News from ZDNet | | | Facebook's open source data center: Not necessarily enterprise reality Will systems and data centers built to Facebook's reference designs be viable in the market? Read more | | Want to be as energy-efficient as Facebook? There's a spec for that It's no secret that Greenpeace has been kinda upset with Facebook ever since the giant Web application company announced its plans to build two massive new data centers, with what the non-profit... Read more | | iPad at Work: The Essential Guide for Business Users Apple's iPad is an impressive piece of technology. Here's what you need to know to get the most out of it as a business tool. Read more | | Google's Rubin defends Android's open source cred Google's Android chief Andy Rubin took on reports that Android is stepping away from an open source strategy, but doesn't address specifics. Read more | | Google's Chrome OS for tablets: More confusion for Android army? Google's source code indicates that the company is working on a tablet version of the Chrome OS and such a move could confuse the Android army, which has banked on Honeycomb. Read more | | Google adds remote reset, encryption on Apps on Android Google added three handy business features for Apps on Android as the company moves to entice enterprises to consider its smartphone platform. Read more | | Cisco's network gets a tune up Cisco CEO John Chambers has been bold in his experimentation with ââ¬Åco-ordinate and cultivateââ¬? over ââ¬Åcommand and controlââ¬? at the helm of the forty billion dollar global behemoth over the... Read more | | Dell plots cloud build-out; $1 billion investment this year Dell outlined plans to invest $1 billion in cloud computing services this year and build data centers to deliver services. Read more | | Gartner drinks the 2015 Microsoft-Nokia Kool-Aid too Gartner---and IDC---are basing a 2012 to 2015 Windows Phone 7 market share surge on faith in Nokia. I don't see how you can have that much faith given what we've seen from Nokia so far. Read more | | Microsoft readies three new Office service packs Microsoft plans to deliver the first service packs for Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 in "mid-summer" 2011.The Softies also plan to deliver service pack 1 for Office 2011 for Mac the week of... Read more | | More images of Motorola Droid X2 leaked Motorola hasn't given any official announcement regarding the Droid X2 release, but we know it's coming. And these leaked images could serve as evidence. Read more | | T-Mobile gets official with pricing for Android-based G2x T-Mobile USA has gotten official with the launch details for its new G2x smartphone that was announced at CTIA Wireless last month. Read more | | GNOME 3.0 has landed! Today sees the GNOME Desktop project released GNOME 3.0, the first major release of the free and open source desktop environment in nine years. Read more | | GE plans nation's largest thin-film solar plant I watch the cleantech venture capital and initial public offering (IPO) numbers every quarter, because I like knowing the sorts of bets being place on green technologies and green IT initiatives.... Read more | | MLB stops streaming free games on Facebook for regular season Bob Bowman, CEO of MLB.com, says the trial was successful, but it wasn't popular enough to warrant being extended for future games. Read more |
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