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Must-Read News   Between the Lines Will the OMB, Feds finally get IT procurement right? The White House is expected to overhaul the way the federal government buys IT. The plan: Break projects down to smaller chunks. READ FULL STORY Verizon's 4G pricing shift: Will you pay by download speed? Verizon Wireless is reportedly looking at new pricing models for its 4G network and one option is to charge based on data speeds. READ FULL STORY   Zero Day Mac OS X security flaw publicized after Apple fails to patch The vulnerability, which only affects Apple Mac OS X v10.5, could allow hackers to take complete control of a vulnerable machine via malicious PDF files. READ FULL STORY   Recommended Improving Hyper-V Performance and Scalability If you run a datacenter based on Microsoft technology and you aren't considering Hyper-V as part of your strategic plan, then get started. Get important advice and answers to pressing questions on Improving Hyper-V Performance and Scalability.   Companies   All About Microsoft Microsoft applies for a patent for a verifying a 'safe' operating system Microsoft has applied for a patent for an "automated, static safety verifier" that will help verify the type- and memory-safety of an operating system. And why should anyone care? There are some connections to other Microsoft projects (and potentially, products) worth considering. READ FULL STORY   Googling Google Why Google lost the Beatles to Apple (and an Android Achilles Heel) Amazon and Google didn't stand a chance here. Will barriers to entry in this market keep Android, Google TV, or Amazon's digital services from ever breaking through Apple's near-monopoly? READ FULL STORY   The Apple Core Google Docs Mobile now editable on iOS Today Google answered my prayers and rolled out a new documents editor in Docs and Spreadsheets that supports editing on mobile browsers, including Mobile Safari on the iPhone and iPad. READ FULL STORY   Recommended 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.   Operating Systems   Ed Bott's Microsoft Report IE9 takes top benchmark prize, no cheating involved I was going to write a short post this morning passing along the news that Microsoft was releasing a new Platform Preview for Internet Explorer 9. And then I got distracted by (I am not making this up) a "slashdotted flamebait troll story." Is it true? Who cares? READ FULL STORY   Linux and Open Source Android fail. The answer is a Google phone Android might indeed become the Windows of the mobile world. But that does not make Google its Microsoft. READ FULL STORY   Tech Broiler Geek Sheet: A Tweaker's Guide to Solid State Drives (SSDs) and Linux Got Linux? Got SSD? Here’s your tweaking guide. READ FULL STORY Featured Photo Gallery   Samsung Galaxy Tab: The ultimate slide show of photos and screenshots The Samsung Galaxy Tab is one of the most anticipated tech products of 2010 and the early flag-bearer of the Android tablet movement. Here's an extensive slide show of the Galaxy Tab hardware and software from the Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile versions. VIEW THE GALLERY More photo galleries: First Look: iOS 4.2 on iPad (screenshots) More LED bulbs to choose from (Photos) Hands-on with the Dell Inspiron Duo (photos) ZDNet Industries   ZDNet Government 8 reasons you might NOT want to buy a Kinect The Kinect is truly an amazing device, but it might not be what you expect. Even worse, you might get it home and discover it's not actually usable in your house. READ FULL STORY   ZDNet Education 1:1 redefined? Google Docs editing and Adobe Connect on Android/iOS Who needs a computer? 1:1 doesn’t need to be expensive with the right tools on the back end. READ FULL STORY   ZDNet Healthcare Can HealthPoint model work in America It’s sort of an Amway model, only more systematized. The question is whether paranoia over privacy and the qualifications of the outreach staff would ever allow this to go forward in America. READ FULL STORY Featured Video   MLB.com CEO: Challenges of streaming live baseball to mobile devices At the Open Mobile Summit in San Francisco, MLB.com CEO Bob Bowman talks about optimizing mobile applications in a world with network congestion. He says, the company considers file size and network congestion and adjusts bit rates accordingly when streaming live baseball events to its mobile users. WATCH THE VIDEO More videos and podcasts: Hulu CEO: New ad innovations offer more choice to TV watchers Verizon Wireless CTO: Four transformative 4G trends James Cameron: A glasses-free future for 3D Web 2.0   SEO Whistleblower Real People, Real SEO: An Interview with Rand Fishkin, CEO of SEOmoz Rand Fiskin, CEO of SEOmoz, is arguably the leading voice in the SEO industry. Likewise, SEOmoz is home to perhaps the most expansive community of SEOs world-wide. Read about Rand, his thoughts on SEO in 2011, and much more in this "21.5 questions with Rand Fishkin" segment! READ FULL STORY   Social Business Five Ways Businesses Can Ruin Twitter for the Rest of Us My multi-column keyword search setup on Tweetdeck is now starting to look like a freakin' landfill of algorithmic chaos. READ FULL STORY   iGeneration How to spoof your geolocation on Facebook Places or Twitter Screenshot gallery: Because of a flaw in design either by BlackBerry or Facebook, those using geolocation features such as Twitter or Facebook Places can now appear to be anywhere in the world at any given time, regardless of whether they are even on the same continent. READ FULL STORY	Enterprise Corner   Burnette: It's youth vs. experience in the Google AI challenge, and the kids are winning   Virtualization: AppDynamics 3 zeroing in on Java workload memory leaks   Wainewright: Private cloud discredited, part 1   SOA: Cloud computing is better left to cloud vendors, not enterprises: Microsoft report   Marks: Enterprise Culture & People: Where Reality Happens   Greenberg: The CRM WatchList 2011 Preseason: Who's Gonna Make The Team?   Hinchcliffe: Social suites vs. apps: The tension between bloat and refinement   Gardner: Why HTML5 enables more businesses to deliver more apps to more mobile devices with greater ease   Five Nines: Facebook gets a do-over   GreenTech: Let there be lumens   Foremski: ComScore: Microsoft search grew 50% faster than Google in October   Howlett: How to fix the social anything bind   IT Failures: Defrag: Cloud economics, cultural change, and other exciting stories   Sommer: Interview: Narinder Singh of Appirio   Connect with ZDNet     Hardware Corner   The Toybox: Shopping with your smartphone: A guide to Black Friday mobile apps   Hardware 2.0: Are we reading too much into the '$100 off iPads at TJ Maxx' story?   Smartphones: Google rolls out Google Docs editing support for Android and iOS   Computers: Will Apple use AMD's new Fusion APUs in its future products?   Mobile: Browse and download available Windows Phone 7 apps with MarketplaceBrowser   Cameras: ViewSonic rolls out 3D pocket camcorder, digital photo copier   Home Theater: How cheap does an HDTV need to be for you to wait in line on Black Friday?   Storage Bits: Holiday storage gifts for creative pros   Networking: Facebook’s E-Mail Flop   Emerging Tech: Study shows specialization is key to website trust Latest SmartPlanet   Reanimating the body, with the power of thought   Four Loko tests the limits on two legal drugs   STEM's next step: secure employment for innovators   Toyota driving toward 2012 hybrid vehicle onslaught   Las Vegas to light up with solar   Latest TechRepublic   6 ways to get free information about Word   Internet TV: Roku still trumps Apple, Google, and Boxee   Poll: Are desktop PCs still the standard in your organization?   Work around these Windows Live Messenger 2011 annoyances   The many eyes that matter for security are the friendly eyes Latest BNET   How Long Before Facebook Just Buys MySpace?   At Subway, Executives Will Do Time Behind the Sandwich Counter, Thanks to Undercover Boss   Need Website Feedback? 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