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Congressman blames U.S. unemployment crisis on iPad In the rambling manifesto Jackson claims that the iPad is responsible for killing thousands of American publishing and retail jobs. He claims that Americans are losing their jobs to workers in China. Read more Resource of the day Implement a Green IT Action Plan This guide outlines a step-by-step approach to help IT leaders develop a plan that reduces the environmental impact of large office printing and imaging while saving money and increasing productivity. More from TechRepublic   Poll Results: How would you rate Microsoft Internet Explorer 9? Mark Kaelin reviewed it and then asked for comments. See how the TechRepublic membership rates Internet Explorer 9 and let us know if you agree or disagree. Read more Video: Five must-know Sysinternals command-line tools Bill Detwiler shows you five handy Sysinternals command-line tools: SDelete; PsInfo; Disk Usage; Handle; and RegJump. Read more Five tips for taking your team to the cloud Coordinating far-flung workgroup members continues to get easier. Here are a few considerations that will help you pull things together in the cloud. Read more DIY: Make Jolicloud your cloud tool Jolicloud can be a creative solution for small businesses looking to save money and still have a pseudo presence in the cloud. Learn how to tweak Jolicloud to make it work for your shop. Read more Develop an IT project recovery plan Rick Freedman presents a five-step plan for PMs tasked with rescuing a challenged IT project. He also urges PMs to consider the emotional aspects of project rescue. Read more Ubuntu Unity: Keyboard shortcuts key to ease of use Ubuntu Unity is a very good desktop entry, but for some users keyboard shortcuts might be a necessity. In this how-to article, Jack Wallen demonstrates not only some of the common keyboard shortcuts, but how to create unique shortcuts that can help to make your work even easier. Read more News from ZDNet   Apple sues Samsung over Galaxy line: Co-opetition implodes Apple sues Samsung over the Galaxy phone and tablet line in the latest installment of this messy customer-supplier relationship. Read more Silicon Valley is back - 2010 best year in its history Silicon Valley had a great year in 2010 as profits by its publicly traded companies rose to an all-time high. Read more Microsoft delivers public beta of its Office 365 cloud bundle As rumored last week, Microsoft made available on April 18 a public beta of its Office 365 bundle of Microsoft-hosted applications. Read more TI: Japan earthquake hurt earnings, outlook Texas Instruments said the Japan earthquake damaged two of its factories, hurt demand in the country and cut into its earnings. Read more Taxday Treat: A Google-eye view of government spending On Tax Day, Google announces the winning entry of a contest for developers to visualize how federal tax dollars are spent. Read more ThinkPad x220 with 15-20 hour battery life available for purchase tomorrow I just received word from Lenovo that the ThinkPad x220 will be available tomorrow, April 19. I reviewed the x220 a month ago and it is the most popular review I have written on ZDNet. Read more Verizon 4G Novatel MiFi is now available If you have been waiting for the Novatel 4G (LTE) MiFi to become available on the Verizon network, your wait is over. The MiFi 4G is for sale today on the Verizon online store. Read more That's heavy: Dell collects 150M pounds of e-waste in FY2011 Less than one week after the consumer electronics industry vowed to do better on collecting, reusing or recycling end-of-life products, Dell has announced that it took in about 150 million pounds... Read more Wired casts Andy Rubin as a modern Bill Gates in The Android Explosion Fred Vogelstein wrote an article for Wired about the Android Explosion which details the scrappy startup's rise to stardom and compares Andy Rubin to a modern-day Bill Gates. Read more Samsung expected to debut 2GHz dual-core smartphone by 2012 Smartphone processors are evolving fromà1GHz to 1.2GHz dual-core power lately, but Samsung plans to step things up considerably by next year.It is being reported that Samsung is planning to... Read more Apple slips faster SSD drive from Samsung into its MacBook Airs It's a bit ironic that after Samsung releases its competitor to the MacBook Air in the form of the Series 9 notebook, the same company is responsible for giving Apple's ultraportable laptop a bit... Read more Rumor: iPhone 5 will have A5 processor, Qualcomm baseband Even though Apple is not expected to reveal the next generation of the iPhone until this fall, the rumor mill is already churning away. Read more Hands-on review: Microsoft Arc wireless keyboard Microsoft's Arc keyboard has been on sale for some time, but here's an additional hands-on review in case you're in the market for a new wireless keyboard. Read more Facebooking mom gets 10 years for letting toddler drown A mother who played on Facebook while her 13 month-old son drowned in the bathtub has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. Read more False alarm: Microsoft says is not open sourcing the Kinect software development kit On the heels of a credible report that Microsoft was planning to open source the coming Kinect SDK, Microsoft officials are denying that's the case. Read more Featured multimedia   Hands-on look: BlackBerry PlayBook tablet RIM held a special media-only event in New York City on Thursday showing off the new BlackBerry PlayBook. Here's a hands-on look. View on site 1991: The Year We All Got GUI (photos) ZDNet's 20th anniversary: In 1991, the world received the graphical user interface. Here's a look. View on site Samsung Galaxy Prevail (photos) The Samsung Galaxy Prevail isn't your typical Samsung Galaxy S phone, and for the most part, that suits us fine. View on site Flying Toasters - A look back at After Dark for Windows 1.0 Remember when screen savers were all the rage? View on site Game of Thrones: A quick character guide For geeks, the Game of Thrones mini-series is one of the most anticipated pop culture entertainment events of 2011. For those who haven't read the book, here's a quick cheat sheet of the most important characters to watch. 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