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Top Editors Picks Nine worst social media fails of 2009... thus far Jennifer Leggio: Social media has taken the marketing world by storm. Major agencies and internal divisions are hosting think tank sessions to try and come up with witty ideas to market their products and drive customer loyalty. Some of the ideas they come up with are great. But others, let's face it, are serious thuds. READ FULL STORY The Groundswell of Social Media Backlash New podcast shows simpler yet edgier side of social media Cat Got Your Tongue: How Gossip Will Become The New Media The 'Social Media' Quality Problem: What a Racket Sponsored Discover how you can work smarter and increase efficiency with Enterprise 2.0 Are you often bogged down by information overload and handicapped by lack access to reliable and updated source of information? Learn how you can. National Archives: What, Me Worry? Jason Perlow: The National Security Administration manages to misplace a two terabyte external storage system containing confidential White House data. READ FULL STORY National Archives lost 2TB drive from Clinton years White House launches Data.gov Judge issues TRO in Craigslist case against South Carolina Microsoft sets maximum hardware spec for netbook-only Windows 7 SKUs Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: According to tech site TechARP, Microsoft has set the maximum hardware specification that OEMs will be able to pre-install the cheaper netbook-only Windows 7 SKUs onto. READ FULL STORY Microsoft readies Win7 netbook specs An Apple tablet is coming to shake up netbook market Intel boosts Atom; puts a new face on Moblin Living with a netbook: The performance penalty Sponsored Discover how you can work smarter and increase efficiency with Enterprise 2.0 Are you often bogged down by information overload and handicapped by lack access to reliable and updated source of information? Learn how you can. Apple Airport Express: Okay, Okay, I love the damn thing. Jason Perlow: The Apple Airport Express, a pocket-sized wireless access point and SOHO router was refreshed with 5Ghz Wireless Draft-N capability in March of 2009. READ FULL STORY Gallery: Apple Airport Express (March 2009 5Ghz Wireless-N) Engadget reveals AT&T's 2009 smartphone lineup; Android, WebOS, & WM Turn your iPhone into a wireless remote for Canon SLRs Will a Microsoft ad blitz woo you from Google? Larry Dignan: Microsoft is hoping an $80 million to $100 million ad campaign can get you to try its search engine over Google's. Microsoft reckons that its ads will court the crowd that wants a more refined search experience. READ FULL STORY Microsoft: Plotting an acquisition or joint venture? Wait: Could 'Bing' be the new name for Microsoft's Live Search? Microsoft cuts Windows Live Messenger access for users in five countries Can Microsoft claw back lost market share from Apple? Featured TalkBack Blog The $17.5 million hard drive Robin Harris: Some employers think they own you when all they're doing is renting your time. It cost 1 company $17.5 million to learn that stealing an employee's hard drive is really, really stupid. READ FULL BLOG What do you think? Do companies own work-related data on your own personal computer? 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 HTC Touch Diamond2 photos While we're still waiting to hear about U.S. availability, check out hands-on photos of the European model of the HTC Touch Diamond2. VIEW THE GALLERY Samsung U5 Terminator visual effects--smashing cars, taking names More ZDNet Photo Galleries ZDNet Reviews First look: Google Chrome 2.0 - Fast but lacking features Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Google has released Chrome 2.0. The speed-demon browser gets an additional kick of speed, a few more features, and a load of bug fixes. READ THE REVIEW ASUS F50Sv A2 16-inch laptop Klipsch Image S4 earphones More ZDNet Reviews Sign up for ZDNet's Product Watch Newsletter for the latest product reviews, news, and expert analysis	News and Blogs Windows Vista SP2 ready for download Cyber czar position will be announced this week Reminder: Don't install an earlier version of Mac OS X than is supported by your hardware VMWare executive shows off fluid network switching iPhone: the greatest mobile fingerpainting platform? Technological transmogrification: the evolution of language Wrong, blogger, there IS A SOLAR PLANE! Sun & Symantec: A New Breed of Sustainability Leadership? IBM consultant publishes step-by-step guide for greening your IT The case for a Global Digital Public Library Network policy Sorry OQO owners, no more support or repair service for you Most Rated Posts Put together a solid barebones system for $350 In Office SP2, Microsoft manages to reduce interoperability Mysterious virus strikes FBI The just shoot me vacation 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 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 Discover how you can work smarter and increase efficiency with Enterprise 2.0 Are you often bogged down by information overload and handicapped by lack access to reliable and updated source of information? Learn how you can. 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