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Must-Read News Stories Google missed a marketing turn with the 'decision engine' thing Larry Dignan: Does Google have Bing envy? In a new report, co-founder Sergey Brin is so rattled by the launch of Microsoft's rival search engine that he has assembled a team of top engineers to work on urgent upgrades to his Web service. Is the search giant running scared over Microsoft's search marketing blitz? READ FULL STORY Google could take a lesson from Bing on porn Sponsored Making the Most of Customer Satisfaction Surveys Learn the top 12 reasons why you should be using statistical analysis rather than spreadsheets to get the most value out of your Satisfaction Surveys. Iran protests meet the social Web: What we've learned Larry Dignan: The aftermath of the Iranian election has provided quite a case study of the intersection between social media, the increasing difficulty of censorship and government affairs. READ FULL STORY Facebook testing real-time search before Twitter becomes defacto This Week's Highlights Gallery: Top 10 alternatives to Google Search Remember AltaVista, Ask Jeeves, Excite or Lycos - some of the big names in search before Google ruled the roost? Now, newcomers like Cuil, Hunch and Mahaloare are pushing alternative models that promise to tame the Internet using crowd sourcing and "computational knowledge engines." Take a tour of the 10 top contenders to Google's search throne. READ FULL STORY Google's biggest threat in mobile search: iPhone apps My Bing experiment: Can it be the default search engine? Video: Search space becomes more crowded True Knowledge API lies at the heart of real business model Wolfram Alpha: A new paradigm for using computers and the web Enterprise search: The target is moving Search 2.0: Compromising privacy for better results? Larry Dignan: Life Without Google Sponsored Safeguard intellectual property and ensure compliance Find out how you can protect against zero-day threats, safeguard intellectual property and ensure compliance. Five big issues with ARM and Android netbooks John Morris: 'Smartbooks' -- that is, netbooks with the guts of a smartphone, rather than an Atom platform -- are said to be the next big thing. Despite all the announcements, there are still major technical and business challenges to using both ARM and Android in netbooks. Here are five big ones. READ FULL STORY Microsoft's fancy footwork around netbooks continues Computex attendance falls, but Android 'coming out party' succeeds Computex 2009: ARM smartbooks, Android netbooks, more Fight Windows tax with a penguin stick How good is Microsoft's free antivirus software? Ed Bott: Microsoft's free consumer antivirus, formerly code -named "Morro," will enter public beta testing next week. Over the past few days I've been testing recent builds of Microsoft Security Essentials and here's what I found... READ FULL STORY Mary Jo Foley: What wannabe testers need to know about Microsoft Security Essentials Free AV from Microsoft? It's about time Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: The FUD campaign Fake Microsoft patch malware spreading Hands on with the Windows 7 Touch Pack Ed Bott: Last month I had a chance to see a quick demo of Microsoft's new Touch Pack for Windows 7. This collection of a half-dozen multi-touch-enabled programs won't be available for download by Windows buyers, but will be installed on touch-enabled PCs that pass Microsoft's logo testing. Here's what I found when I went hands-on. READ FULL STORY Beware of Windows 7 downgrade/upgrade mess Will touchscreen Windows 7 netbooks be hot or not? What's really new in Windows 7? The answer, not much! Microsoft bets big on a new platform subscription license Could you switch to 100% open source? Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Whether it's the economy or the slow death of XP, I'm hearing from more people looking to jump off the Microsoft bandwagon and pitch up with Free and Open Source Software. Could you replace your operating system and all your software with open source alternatives? READ FULL STORY Dana Blankenhorn: Fight Windows tax with a penguin stick Top 7 reasons people quit Linux? How about 7 reasons to try it The state of Linux - Is it ready for the 'average' user?' Linux: The Joe Sixpack Strategy It's official: My wife likes Ubuntu Your next software buying decision: Zero cost? Windows 7 E: More FAQs Mary Jo Foley: What can users and developers expect from the browserless version of Windows 7 that Microsoft plans to sell only in Europe? Company officials have a few answers. READ FULL STORY What's really new in Windows 7? Not much! Windows 7 editions at a glance Microsoft: IE-free Windows 7 in Europe 'Voting' for browser - Microsoft's worst nightmare Special Report: Windows 7 nearing the finish line Photo Gallery Save money greening your home A combination of efficiency and at-home power generation will lighten your home's energy footprint. VIEW THE GALLERY Samsung Omnia 2 coming to Verizon HTC Touch Pro2 and Nokia N97 head-to-head More ZDNet Photo Galleries Will Ubuntu stay a minor player? Dana Blankenhorn: I always assumed that Ubuntu was the Linux desktop play, but it's been blown out in netbooks and seems to have no presence in phones. It's time for open source advocates to take off the rose-colored glasses and ask if Canonical's distro is ever going to be a factor below the server level. READ FULL STORY Ubuntu aims at healing Linux's 'paper cuts' In netbook market, Wintel monopoly healthier than ever Fight Windows tax with a penguin stick Run Ubuntu inside Windows with Portable Ubuntu Top 7 reasons people quit Linux? How about 7 reasons to try it/a> Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Is Ubuntu becoming the generic Linux distro? Featured TalkBack Bing posing a serious threat to Google? Garett Rogers: We've been hearing about a lot of buzz surrounding Microsoft's Bing "decision" engine. More precisely, we're seeing that Google is worried about Bing, and that they Sergey Brin has assembled a group of his finest Googlers to analyze Bing and figure out what makes it tick. Is Bing really posing that serious of a threat? READ FULL BLOG What do you think? Post Your Thoughts in TalkBack Reader TalkBacks Ubuntu aims at healing Linux's 'paper cuts' "Papercuts? More like deep stab wounds that require major surgery." -- Loverock Davidson What's really new in Windows 7? The answer, not much! "You could've said the same thing about the OS9-OSX switch." -- JoeMama_z RIM BlackBerry Tour 9630 announced for Verizon, Sprint Andrew Nusca: Research in Motion has unveiled its newest device, the RIM BlackBerry Tour 9630, a long-rumored 3G-enabled, QWERTY, dual-mode world phone with a 2.44-in. display, slim profile and GPS. It will be available from both Sprint and Verizon Wireless later this summer. READ FULL STORY Matthew Miller: RIM announces BlackBerry Tour with CDMA/GSM support, no WiFi Ed Burnette: Mobile megahertz madness heats up Review: Documents To Go raises the bar for iPhone word processing Larry Dignan: IRS eyes taxing your work mobile phone Smartphones have become a necessity; more growth expected Pentagon kills $6.3 billion missile technology project Michael Krigsman: The Pentagon canceled Northrop Grumman's Kinetic Energy Interceptor program amid accusations by Defense Secretary William Gates that the system's design would not accomplish key military objectives. READ FULL STORY TechCrunch Research: Big deal or not? Senate IT oversight bill: Detailed analysis Field guide to interpreting CIO-speak ZDNet Reviews Top five digital cameras for Father's Day Janice Chen: Next Sunday is Father's Day, and while I can't afford to buy all the fathers in my family a new digital camera, my favorite fathers make such a diverse group that this wishlist makes a great one for anyone searching for a digital camera for Dad. READ THE REVIEW Verizon Wireless MiFi 2200 Intelligent Mobile Hotspot Eclipse AVN726E DVD/GPS receiver More ZDNet Reviews Sign up for ZDNet's Product Watch Newsletter for the latest product reviews, news, and expert analysis The race to run your data center Jason Hiner: Why are Google, Microsoft and Amazon building out fleets of huge data centers around the world at a breakneck pace? They want to be ready with enough capacity to take the place of your data center. And that day is coming sooner than you might think. READ FULL STORY Why corporate IT will eventually embrace cloud computing Will the Google revolution engulf IT departments? IT spending on cloud computing up 22% in 2009 to $9.6 billion Migrating to Amazon Web Services: The blueprint Video: Will economic downturn push companies into the cloud?	In The Blogs The emerging case for open business methods -- Dion Hinchcliffe Cloud computing security to grow in 2009 -- David Greenfield Adobe launches competitor to Google Docs -- Tom Espiner LG begins shipping first HDTVs with built-in Netflix capabilities -- Sean Portnoy Six things to know if your Facebook username has been squatted -- Dennis Howell What's New: Logitech and Sony wireless mice -- Jennifer Bergen Flick through iPhone search results with Taptu -- Matthew Miller Microsoft seeks trademark for 'hohm' -- Mary Jo Foley IBM's CloudBurst is a credible step forward -- James Staten Adobe morphs the online spreadsheet -- Phil Wainewright Building walls between PR, journalists: A worst practice -- Jennifer Leggio Organisations: who should and shouldn't blog -- Zack Whittaker Outsourcing? Avoid long-term deals -- Matthew Broersma Now Introducing... Technology, perspective & insights shaping the world. 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PLAY VIDEO A look at high-speed autonomous driving At JavaOne in San Francisco, Calif., Volkswagen's Marcial Hernandez and Sun's Greg Bollella detail Project Bixby, an Audi TTS programmed by Volkswagen and using a Java runtime environment. The vehicle will then be raced on a Rally course against other automated vehicles. PLAY VIDEO WWDC 2009: Apple highlights Snow Leopard features At Apple's WWDC in San Francisco, the company's SVP of Mac OS engineering, Craig Federighi, demos the Snow Leopard version of the operating system. For current Leopard users, the new OS--due in September--will be upgradable for $29. PLAY VIDEO WWDC 2009: New 15-inch MacBook Pro revealed At Apple's WWDC in San Francisco, Apple's vice president of product marketing, Philip Schiller, shows off the company's latest MacBook Pro. The new notebook has a 3.06GHz processor, a unibody architecture, and a built-in lithium polymer battery. 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