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Top Editors Picks 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? Sponsored How much do your peers earn? Find out on activeTechPros if you're an IT professional. * * * * * * * * Introducing activeBizPros: a salary resource for business professionals We're in the midst of building our beta community site. Come join us and help drive the salary charts. Microsoft fumbles the digital TV transition Ed Bott: Microsoft?s Media Center program is nearly seven years old, and the version included with Windows 7 will be its fifth major revision. With all that experience, you'd think that Microsoft would have sailed through the long- awaited transition to all-digital over-the-air TV broadcasts in the United States this past Friday. Instead, the company failed, in dramatic fashion. READ FULL STORY DTV Transition? Done. Now Make My DVD Problem Go Away! Long-time Microsoft evangelist retires Microsoft to employees: Don't want to use WinMo? You're on your own Microsoft: Money Just Wants to Be Free Microsoft takes off its xRM platform-as-a-service gloves 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 China seeks Green Dam patch Dancho Danchev: Following last week's reports of exploitable vulnerabilities in Green Dam, the Chinese government is pushing developers of the censorship software to release a patch ASAP. Is it too late to avert a massive security disaster? READ FULL STORY US developer: China's Green Dam steals our code Security flaws galore: Researchers dissect China's Green Dam censorware Green Dam definitively blocks political sites - and creates security breach Censorship.exe? China reportedly requires PC makers to include content blocking software Gallery Tour: Inside botnets that never make the news McAfee: Welcome to the United States of Zombie PCs Sponsored How much do your peers earn? Find out on activeTechPros if you're an IT professional. * * * * * * * * Introducing activeBizPros: a salary resource for business professionals We're in the midst of building our beta community site. Come join us and help drive the salary charts. Clash of the QWERTY sliders: HTC Touch Pro2 vs Nokia N97 Matthew Miller: While neither device boasts a UI as elegant as the iPhone, Google Android, or Palm WebOS, it isn't always about just the UI: Lots of people want to multitask and customize their smartphones. The HTC Touch Pro2 and Nokia N97 will appeal to two very different kinds of users. READ FULL STORY Image Gallery: HTC Touch Pro2 and Nokia N97 head-to-head Clash of the Touch Titans: Which device is my favorite? iPhone 3G 3.0 vs. Palm Pre iPhone 3.0 3G vs RIM BlackBerry Storm Featured TalkBack Blog Too many .Nets, too little time? Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft's overzealous .Net branding campaign is a pretty much a thing of the past, but the company's attempt to juggle too many .Nets is coming home to roost with testers writing workflow-centric apps and services that can be hosted in the Azure cloud. Responsible behavior, or dumb move? 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 AMD grabs "impressive" market share from Intel in Q1 "If you look at benchmarks of comparable AMD and Intel rigs, there is no advantage to AMD." -- CTRLurself CIO Jury: Let's wait on Windows 7 "No surprise. It would be foolish to roll out a new OS to an organization without testing." -- ye Elsewhere on ZDNet 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 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. 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PLAY VIDEO WWDC 2009: Apple previews Safari 4 At Apple's WWDC in San Francisco, the company's VP of Mac OS engineering, Craig Federighi, shows off improved features of Safari 4, including faster display speeds and full history search. 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. Schiller adds that customers shouldn't need to change battery in a notebook at all in five years. PLAY VIDEO Play more video and audio New Technologies Sponsored White papers How much do your peers earn? Find out on activeTechPros if you're an IT professional. * * * * * * * * Introducing activeBizPros: a salary resource for business professionals We're in the midst of building our beta community site. Come join us and help drive the salary charts. Free Test Drive: ActiveRoles Server Slash the time spent on Active Directory (AD) management tasks with this powerful yet easy-to-use platform. 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