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

 

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ZDNet Member | September 15, 2010

 

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

 

 

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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. Its standout feature is the ability to open up the case, flip the screen, and then convert it into a laptop design. The tablet will be available later this year.

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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. MeeGo is an open-source software project targeting Intel customers looking to add their customized interface to Internet-enabled devices.

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Intel demos smart TVs

At the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, Intel CEO Paul Otellini demos Google's television platform, which is due to hit the market later this month. Powered by Intel's processors, the new software allows embedded TV programming and game sharing via Facebook and other Web sites.

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Intel brings WiDi technology to tablets

At the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, Intel CEO Paul Otellini shows the company's new wireless display technology. Using a WiDi video chip, users can stream HD video and games from their laptop and desktop PC to a tablet device.

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