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Today's Top Picks   Firefox 4 beta 7 - Fast, but Chrome and Opera are faster Mozilla have managed to up the horsepower of the new Firefox 4 beta 7 JavaScript engine, but it still has a way to go before it can catch up with Chrome and Opera. READ FULL STORY     Oracle, Apple make up over Java, unveil OpenJDK project for Mac Oracle and Apple said that they have formed the OpenJDK project in a move that will give Java a stable port on the Mac OS X. READ FULL STORY   Samsung Galaxy Tab: iPad Rival or Handheld Computer? The Samsung Galaxy Tab is an impressive piece of technology, but it's not really an iPad competitor. READ FULL STORY   Cutting through the FUD about Windows Phone updates The paranoia around Windows Phone updates is so thick you could cut it with a machete. READ FULL STORY     How 'National Unfriend Day' can prevent terrorism Jimmy Kimmel is on a one-man mission against the 'culture of Facebook' by announcing National Unfriend Day. But it may well offer a positive side effect: preventing terrorism. READ FULL STORY   What happens when a browser turns Facebook into Feedbook? If Facebook, the platform, gives users ways to access Facebook streams outside of Facebook, the site, then how long can the growth in Facebook's ad business realistically continue? READ FULL STORY Can Nvidia and its GPUs become a server staple? Amid all the talk about next-generation tablets and high hopes for smartphone chips, Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang pointed to the enterprise as a potential growth market. READ FULL STORY Nvidia CEO: Next-gen Android tablets will be 'magical' Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang said the next generation of Android phones and tablets will "really surprise people and delight consumers everywhere." READ FULL STORY Containerized datacenters raise their profile With mainstream users buying into the containerized datacenter model, the market gets a shot in the arm READ FULL STORY Cisco's public sector woes: Will they spread to other tech vendors? If weak public sector spending---state and local governments---was enough to cast a pall on Cisco's first quarter earnings report other big technology vendors may feel the heat too. READ FULL STORY The Return of Kin: Verizon may try to sell off product stock The Kin team has been disbanded and Microsoft killed the project, yet it appears that Verizon may make a second attempt at selling off the stock of devices they still have in their inventory. READ FULL STORY The smartphone docking station: The time is right Who needs a PC? Someone should produce a "dumb" docking station that you can plug your smartphone into. Connect it to a keyboard, mouse and wide-screen monitor and you are on your way. READ FULL STORY   Top SmartPlanet Pick   Boeing's 787 Dreamliner: Simply too complex? Boeing's latest setback with its 787 Dreamliner shows just how hard it is to get a plane---based on new technologies---off the ground. READ FULL STORY Want more? Sign up for SmartPlanet's daily newsletter   Hot Topic Spotlight   We're a long, long way from securing the Web with SSL/TLS It sounds so simple: Just use SSL or TLS for secure Web connections. So, why are 99 out of the world's top 100 Web sites not automatically securing their connections? READ FULL STORY More talked-about posts: HTC Surround, LG Quantum WP7 smartphones selling at Amazon for a penny Oracle, Apple make up over Java, unveil OpenJDK project for Mac Featured Photo Gallery   Samsung Galaxy Tab, T-Mobile (photos) Take a closer look at the T-Mobile edition of the Samsung Galaxy Tab, an Android tablet competing against the Apple iPad. VIEW THE GALLERY More photo galleries: HTC Wildfire - Alltel (photos) Soundfreaq Sound Platform (photos) Featured Product Coverage   HTC Surround, LG Quantum WP7 smartphones selling at Amazon for a penny Think you can't buy anything with a penny still? Think again as Amazon is offering up the Windows Phone 7-based HTC Surround and LG Quantum smartphones for $0.01 this weekend. READ FULL STORY More product coverage: Verizon FiOS Flex View delivers video on demand for up to five devices NEC intros Android-based LifeTouch cloud communicator tablet Like gadgets? Sign up for ZDNet's Product Watch Newsletter	News & Blogs   Intel slashes prices on solid-state drives for holidays; adds 120GB option   Best Buy Black Friday ad leaked: 42-inch plasma HDTV for $370, $60 Blu-ray player   Microsoft riffs on cloudonomics: Economies of scale favor public cloud computing   TR Dojo: Five tips for improving Linux security   How will Android beat a Verizon iPhone? 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