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Today's Top Picks   Ubuntu Linux heads to smartphones, tablets, and smart TVs. Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu Linux, plans to take on Android, iOS and Windows on the smartphones, tablets and smart TVs. READ FULL STORY | SHARE ON FACEBOOK Recommended Live Webcast: How to Create Cost Effective Storage in the Cloud By the time everything is said and done, you may find yourself paying more than you expected for your cloud storage. Tune into this webcast for advice on how to make your cloud storage more cost effective. 'Batterygate': Apple's latest iPhone controversy? Only weeks after the iPhone 4S launch, users are experiencing battery-related issues, thought to be linked to location support. Could 'Batterygate' be Apple's latest controversy? READ FULL STORY | SHARE ON FACEBOOK Silicon Valley's Race Problem CNN's Black In America documentary ignites issues of "pattern matching" and shocking sentiments about race in Silicon Valley. READ FULL STORY | SHARE ON FACEBOOK Many mobile users are uneasy about smartphone security (survey) Nearly half of mobile users have increased data use significantly in the last year, but not even close to all of that population feels that the information is secure. READ FULL STORY | SHARE ON FACEBOOK 'Kill a Zombie' for Halloween Your mission, should you decide to accept it, is to find and eliminate as many zombie computers as possible. READ FULL STORY | SHARE ON FACEBOOK State of the slate: The glitchy nature of Android tablets It is a two-horse race in the tablet space, and the number two solution is just not good enough yet. READ FULL STORY | SHARE ON FACEBOOK Corporate power shifts to the New Feminocracy There are exciting changes afoot in major corporate seats: Women are sitting in them. It's a shift whose time has come but is it enough? READ FULL STORY | SHARE ON FACEBOOK Microsoft to eat its own cloud dog food with Photosynth Microsoft has begun moving new and existing Photosynths to Windows Azure and its Azure CDN. The company also is cutting the price of Azure storage. READ FULL STORY | SHARE ON FACEBOOK Hot Topic Spotlight   Mea culpa: coming clean about my n00b Linux mistakes The one where I learn what a n00b I am with Linux. READ FULL STORY  | SHARE ON FACEBOOK Featured Photo Gallery   10 creepy video games for Halloween (photos) 2011 has been a great year for zombies, demons, and the otherwise undead. To celebrate Halloween this year, check out our list of the 10 scariest games. VIEW THE GALLERY  | SHARE ON FACEBOOK More photo galleries: Ten spooky iOS apps for Halloween (photos) Tagging along with ghostbusters (photos) Top-rated reviews of the week (photos) Featured Product Coverage   HTC Radar 4G is first Windows Phone Mango device in U.S. (review) The HTC Radar 4G will be available at T-Mobile on 2 November and is the first Windows Phone Mango device to hit the U.S. It is a good device at $100, but not the top dog with this OS. READ FULL STORY  | SHARE ON FACEBOOK More product coverage: GameStop's Android gaming tablets hit stores Thoughts from Nokia World (MobileTechRoundup show #250) If Siri is the key to an Apple TV, what will Google do about it? Like gadgets? Sign up for ZDNet's Product Watch Newsletter	News & Blogs   HTC: Challenges going into 2012 mount as Q4 unit outlook weakens   How-to: Create a bootable Windows 8 USB flash drive   Spy chief: UK cyber attacks at 'disturbing' levels   Commercial version of Kinect for Windows development kit due in early 2012   20 years of Linux: Looking back, forging ahead   Anonymous threatens Mexican drug cartel over kidnapping   HTC: Challenges going into 2012 mount as Q4 unit outlook weakens   GameStop's Android gaming tablets hit stores   Maybe Android owners just don't care about updates   What the Nook Color 2 needs to beat the Kindle Fire   If Forrester likes Macs for IT today, they’ll love Chromebooks tomorrow Connect with ZDNet   Become a fan on Facebook   Follow us on Twitter   Watch us on YouTube Videos and Podcasts   United States CIO: Innovation is an endless resource Speaking Tuesday at a Churchill Club event in Palo Alto, Calif., the country's Chief Information Officer Steven VanRoekel discusses innovation in the federal IT landscape. He says cybersecurity concerns should not be used as an excuse not to innovate. PLAY VIDEO  | SHARE ON FACEBOOK >> Play more video and audio   Recommended Downloads Tools for Simplifying Your Data Center Management It's easy to spend more time than you expected managing your servers manually. Read this white paper to learn how application discovery and dependancy mapping can help you find room for improvement in your network. Gain a Business Advantage with Scale-Out Storage Simply buying more storage every time you need some isn't always the best approach. You'll need a plan that will work in the long term. Check out this white paper to learn more about scalable storage. Cloud Storage for Efficiency and Capacity Management Many businesses are turning to cloud storage because it's flexible and scalable. That means you won't have to worry about running out of space so much. Read this white paper to learn more. Balancing Security with Performance in Your Virtual Environment With the broadening of the virtual environment comes new security concerns. This webcast discusses the security challenges of both server and desktop virtualization and gives you strategies for balancing protection with performance. Using Database Firewalls to Protect Your Data For online attackers, servers are a treasure trove. Read this white paper to learn more about servers as a target for online attacks and what you can do as an organization to prevent attacks like these from affecting you. More white papers: Most popular papers Recently added papers
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