issues of energy security, reduced petroleum use and greenhouse gas emissions." READ FULL STORY John Dodge: GM clings to hydrogen, 2015 set for launch Harry Fuller: Hydrogen fuel cell cars hit the road. GM hits panic button Dana Blankenhorn: A hydrogen car is not a hydrogen economy Harry Fuller: How dead are American hydrogen cars? ZDNet Reviews Pico projector phones by the end of this year? Jennifer Bergen: In the push to add more capability to smartphones, Pico projectors are the latest rumored feature to be shoehorned into the mobile handset. Would you watch a movie with a Pico-powered smartphone? READ THE REVIEW Yamaha YHT-791BL home theater system RIM BlackBerry Tour 9630 (Verizon Wireless) More ZDNet Reviews Sign up for ZDNet's Product Watch Newsletter for the latest product reviews, news, and expert analysis	In The Blogs How to shop for your first Digital SLR -- Rachel King 'Critical' DirectX patch in Microsoft security updates -- Elinor Mills PecoBOO knows when your PC should be sleeping -- Harry Fuller Netflix's streaming-video service comes to Sony's networked Bravia HDTVs -- Sean Portnoy Five essential metrics for managing IT -- Jason Hiner Extreme makeover enterprise edition: move that bus! -- Joe McKendrick NetApp, Data Domain merger nixed; EMC wins with $2.1 billion bid -- Larry Dignan CNET: It's time for Google's CEO to resign from Apple's board -- Sam Diaz Six ways to make SOA services more reusable -- Joe McKendrick Amazon drops Kindle e-reader price to $299; is it enough? -- Andrew Nusca SmartPlanet: A customized dress shirt, with a little help from the Web-- Andrew Nusca SmartPlanet: How to manage teams that are miles away-- Heather Clancy SmartPlanet: 'Never Eat Alone' author on smarter relationships-- Vince Thompson Now Introducing... Technology, perspective & insights shaping the world. SmartPlanet is the premier destination for savvy advice, thought-provoking analysis and expert discussion on the intersection of technology, business and life. Visit SmartPlanet.com today! (Want more? Sign up for the SmartPlanet newsletter to receive a regular digest of the best stories.) Most Rated Posts Hardware 2.0 'Very Best Kit List' for Jul/Aug 09 Do you need more than Windows 7 Home Premium? Microsoft to offer Family Pack for Windows 7 Home Premium Microsoft gets something right! Well, maybe. 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