Will Windows 7 spark PC replacement? ; Palm Pre launch a 'success' [TECH UPDATE]

Trouble viewing this mail? Read it online | Manage my newsletters | Previous Edition   ZDNet Tech Update Today tech | Mon., June 8, 2009
Home | News & Blogs | Videos | White Papers | Downloads | Reviews | Photo Galleries | Podcasts | RSS Feeds
Top Editors Picks The PC replacement cycle: Will Windows 7 light the fuse? Larry Dignan: How long can enterprises milk their existing PCs without having to upgrade? The answer for now is: Quite awhile, perhaps forever. But technology chieftains are betting (praying?) that there's a big PC upgrade cycle looming and the Windows 7 Oct. 22 launch will be the catalyst. READ FULL STORY Zack Whittaker: Why enterprise networks run Windows, not the Mac Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: The problem with XP ... White Paper: 10 reasons Vista haters will love Windows 7 Windows 7: The incentives are coming Are you ready to ditch XP for Windows 7? 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. Analysts deem Palm launch a success; Pre inventory replenishment eyed Larry Dignan: Piper Jaffray analyst Michael Walkley deemed the initial Pre sales "solid." And J.P. Morgan analyst Paul Coster reckoned that most Sprint stores he called were sold out. Some reps claimed that the Pre was sold out nationwide. The rub: Stores didn't carry many Pre devices at launch. READ FULL STORY Taking apart the Palm Pre Matthew Miller: Initial Pre thoughts and answers to 11 questions Palm Pre weekend: Sprint could steal Palm's moment Gauging Palm Pre's success: It'll take time Sprint: Pre exclusive longer than 6 months Special Report: Palm Pre's got everybody talking Best Buy memo details Microsoft Win 7 upgrade program, upgrade pricing Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft officials may not be ready to share the date of the Vista-to-Windows 7 upgrade program they preannounced this week, but Best Buy is. A Best Buy memo obtained by bloggers has the details of the program, as well as the start date. READ FULL STORY Will the Windows 7 price be right? Windows 7 saves Microsoft, but will it rebuild post-Vista spirit? Whoa there! Let's not read too much into the leaked Best Buy "leaked" memo Snow Leopard and Windows 7: Two flavors of the same GUI? From Starter to Ultimate: What's really in each Windows 7 Edition? Sustainability: More capitalist than Jack Welch? James Farrar: Why is Jack Welch, father of the modern shareholder value movement, advocating the throwing off of corporate cash without much more than a fuzzy strategic connection? READ FULL STORY Sustainable change or SOX 2.0? IBM on Sustainability: Time For Real Time Sun & Symantec: A new breed of sustainability leadership? Oracle & Google: Of goats, grids and GRI Dell tops new corporate sustainability index 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. With behavioral data, companies value, avoid customers Tom Steinert-Threlkeld: Sears decided to track very precise details about customers' online browsing, including details about online shopping, drug-prescription records, video rentals, library-borrowing histories, names and addresses of e-mail correspondents as well as bank statements. The problem? Sears didn't tell the customers just how much it would track. READ FULL STORY Businesses gain access to Google data through Local Business Center CEOs' top five fears of social media Transforming customer relationships with social media Featured TalkBack Blog Digital TV conversion: 5 percent switch to cable, 8 percent buy new HDTV Sean Portnoy: As the transition to a digital TV landscape officially comes at the end of the week, new figures reveal that a quarter of TV households were impacted by the switch, with 5 percent giving in to cable and 8 percent forking over cash for a new HDTV. 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 Why Does IT Hate Facebook and Twitter? "All these services are good for is wasting your time." -- bjbrock Palm reviewers: The Pre has a puncher's chance "The "card" system is a step backwards." -- storm14k Elsewhere on ZDNet Photo Gallery ARM smartbooks, Android netbooks, ULV laptops, Moblin and more from Computex 2009 The biggest story at Computex 2009 this week was netbooks, and in particular netbooks that use alternatives to Intel's Atom and Windows. This Lenovo IdeaPad S10, for example, is running a version of Linux with Intel's new Moblin V2 operating system. VIEW THE GALLERY When GM's designs ruled the road Here's what's inside the Palm Pre More ZDNet Photo Galleries ZDNet Reviews Initial Pre thoughts and answers to 11 questions Matthew Miller: I've got my hands on a Palm Pre smartphone, but I'm not ready to post a full review yet. Until then, I've compiled an 11-question FAQ to answer everything you want to know about the Pre. READ THE REVIEW Palm Pre (Sprint) Cool-er e-book reader More ZDNet Reviews Sign up for ZDNet's Product Watch Newsletter for the latest product reviews, news, and expert analysis	News and Blogs Microsoft study debunks profitability of the underground economy Field guide to interpreting CIO-speak How green is software as a service? Wind River: Tasty Embedded Linux Treat OpenSolaris 2009.06: Getting Better All The Time Twitter provides sneak peek of 'verified accounts' Where are the French code warriors when it's "Le Weekend?" Bing passes Yahoo, steals share from Google? H-1B legislation to watch - What it's really about Get your 16-page list of Microsoft's morphing codenames Gartner: Nine ways to measure SOA success Eight ways that cloud computing will change business Most Rated Posts Will the Windows 7 price be right? Palm Pre weekend: Sprint could steal Palm's moment Best Buy memo details Microsoft Win 7 upgrade program, upgrade pricing The problem with XP ... Snow Leopard and Windows 7: Two flavors of the same GUI?   Videos and Podcasts Sony Ericsson unveils app store Sony Ericsson's Rikko Sakaguchi and Christoper David tell an audience at JavaOne in San Francisco that the company will join the app store crowd. Customers will be able to download utilities, tools, and games to their phones. PLAY VIDEO All things Microsoft: Windows 7, Bing, and 'pink phone' ZDNet's Mary-Jo Foley and Sumi Das talk about Microsoft's latest announcements around its new OS, search, and mobile. Foley says Bing and Windows 7 are getting most of the press as of late, but it's really Windows Mobile 7 that could cause the biggest stir when it launches next Spring. PLAY VIDEO Project Kenai at JavaOne At the JavaOne conference in San Francisco, Robert Brewin, CTO for Sun Microsystems, and John Brock, part of the Connected Developer Team for Project Kenai, demonstrate how developers will be able to use this new site to gain visibility, collaborate, and connect on projects over the Internet. PLAY VIDEO Java founder and Sun CEO preview new Java app store At JavaOne in San Francisco, Calif., Sun fellow James Gosling, and Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz demo Sun's new online store. The new Java store will distribute and sell mobile apps based on the Java programming language. PLAY VIDEO Ellison and McNealy: Java here to stay At JavaOne in San Francisco, Calif., Oracle CEO Larry Ellison talks to Sun Microsystems Chairman Scott McNealy about the future of Java development. Ellison says he will continue to expand investment in Java and sees the programming language being used in a variety of devices including Google's Android phones and Netbooks. 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. Free White Paper: Remote Worker Risk Management Discover new strategies for protecting your remote workers from Internet threats and inappropriate Web content. Free Trial: MessageStats Reporting & Analysis Tool Maximize your Exchange investment with the industry?s most complete and comprehensive messaging reporting and analysis solution. Free Test Drive: ActiveRoles Server Slash the time spent on Active Directory (AD) management tasks with this powerful yet easy-to-use platform. Enterprise Security Reporter for SharePoint: Free Trial Download Get a complete view of the security and integrity of your entire SharePoint environment with this fast, comprehensive reporting solution. More white papers: Most popular papers Recently added papers Most popular papers by industry
Send us your feedback here. Sign up for more free newsletters from ZDNet! | To manage your account settings or to remove yourself from all ZDNet communications, please visit our Subscription Center. The e-mail address for your subscription is techmails79758@gmail.com Unsubscribe from this e-mail | FAQ | Advertise | Privacy Policy Copyright 2009 CNET Networks, Inc., a CBS Company. All rights reserved. ZDNet is a registered service mark of CNET Networks, Inc. CNET Networks, Inc. 235 Second Street San Francisco, CA 94105 U.S.A.