HP printer-tablets; Oracle Exalogic; HDCP key; Microsoft supercomputer [TECH UPDATE]

ZDNet Tech Update Today ZDNet Member | September 20, 2010
Today's Top Picks   HP big printer plan targets living room, detachable tablets Hewlett-Packard is looking to take the printer to your living room and make it more of an everyday computing device courtesy of a detachable 7-inch touchscreen tablet, which can serve as a browser. 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.   Oracle's Exalogic box: Cloud washing at its best? Unless Oracle takes away the Exalogic capacity you spent a few million dollars for and gives you your money back, the true cloud elasticity of the Exalogic box is a bit fuzzy. READ FULL STORY   IBM scoops up Netezza for $1.7 billion, broadens data analytics lineup IBM said it will acquire data warehouse appliance company Netezza in a deal valued at $1.7 billion. READ FULL STORY   So now that the HDCP key is loose, what does it all mean? Did anyone seriously think that HDCP was unbreakable? Really? 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.   Google tackles password weaknesses with two-step sign-on Google is making it much harder for critics to question the security of its cloud-based products. READ FULL STORY   HP mulls internal candidate for CEO spot Hewlett-Packard's CEO search reportedly boils down to three internal candidates, according to various reports. READ FULL STORY Super WiFi solves the Google carrier problem With Super WiFi Google would not need to build out its own network in order to see consumers offered extensive, high-speed WiFi services. READ FULL STORY HTC reportedly developing Android tablet with Pegatron Given how much progress HTC has had with smartphones in the last year, it's only natural that the company would be moving on to a tablet. Who isn't these days? READ FULL STORY Verizon's next CEO: Wireless chief Lowell McAdam Verizon formally set its succession plan for the eventual departure of CEO Ivan Seidenberg as it named wireless chief Lowell McAdam as chief operating officer. READ FULL STORY Microsoft finalizes its latest supercomputing operating system release Microsoft has announced immediate availability of Windows High Performance Computing (HPC) Server 2008 R2, its top-of-the line Windows Server operating system, as of September 20. READ FULL STORY   Top SmartPlanet Pick   Welcome new Intelligent Energy editor David Worthington Say hello to new Intelligent Energy editor David Worthington, who will join Melissa Mahony to cover the cleantech industry. READ FULL STORY Want more? Sign up for SmartPlanet's daily newsletter   Hot Topic Spotlight   No way can Windows Phone compete with Android (or iOS, for that matter) Can Windows Phone really take on Apple and Google? Maybe RIM or HP, but not iOS or Android. READ FULL STORY More talked-about posts: Specialization...aka, "I'm not a handyman" The tech industry is not a democracy Featured Photo Gallery   Convert XP into a Windows 7 Virtual Machine with Disk2vhd Greg Shultz shows you how to use Disk2vhd to move your Windows XP installation into Windows 7 and then run it with Windows Virtual PC. VIEW THE GALLERY More photo galleries: Tomorrow's technology on display at IDF Fujifilm's FinePix x100 debut (images) Featured Product Coverage   Flip Video's new lineup features slimmer UltraHD with image stabilization and accessory port Flip Video's latest UltraHD 2 Hour adds image stabilization and sports a trimmer design. READ FULL STORY More product coverage: Olympus unveils new flagship camera with Zuiko lens Fujifilm unveils retro-looking FinePix X100 with hybrid viewfinder Like gadgets? 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