Storm clouds for RIM; Verizon iPhone; Cisco Umi; Ubuntu 10.10; 12 Android phones [TECH UPDATE]

Today's Top Picks   RIM's challenges about to multiply Research in Motion still has the leading smartphone platform, but its lead is looking more tenuous by the day. Can it fend off Apple's iOS, Android and maybe Windows Phone 7? READ FULL STORY   Recommended Security Training Catalog Get multi-vendor security training from Global Knowledge so you can work with the latest security software from industry leaders like Microsoft, Cisco, Red Hat, and Foundstone. Download this Security Training catalog today for course outlines and class schedules.   Verizon and Apple iPhone could make some LTE magic Apple will reportedly bring its iPhone to the Verizon Wireless network in early 2011. Meanwhile, Verizon Wireless is launching Long-Term Evolution in 38 markets by the end of the year. READ FULL STORY   Cisco's Umi home telepresence: A shadow corporate system? Cisco is bringing telepresence to your living room via its Umi system, but don't be surprised if small business and the healthcare and education markets tag along too. READ FULL STORY   iPad content streaming from your hotel? Forget it Video content streaming from your home from services such as ITunes, Netflix and Amazon Video has now become a reality for bleeding edge technology adopters. But forget about it if you're on the road. READ FULL STORY   Recommended Security Training Catalog Get multi-vendor security training from Global Knowledge so you can work with the latest security software from industry leaders like Microsoft, Cisco, Red Hat, and Foundstone. Download this Security Training catalog today for course outlines and class schedules.   Is Ubuntu 10.10 yet another chance to ditch Windows? Ubuntu isn't going to displace Windows anytime soon. But it just keeps getting better. Schools owe it to their budgets and users to at least give it a look. READ FULL STORY   Tablets running any OS will be everywhere at CES 2011 With tablets coming to market running just about any OS you can think of, will they create a need that doesn't currently exist? READ FULL STORY Sony's Google TV series pricing and screen sizes leaked Not only does Logitech manage to steal the spotlight with its Revue box, now Sony is suffering even more due to what looks like leaked information about pricing and screen sizes for its Google TV. READ FULL STORY Verizon reveals 38 U.S. cities that will get 4G LTE by end of 2010 After months of anticipation, on Wednesday Verizon officially revealed the metro areas that will get 4G LTE access by the end of 2010. See the list of the lucky cities and a little surprise as well. READ FULL STORY Do we need a new Bell Labs? Marvell co-founder Weili Dai pines for the day when researchers could focus on discovery without the pressure to creates products. Is she on target? READ FULL STORY Microsoft's HomeStore: Home automation, with an iPhone-inspired twist This month, in anticipation of the late October ACM Workshop on Hot Topics in Networking, Microsoft has posted its whitepaper on Microsoft Research's HomeOS and "HomeStore." READ FULL STORY TRUSTe tries to manage the massive problem of Internet user privacy TRUSTe monitors the privacy policies of thousands of online companies, trying to keep user data private amid an ocean of snoops. READ FULL STORY 24 hours and we saw 12 Android smartphones on six US carriers Google Android is taking off like wildfire and at CTIA we saw a rather startling number of new devices announced from all four major carriers and a couple regional carriers. READ FULL STORY   Top SmartPlanet Pick   Prediction: three million electric vehicles by 2015 Electric utilities need to think of electric cars as 'mobile appliances' to cope with impending global growth. READ FULL STORY Want more? Sign up for SmartPlanet's daily newsletter   Hot Topic Spotlight   You must be at least this Secure to ride on the Internet Isn't it time to stop letting malware-infected PCs on the Internet? The answer is in Network Access Control. READ FULL STORY More talked-about posts: Ubuntu 10.10 to debut on 10.10.10 New PayPal Mobile feature: photograph a check and deposit it (Updated) Featured Photo Gallery   Cell phones of the future (photos) Ceatec is always a reliable place to spot some of the coolest, most forward-thinking--and sometimes impractical--concept designs for cell phones. VIEW THE GALLERY More photo galleries: Samsung Transform hands on (photos) Samsung Zio for Sprint hands on (photos) Featured Product Coverage   Hands-on review: Kodak PlayTouch pocket HD camcorder Kodak recently unveiled its latest pocket HD camcorder, the PlayTouch. Here's the review. READ FULL STORY More product coverage: Western Digital intros My Book Live home network drive; $230 for 2TB Logitech Speaker Lapdesk N550 wants to save your skin Like gadgets? Sign up for ZDNet's Product Watch Newsletter	News & Blogs   The Mobile Monster Mash(up)   Intel's next generation of X25-M SSD drives includes 600GB model   Gartner: Windows Phone 7 will trail behind the competition   Motorola sues Apple over patent infringement   HTCSense.com goes live for Desire HD and Desire Z smartphones   Kindle hits Staples on Sunday   Nintendo Wii paints itself red for Super Mario's 25th birthday   Best Buy charges $30 for "free" PS3 firmware upgrade   New PayPal Mobile feature: photograph a check and deposit it (Updated)   Egenera adds support for Fujitsu servers     Latest SmartPlanet   Berkeley tele-immersion lab developing 3D video conferencing   GE buys energy infrastructure firm Dresser for $3 billion; eyes fossil fuel rush   Marvell co-founder talks technology in education, R&D   Research: Biggest sustainability spenders come from high-tech, consumer goods and energy   Conservation medicine program to explore links in human, animal and environmental health     Connect with ZDNet         Videos and Podcasts   Negroponte: Turn tablets into a 'constructionist medium' Nicholas Negroponte touts the importance of tablets at Mobilize 2010 in San Francisco. 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