[TechRepublic] What was 2010's most important tech product?

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Poll: What was the most important technology product of 2010? The tech industry revved up its innovation engine in 2010 and released an important set of new products. See Jason's Hiner's pick for the top product, and then vote for yours. Read more Resource of the day Under the Hood of Google Apps Security and Privacy Google Apps is earning headlines for its cost savings and productivity benefits, but many have questions about its security and privacy. Get answers to these important questions directly from the team responsible at Google. More from TechRepublic   Oracle wins the 2010 Open Source Enemies Prize Oracle has demonstrated a relentless dedication to damaging open source software projects to the best of its ability in 2010, but it was not the only enemy of open source software. Read more Seven overlooked network security threats for 2011 Mark Underwood considers the network security threats that administrators might tend to overlook in the new year. Some are low tech, some are worst-case scenarios, but all will require preparation and vigilance. Read more Quick Tip: The 10 most useful Windows 7 keyboard shortcuts Master these keyboard shortcuts and hit the ground running with Microsoft Windows 7. Read more Five ways to risk failure and improve your career Failure can be a great motivator, and an even greater teacher. According to Dal LaMagna, it pays off big time to take career risks early and often. Read more So you want to be a computer forensics expert Deb Shinder outlines the skills, education, tools, and experience you will need to follow a career in computer forensics. Read more News from ZDNet   Amazon rolls out Kindle lending support Amazon isn't going to sit and let Barnes & Noble have features beyond what they do so today they rolled out support for lending Kindle ebooks. Read more Skype brings video calling to iPhone Good news for iPhone owners wanting to make video calls to Skype users - video calling comes to the Skype app. Read more Will the HTC Thunderbolt be shown by Verizon at CES? Verizon rolled out LTE with USB modems with no handsets scheduled until mid-2011 or so. Images appeared of a possible LTE Android device from HTC. Read more Six big trends to watch in 2011 Contrasting cross-currents are going to make 2011 a fascinating and turbulent year, in which SaaS enters the tornado and mobile enters the bowling alley at the very same time as cloud trips over the chasm. Read more Skype offers $1 voucher to customers for 24 hours of downtime Skype experienced a critical failure last week. Now the company is providing a full technical explanation of the failure and a voucher to affected customers. Read more Twenty top information sinkholes that strangle effective IT management Selected 'information wastes' that only add to the cost and complexity of IT systems. Read more My 5 Essential Android Applications And, one Android program to avoid. Read more Android malware in the wild Maybe Android really is becoming the Windows of mobile operating systems - It even has the malware to prove it! Read more Can Ubuntu revive the netbook segment? Ubuntu may not make the netbook sexy again, but it can certainly make it a more viable choice for student computing with lower long-term costs than other solutions might entail. System76 just happens to be one OEM that makes it easy to jump into Ubuntu (on netbooks and elsewhere). Read more 2011 will bring sunnier outlook for solar technology Right about now, I'm wishing for a sunny spring day in New Jersey, where there are 20 inches of snow between me and my perennial flower beds. So, naturally, I've been thinking a lot of one of the renewable energy technologies that I expect to be covering more closely in... Read more Windows Phone 7 Marketplace and Android Market take off The Windows Phone 7 Marketplace is taking off with a total app count around 5,000 just about 2 months since the devices were rolled out. The Android Market is also taking off. Read more Barnes & Noble boasts Nook as biggest 'bestseller' in company history Not to be outdone by Amazon, Barnes & Noble is now touting its Nook line of e-book readers as its "biggest bestseller ever" in company history. Read more ZDNet's top 25 stories of the year Here's a look at the top stories on ZDNet based on page views for 2010. Big themes include mobile, Windows 7 and browsers. Read more Featured multimedia   Slideshow: The 10 best smartphones of 2010 With the rise of Android, the reboot of BlackBerry, and the redesigned iPhone, 2010 can rightly be called the year of the smartphone. Here are the 10 elite smartphones of the year. View on site NASA's LOLA maps the moon (photos) The Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter is helping to create the most precise and complete map to date of the moon's complex, heavily cratered landscape. View on site USS Hornet displays military, space program contributions (photos) Take a tour of the USS Hornet, now docked in Alameda, Calif., which took part in virtually all of the assault landings in the Pacific from March 1944 until the end of WWII and played a vital role in the history of the American space program. View on site Today's recommended downloads Drivers and Detractors for Enterprise Mobility (Dell, Inc. & Intel, Inc.) How XML Is Changing the Data Warehouse (IBM) Desktop Virtualization: Analysis & Piloting (Dell, Inc., Intel, Inc. & Citrix Systems) Avoid Scope Creep! Try Jama Contour (Jama Software, Inc.) 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