Ditching XP for Win 7; Palm Pre's homerun; Quicktime attacks [TECH UPDATE]

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Top Editors Picks Ready to ditch XP for Win 7? Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: With an estimated two out of every three Windows users continuing to run XP, it's clear where Microsoft needs to direct its Windows 7 marketing efforts. Forget about more "Laptop Hunter" ads: How can Microsoft best win back the folks who turned their backs on Vista? READ FULL STORY Anatomy of Microsoft's "It's a PC" ads Can Microsoft claw back lost market share from Apple? Microsoft: No more three-app limit in Windows 7 Starter Edition Verdict: XP Mode gets an F The Mojave Experiment: An exercise in guided clicking? Sponsored Live Virtual Conference: Lowering datacenter costs through server refresh Discover how today's newest generation of rack servers provide extreme performance?along with dramatically reduced IT costs. (IBM) Palm Pre: Five reasons to expect a homerun Jason Hiner: Palm has bet the company on the Pre, which brings true multi-tasking to the smartphone. I think it's a good bet. Here are the top five reasons why Palm Pre and WebOS will be one tech's biggest success stories of 2009. READ FULL STORY Palm webOS touts iTunes sync, Twitter search, App Catalog Verizon Wireless CEO throws jabs: Plans to offer Palm Pre (and its 'cousin'); Scoffs at AT&T's network upgrade Palm Pre ringtone leaked: Music to your ears? Pre syncs with iTunes out of the box Apple plugs gaping QuickTime security holes Ryan Naraine: Apple today released QuickTime 7.6.2 with fixes for a variety of security vulnerabilities, some of which could lead to arbitrary code execution attacks. The update covers a total of 10 documented vulnerabilities that could be exploited via booby-trapped movie, video, image and audio files. READ FULL STORY 20,000 sites hit with drive-by attack code Dangerous Microsoft DirectX vulnerability under attack The Web's most dangerous keywords to search for AMD Istanbul: Field Upgrade Only If Your Hands are Nimble Jason Perlow: The newly-launched AMD Opteron 24xx and 84xx server CPUs have six processor cores. Unlike Intel's Nehalem, which requires entirely new and unproven parts, the "Istanbul" is based on existing, mature AMD chipsets, allowing current Quad-Core Opteron systems to be field upgraded rather than requiring entirely new server purchases. READ FULL STORY AMD rolls out six-core Opteron, aka 'Istanbul' Intel announces new chips, excited about notebooks, WiMax Intel: New Nehalem chip has "dramatic" performance gains Sponsored Live Virtual Conference: Lowering datacenter costs through server refresh Discover how today's newest generation of rack servers provide extreme performance?along with dramatically reduced IT costs. (IBM) E-reader devices: The fun is just starting Larry Dignan: The interest in e-readers has reached a fever pitch. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos fields nothing but Kindle questions at the company's shareholder meeting. Prime View picks up E Ink, the company that supplies the screen to Amazon's Kindle, for $215 million. And companies ranging from Google to Interead are aiming to upset Amazon's early advantage. READ FULL STORY Interead Cool-er: so close yet so far away Google reads my blogs again, uses my e-book model Amazon Kindle DX shipping date confirmed Google to sell e-books by end of 2009; what will Amazon do? If a color Kindle is years away, where does that leave e-textbooks? Featured TalkBack Blog In netbook market, Wintel monopoly healthier than ever Dana Blankenhorn: I came to CompuTex in search of successors to the Linux Laptops I wrote about here a year ago. What I found was that the makers of those laptops, Asus and MSI, have switched entirely to Windows. 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 Are you ready to ditch XP for Windows 7? "It depends on one thing. Price." -- John E Wahd EU wants MSFT to put other browsers in Windows "I don't mind IE being there, I just seldom use it. I don't want to have to uninstall browsers I don't like." -- bobfastner Elsewhere on ZDNet Photo Gallery E3 2009: Playing Rock Band with McLovin and rocking DJ Hero with Jay-Z Microsoft's evening press event, featuring The Beatles: Rock Band, plus playable demos of Halo: ODST and Left 4 Dead 2, continued the celebrity theme. VIEW THE GALLERY Microsoft shakes up gaming at E3 HP Mini 1151NR netbook by Verizon Wireless More ZDNet Photo Galleries ZDNet Reviews Hands-on with the HTC Touch Pro2 Matthew Miller: The HTC Touch Pro2 is a follow-up to the HTC Touch Pro device with a higher resolution display, larger form factor, and several software improvements. How does it stack up? I find out. READ THE REVIEW Slappa Velocity Spyder Pro MSI X340 More ZDNet Reviews Sign up for ZDNet's Product Watch Newsletter for the latest product reviews, news, and expert analysis	News and Blogs Twitter on your intranet: 17 microblogging tools for business EMC spars with NetApp over Data Domain Bing is live: Nice first impression; Will Bing boost Cashback? Red Hat announces strategy to "future-proof" Java New dual, triple and quad core CPUs from AMD Should we share our Wi-Fi in the name of cloud? Microsoft-Merck alliance boosts Amalga $99 iPhone in the wings? Microsoft beefs up Xbox 360's entertainment offerings with 1080p HD streaming Trying to fix "broken" online advertising Google's Brin: Time to speed up the web Forbes: No new iPhone chip next week Most Rated Posts Microsoft: No more three-app limit in Windows 7 Starter Edition Are you ready to ditch XP for Windows 7? Dangerous Microsoft DirectX vulnerability under attack Microsoft adds some multi-touch glitz to Windows 7 Screenshot: Apple to charge for re-downloading apps   Videos and Podcasts Google CEO touts always-on computing At the Google I/O developer's conference in San Francisco, Calif., company CEO Eric Schmidt shares his vision for a new computing paradigm. In his keynote, Schmidt says "this is the beginning of the real win of cloud computing, of applications." PLAY VIDEO What's the cloud's killer app? At the Interop conference in Las Vegas, SAP CTO Vishal Sikka shares his views with M.R. Rangaswami, co-founder of the Sand Hill Group on application development in the cloud. He pinpoints two key areas for continued research, real-time search and mobility. 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