Dell's datacenter vision; Time Machine; HP and Android; Nvidia GPUs [TECH UPDATE]

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READ FULL STORY Best of the Best - Part 4 - NVIDIA GPUs This is part four of my "best of the best" series, and in this post I'll be looking at NVIDIA GPUs, again in three price brackets - Budget, mainstream and high-end. READ FULL STORY New Google SEO Starter Guide Published: Perfect for Beginners September 28, 2010 marks a great day for SEO! With Google just having published a brand new starter guide to SEO, such an action on their behalf is solid confirmation that SEO is legitimate. READ FULL STORY   Top SmartPlanet Pick   America's roads are falling apart And California's are the worst -- despite the lack of ice and snow. READ FULL STORY Want more? Sign up for SmartPlanet's daily newsletter   Hot Topic Spotlight   Infographic: Getting a grip on the true popularity of the iPhone Given all of the hype over the iPhone online, TV or wherever, it sometimes seems like Apple's smartphone is the only handheld on the market. But a new infographic claims otherwise. READ FULL STORY More talked-about posts: Sprint's 4G may already be running in NYC Novell releases new version of appliance toolkit Featured Photo Gallery   Latest leaked pics of the HP Slate 500 We've gotten our hands on a handful of leaked photos of what is purportedly the upcoming HP Slate 500 tablet. Following on the hands-on video found on YouTube last week, this is the second recent appearance of a Windows version of this much-delayed tablet. VIEW THE GALLERY More photo galleries: How to build the perfect Android tablet Nokia X3 Touch and Type (photos) Featured Product Coverage   Gateway updates ZX One series with new all-in-one desktops Gateway has churned out some additional all-in-one desktop computers for its ZX One series, with some relatively low prices and specs to match. 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