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Today's Top Picks   Oracle: Half of customers will upgrade to Fusion apps over five years Oracle gave the lowdown to analysts on what kind of customer upgrade cycle it expects for its Fusion apps. READ FULL STORY   Recommended What are the highest paying job roles? IT Professionals - Find out in the 2010 activeTechPros IT salary & skills report. Be a member for free access. * * * * * * * * * * * * Business Professionals Join activeBizPros and identify the highest paying job roles in your country with our salary benchmark wizard.   Best of the Best - Part 1 - Intel CPUs In this first post I'll be looking at the best of the best Intel CPUs in three price brackets - Budget, mainstream and high-end. READ FULL STORY   Will Google defend Android and its good name? When people get what they think is a Google Android phone and find it filled with phone carrier crapware they can't delete, they get mad at Google. READ FULL STORY   Best of the Best - Part 2 - AMD CPUs In this part two in my "best of the best" series, and in this post I'll be looking at AMD CPUs, again in three price brackets - Budget, mainstream and high-end. READ FULL STORY   Recommended What are the highest paying job roles? IT Professionals - Find out in the 2010 activeTechPros IT salary & skills report. Be a member for free access. * * * * * * * * * * * * Business Professionals Join activeBizPros and identify the highest paying job roles in your country with our salary benchmark wizard.   HP Slate: Is this finally the answer to the iPad? The HP Slate has had a tumultuous year, and it's not even available yet. But a new video has us wondering if the Microsoft-backed tablet actually could be the answer to Apple's iPad. READ FULL STORY   Is there really a global 'IT debt' of $500 billion? Gartner is arguing that there's a $500 billion global IT debt that's about to mushroom to $1 trillion by 2015. The big question is whether enterprises will buy the argument and upgrade applications. READ FULL STORY Why I hate Netflix and why Americans need to stop hating on Netflix' CEO and lighten up I mean, us Americans? Self-absorbed? Who invented Twitter? Facebook? Foursquare? No, we're not self-absorbed. READ FULL STORY Demise of enterprise IT departments: A pending crisis point If it no longer matters where your IT is physically located and whether or not you actually own or operate the IT systems you depend on. READ FULL STORY Compare and contrast AOL, Yahoo: In their own words Yahoo and AOL have a lot in common: A content focus, big freelance networks, dependence on display ads and new strategies. In many respects, Yahoo and AOL are the same. READ FULL STORY Nvidia's life after Fermi: Kepler in 2011, Maxwell in 2013 At this week's GPU Technology Conference, Nvidia took the unusual step of introducing its road map for future graphics cards on the heels of its tumultuous Fermi launch. READ FULL STORY Panasonic unleashes Toughbook U1 as 'most rugged' mobile PC of them all Panasonic has turned up the heat with the launch of the Toughbook U1, which is apparently the baddest and toughest of all the mobile PCs in the Toughbook collection to date. READ FULL STORY Motorola Droid 2 R2-D2 version spotted at Verizon Wireless store The Motorola Droid 2 R2-D2 limited edition smartphone is expected to land on September 30, but the little droid has already been spotted at one Verizon Wireless location. READ FULL STORY   Top SmartPlanet Pick   First ever synthetic cilia created, responds to heat and light Scientists created hair-like structures that could be game changing for industry. READ FULL STORY Want more? Sign up for SmartPlanet's daily newsletter   Hot Topic Spotlight   The One Mistake Many CEOs Make About SEO If you are the CEO or higher-up of a company that has decided to implement SEO, you *need* to read this to save yourself and your SEO agency/guru an unneeded headache. READ FULL STORY More talked-about posts: Best of the Best - Part 2 - AMD CPUs Best of the Best - Part 1 - Intel CPUs Featured Photo Gallery   Screenshots: 20 apps that play to the iPad's strengths Jason Hiner has said that the Apple iPad is only good at two things but that it's really good at those two things. As a result, he's compiled a list of his 20 favorite apps for taking advantage of the iPad's strengths. VIEW THE GALLERY More photo galleries: Mission Impossible? Finding a really expensive laptop Hands-on with the Roku XDS streaming media player Featured Product Coverage   Dell Inspiron Zino HD launches as 'mini powerhouse' of entertainment; $299 Another compact, squarish box full of home entertainment fun has debuted. This time it is from Dell with its Inspiron Zino HD. READ FULL STORY More product coverage: Dell unveils Inspiron One 23" all-in-one desktop; $799 Netflix CEO: Streaming-only option for U.S. could be coming soon Like gadgets? 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