IE9 beta review; Dell's Streak plan; HTC latest phones; Dell's novel new laptop[TECH UPDATE]

ZDNet Tech Update Today ZDNet Member | September 15, 2010
Today's Top Picks   Internet Explorer 9 beta review: Microsoft reinvents the browser Microsoft officially unveiled Internet Explorer 9 today. It is, without question, the most ambitious browser release Microsoft has ever undertaken. 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.   Dell's enterprise Streak plan: Target verticals like healthcare Dell is aiming to take its 5-inch Android Streak into the health-care vertical as part of a broader set of healthcare services and IT gear. READ FULL STORY   Google Instant: What it Means for You Google Instant is a new feature rolled out by Google which is supposed to help make searching faster, more intelligent, and more accurate. Some say it's the death of SEO. READ FULL STORY   HTC gives grand unveiling for Desire HD and Desire Z; updates Sense HTC held a major press event over in London this morning and announced two brand new (and quite beautiful) smartphones: the Desire HD and the Desire Z. 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.   Intel shows new MeeGo devices At the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, Intel VP Renee James unveils a new MeeGo tablet and smart TV, both running the company's Atom processor. READ FULL STORY   Microsoft's Surface tablet: Three years too late? Microsoft user interface researcher Bill Buxton told the Globe and Mail that he expects Microsoft to be offering three years from now a tablet device that will be like a slimmed-down mini Surface. READ FULL STORY Cisco addresses virtualized datacenter security Virtualized security management at the VM level might give Cisco enough leverage to drive their vision of the converged infrastructure to the big money customer. READ FULL STORY Microsoft to app developers: Time to think about power management Both Intel and Microsoft have been knocking themselves out for years, seeking to develop better options for energy efficiency and power management at the hardware and operating system later. READ FULL STORY RIM worries mount: Will its quarter get Torched? Research in Motion's second quarter results land Thursday and analysts are fretting that the launch of the Torch, the flagship BlackBerry, has been disappointing. READ FULL STORY IDF 2010: Dell Inspiron Duo combines tablet and laptop, runs Windows 7 Home Premium Dell finally seems to be breaking free -- at least a little bit -- from the beige design box it's drawn itself in over the years. READ FULL STORY Twitter's big news: a new look for the home page - and not much more At a news event from Twitter's San Francisco's offices today, the company announced a new look to its home pag. READ FULL STORY   Top SmartPlanet Pick   10 steps to push electric vehicle adoption Before electric vehicles hit any tipping point a lot of collaboration and technology milestones need to be reached. READ FULL STORY Want more? Sign up for SmartPlanet's daily newsletter   Hot Topic Spotlight   SDXC cards take on SSDs The latest release of SD card specs includes ultrahigh speed (UHS-1). With data transfer rates up to 104 MB per second this is competitive with most hard drives. READ FULL STORY More talked-about posts: The Novell news is not news Sprint nabs BlackBerry Curve 3G with price hike to $49.99 Featured Photo Gallery   Tour Internet Explorer 9 beta in pictures Take a slideshow tour of Microsoft's first beta for Internet Explorer 9. VIEW THE GALLERY More photo galleries: A closer look at the Internet Explorer 9 beta Apple iPod Nano 6th Generation (2010) Teardown Featured Product Coverage   HP reveals ultra-thin 2310e HD LED-backlit display; DVI-D, HDMI outputs Hewlett-Packard unveiled a brand new, super slim display this morning: the 23-inch HP 2310e HD widescreen display. READ FULL STORY More product coverage: Logitech rolls out Wireless Trackball M570 with leave-in Unifying receiver Blio Reader for PC gearing up for launch in late September Like gadgets? Sign up for ZDNet's Product Watch Newsletter	News & Blogs   A Plea for the Legitimacy of SEO: 3 Simple Truths   Xeround announces MySQL for the Cloud   PlayOn adds iPad compatibility for playback over Wi-Fi, 3G   IBM acquires OpenPages for compliance, risk management software   LaCie 2big USB 3.0 RAID drive and d2 USB 3.0 external hard drive now available   Teradata, Cloudera team up on Hadoop data warehousing   AMD to deliver Catalyst driver updates via Steam   Microsoft adds 65 mini PDC events aimed at cloud, phone developers   Without Verizon, iPhone on track to start eating Google's dust   Cloud fear and the wall     Latest SmartPlanet   Blood test can accurately predict death from prostate cancer   10 steps to push electric vehicle adoption   As the gas pump fades, a new infrastructure emerges for electric vehicles   3D printing: coming to a workstation near you   Why you shouldn't be anxious     Connect with ZDNet         Videos and Podcasts   Dell unveils convertible Windows 7 tablet At the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, Dell's Dave Zavelson shows off the company's new 10-inch Windows 7 tablet. 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