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Today's Top Picks   Apple Mac OS X update to put Mac Defender malware issue to bed Apple will deliver a Mac OS X update "in coming days" that will put its Mac Defender malware headaches to rest. READ FULL STORY Recommended How to Perform Rapid Test Data Preparation, Subsetting and Masking Data-driven testing challenges can cause spiraling costs and pose a significant risk to the quality of the resulting application. It is simply not cost-effective to clone large production databases for testing environments. HP will share how you can perform automated data extraction and masking at lower cost and risk - all while meeting unique data privacy needs. Watch webinar here Google, Sprint head to starting gate as flag goes up on mobile payment race Google and Sprint are expected to announce this week a mobile payment system that could jump-start a long-awaited race. READ FULL STORY Barnes & Noble intros pocket-sized Nook with two-month battery life Barnes & Noble unveiled an all-new, nearly buttonless version of the Nook e-book reader at its flagship store in New York City on Tuesday. The most surprising spec is the staggeringly long battery life. READ FULL STORY 47% of Facebook Walls contain profanity Around 47 percent of users have profanity on their Facebook Wall. Do you care? READ FULL STORY Fedora 15's five best features Red Hat's latest community Linux desktop distribution, Fedora 15, is now out and it wasn't for GNOME 3.0, I'd love it. READ FULL STORY What Microsoft is and isn't saying (yet) about Windows Phone 'Mango' On May 24, Microsoft execs shared a few more details about some of the promised 500 features coming to the "Mango" Windows Phone release, due out later this year. READ FULL STORY RIM: Is the growth gone? Research in Motion may find its user base boiled down to hardcore loyalist customers and out of the mainstream smartphone market. Will all subscriber gains over the last two years churn off? READ FULL STORY Email is far from dead; 'no viable replacement' in sight Email is not dead, and will not die out any time soon. Most visitors of Google, Microsoft and Yahoo! go straight to email, and even social networking cannot fully compete. READ FULL STORY HTC softening its position on locked bootloaders, modders rejoice HTC cracked down on phone modding and several of its recent phone models have featured a locked bootloader. Owners have cried foul loud enough that the company is rethinking about locking down its phones. READ FULL STORY Hot Topic Spotlight   You have malware on your Mac and you call Apple support ... what happens next? So, what happens when your Mac gets a dose of malware and you phone up Apple tech support? READ FULL STORY Featured Photo Gallery   Cracking Open the Samsung Series 9 (13.3-inch) ultraportable notebook Bill Detwiler cracks open Samsung's answer to the MacBook Air. Inside the ultrathin notebook, he found hardware from Samsung, Intel, TI, and Broadcom. VIEW THE GALLERY More photo galleries: 8 design-winning ideas for computing's future Windows Phone Mango update (photos) Gallery: Paper shredded by iPads at Apple stores Featured Product Coverage   Dell officially launches XPS 15z -- world's thinnest 15-inch laptop, starting at $999.99 It may not be as sexy as we were led to believe via various online teasers, but Dell's new XPS 15z is finally here, mixing style, performance, and value in a 15-inch laptop. READ FULL STORY More product coverage: Opera Mini 6 browser for iOS now on Apple App Store Apple empowers the user in-store via its Apple Store App T-Mobile 4G Rocket 3.0 USB mobile broadband stick on sale May 25 Like gadgets? Sign up for ZDNet's Product Watch Newsletter	News & Blogs   John Malone's Liberty Media bid for Barnes & Noble was a smart move   Is the cloud still safe? How to survive a cloud computing disaster.   Server sales surge: IBM share jumps; HP top dog; Oracle's Sun perks up   Microsoft's Mango Windows Phone 7 release: It's all about Nokia   CEO Ballmer (mis)speaks, Microsoft HQ clarifies   Will other stores follow Apple's new iPad interactive display model?   Can IT still change the world?   Without Virtualization, Apple's OS Will Die   New health guidelines for porking it up on Memorial Day   Citrix: Seamless desktop virtualization Connect with ZDNet   Become a fan on Facebook   Follow us on Twitter   Watch us on YouTube Videos and Podcasts   The Future Of... Shopping What store has the new iPad in stock? Who has the best deal on platform beds? Where can I buy Lady Gaga's sunglasses? In the future, technology will put the answer to these questions at your fingertips. 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