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Today's Top Picks   The Inbox War: For Google, Microsoft, the battlegrounds are comfort zones and costs As Google and Microsoft battle each other for big wins over e-mail hosting contracts, the companies are being schooled about what customers really want. READ FULL STORY   Recommended Supercharge Your Growth with On-Demand Business Management Solutions ZDNet is proud to present "Supercharge Your Growth with On-Demand Business Management", a webcast about new ways to improve decision making and reduce infrastructure. Learn what it takes to plan, implement, and manage SaaS, and its specific value.   Back to School Guide 2010: Smartphones Smartphones have dropped in price so that the top of the line is generally in the $200 range, making them more affordable for the student. READ FULL STORY   IE9 will tell just how agile Microsoft really is Is Microsoft agile enough to compete in the modern browser market? Sure, what they're showing off in the IE9 platform previews now is interesting, but it's unfinished. READ FULL STORY   Malware Watch: Fake Patch Tuesday emails, fake MSRT tool, spamvertised Bredolab, Android mobile malware This week's Malware Watch features three currently active malware campaigns - fake Patch Tuesday emails, BREDOLAB-malware serving emails, fake MSRT tool, and the the first (reported) SMS-trojan. READ FULL STORY   Recommended CIO White Paper: Web 2.0 at Work Examine the ROI of Web 2.0, and learn the 4 keys to creating a successful, sustainable Web 2.0 initiative for business growth at your company.   Ubuntu Linux: I Like It, It Doesn't Like Me Can a regular Windows user completely migrate to Ubuntu Linux as their desktop operating system? READ FULL STORY   Microsoft delivers on-premises private-cloud building block Windows Azure Appliances aren't the only ways for Microsoft customers to create private clouds. They also can assemble a number of on-premises components. READ FULL STORY Is 4K the next big thing in HDTVs and not 3D? The jury's still out on 3D being the next big thing in HDTVs, though it's hard to imagine every household wanting to spend hundreds of dollars to make sure each family member has a pair of glasses. READ FULL STORY Oracle ships VDI 3.2 Oracle's patent infingement case against Android Linux made all the big headlines last week yet the company also stepped up its attack on VMware with the release of Virtual Desktop Infrastructure. READ FULL STORY Will Oracle pay a price for being SCOracle After pretending to kindness for many months, Larry Ellison has stepped up to be the number one villain of open source. READ FULL STORY 10 high-tech gadgets I can live without Think all IT pros go crazy over tech tools and toys? Not Alan Norton. In fact, he may be approaching geek heresy with his take on these popular devices! READ FULL STORY The IPv6 transition: what you can do to prepare (Podcast) ARIN CEO John Curran and I talk about the IPv4 depletion and what you and your enterprise can do to prepare for the the IPv6 transition. READ FULL STORY   Top SmartPlanet Pick   NASA hurricane study may alert us to natural disasters earlier Predicting a hurricane's path is (relatively) easy. But predicting whether a storm will turn into a hurricane? Near-impossible--at the moment. READ FULL STORY Want more? Sign up for SmartPlanet's daily newsletter   Hot Topic Spotlight   IE9 fails to excite me Despite the preview platform releases, and a beta that's supposed to land on September 15th, I just can't seem to muster up any excitement over Microsoft's upcoming Internet Explorer 9. READ FULL STORY More talked-about posts: Sikorsky flight tests a fast (very, very, VERY fast) new helicopter Will Oracle pay a price for being SCOracle Featured Photo Gallery   RIM's in-house BlackBerry Protect beta An in-depth look at Research in Motion's in-house protection beta application, BlackBerry Protect. VIEW THE GALLERY More photo galleries: George Lucas, Luke, and Leia rock Orlando (photos) 2012 Ford Mustang Boss 302 (photos) Featured Product Coverage   Back to School Guide 2010: Digital media players The digital media player market is virtually the same as last fall, with the exception of the Apple iPad that raised the bar for tablet devices. READ FULL STORY More product coverage: New Sony Reader PRS-350 and PRS-650 models expected soon Gresso unveils Luxor Las Vegas Jackpot phone worth $1 million Like gadgets? 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Smooth-Stone hopes so   Useful command line tips for programmers and Mac managers   Google set to acquire Like.com   Designing for Simplicity is Timeless   Singularity Summit 2010: No place for human values in a 'posthuman' future?     Latest SmartPlanet   Falling dominoes: Influential hospitals can help speed adoption of electronic medical records   Researchers develop 'cryogen' energy storage system   100 eco-friendliest colleges and universities   What France plans to do with its nuclear waste   Johnson & Johnson on sustainability and the intersection of returns on investment     Connect with ZDNet         Videos and Podcasts   Do teenagers hate Facebook? At the Summit at Stanford, sponsored by AlwaysOn & STVP, AlwaysOn founder Tony Perkins talks to "You Are Not a Gadget" author Jaron Lanier about Facebook, and why teenagers may start shunning the social-media platform. PLAY VIDEO   Did the Web kill journalism, and will the iPad bring it back? At the Summit at Stanford in Palo Alto, Calif., Tony Perkins, founder of AlwaysOn, moderates a discussion about the state of journalism in the Digital Age with Michael Arrington of TechCrunch, Quentin Hardy of Forbes, and Robert Scoble of Scobelizer. PLAY VIDEO   The Future Of... Packaging Packing material is no friend to the environment. It takes significant energy to produce and often ends up in the landfill after a single use. ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das looks at some greener options. PLAY VIDEO   Shai Agassi's Better Place: Rolling out the electric car to the masses At a Churchill Club Event in Mountain View, Calif., Better Place CEO Shai Agassi discusses his systems-based model to bring the electric car to cities around the world. PLAY VIDEO     Play more video and audio Recommended Downloads ·         Saving Money With Cloud Computing and Google Apps Explore the many benefits of moving to the cloud using Google Apps, plus learn a simple financial model that will evaluate your potential savings. ·         Managed IT Infrastructure and Services As a leader in the greeting card industry, Hallmark must be able to scale during critical business periods such as holidays. Learn how the company benefits from a managed IT infrastructure and professional services to support its operations. ·         Free White Paper:?Propelling Your Business Through the Economic Crisis Move from fear to value with these CIO strategies for delivering business results faster and better--with less--during the current economic crisis. ·         Cloud-based Server Backup Secure server backup is essential and an increasing number of businesses are now using fully managed cloud data protection services. 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