IE9 power tips; RIM's big problem; Android showdown; IPv6 [TECH UPDATE]

ZDNet Tech Update Today ZDNet Member | September 16, 2010
Today's Top Picks   IE9 power tips: the secrets of pinned site shortcuts Pinned shortcuts are the killer feature of Internet Explorer 9. How do they work, and how can you customize them to make yourself more productive? I've got the details. 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.   Verizon Wireless adds Good to Android lineup; Bad news for RIM As if Research in Motion didn't have enough to worry about, Verizon Wireless has teamed up with Good Technology to equip all of its Android devices with better enterprise-grade security. READ FULL STORY   Benchmark showdown: High-end Android smartphones If you think that all 1GHz Android smartphones are equally quick, think again. ZDNet Germany's Christoph H Hochstatter shows that the performance of CPUs, RAM, flash and GPUs varies widely. READ FULL STORY   Are we really ready for IPv6? No. According to a recent survey by the Internet's Number Resource Organization, approximately 84% of respondents already have IPv6 addresses or are considering getting them. 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 earnings on tap as Hurd, Open World take center stage Oracle's first quarter results are on tap and analysts are largely expecting a performance in line with expectations. READ FULL STORY   iPhone, Android and how market share impacts exclusivity Reports indicate that Apple's iPhone is losing market share to Google Android smartphones, despite its latest and greatest model. Here's why that hints at the end of AT&T exclusivity. READ FULL STORY Is your home sitting on top of a potential "hell on Earth" firebomb? Like much of America's infrastructure, many pipelines are old, need to be replaced, and have the potential for catastrophic failure. READ FULL STORY IBM debuts new wireless power management chip tech; promises better smartphones, TVs IBM enters the power management semiconductor business with a process that makes wireless RF chips for laptop computers, smartphones and other applications. READ FULL STORY College textbooks: Forget the campus bookshop, shop online Campus bookstores will want all students to take advantage of their offers and book availability. But the online marketplace will yield a cheaper result. READ FULL STORY The goods and bads of Bump, which links you to your license plate Bump.com is a new service that allows users to communicate with each other on the road by sending messages to each other, via license plates. READ FULL STORY Five things the Inspiron Duo tells me about Dell's strategy (or lack of one) Dell's new convertible Inspiron Duo is half laptop, half tablet, and arrives in the wake of the Streak tablet and Aero smartphone. What's it all mean? READ FULL STORY   Top SmartPlanet Pick   Boeing to sell commercial space flight tickets as soon as 2015 Would you pay $30 million to go into space? READ FULL STORY Want more? Sign up for SmartPlanet's daily newsletter   Hot Topic Spotlight   Seesmic's tilt at enterprise Melding consumer experience with enterprise applications output sounds like a fantasy untill you understand what Salesforce.com and Seesmic are doing. READ FULL STORY More talked-about posts: Verizon Wireless adds Good to Android lineup; Bad news for RIM SuccessFactors integrates CubeTree, rolls out social collaboration for its fall update Featured Photo Gallery   IE9 partners show off sleek new features (photos) Seeking to reclaim browser glory, Microsoft launched a leaner, meaner Internet Explorer today, partnering with dozens of companies to show off some of IE9's rich content capabilities. VIEW THE GALLERY More photo galleries: 2011 Ford Edge Sport (photos) 35 years of 'impossible' ILM visual effects (photos) Featured Product Coverage   Nikon's new D7000 midrange dSLR--a Canon 60D challenger Nikon announces the new D7000, a midrange digital SLR that slips into the Nikon lineup above the D90 and below the D300s. READ FULL STORY More product coverage: IDF Intel 2010: Intel overclocks Sandy Bridge CPU to 4.9GHz, outpaces 12-core AMD Opteron Slacker taking on Rhapsody with new Premium Radio service Like gadgets? Sign up for ZDNet's Product Watch Newsletter	News & Blogs   Logitech rolls out Wireless Trackball M570 with leave-in Unifying receiver   Wireless printing comes to Apple iPad, iPhone, iPod   Thinxtream, Epson team up on printing app for iPhone, iPad, iPod touch   Can Diaspora win anything but publicity?   How Google can save Android from the carriers   Not all SOA services are, or should be, created equal   HP beefs up Business Service Automation portfolio to give IT the tools it needs to compete against clouds inside and out   Apple QuickTime flaws puts Windows users at risk   Super-search engine for e-cycling options   Adobe previews 64-bit Flash Player 'Square'     Latest SmartPlanet   Forget tweets and status updates, here's a new way to socialize online   Weather forecasting: wind industry funding ahead?   LG enters water treatment business; invests $400 million to be major global player   Automotive X Prize winners announced   Smarter traffic lights can cut down your time stuck in traffic     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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