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Today's Top Picks   Apple iCloud: Nice incremental revenue boost, but halo effect more notable Apple has locked up the labels and will reportedly charge $25 a year for an iCloud subscription. READ FULL STORY Recommended Achieve an effective service catalog. Here's how. The service catalog is not a new concept, but it?s evolving along with the new requirements of today's IT, and has become the centerpiece of effective IT service management. Download the three-step approach to delivering effective IT service management through automated catalog and request here. Yes, the "gigantic, enormous" Windows really can run on a tablet The conventional wisdom is that Windows is bogged down by a code base that's far too heavy to run on a tablet. But what if that perception is wrong? READ FULL STORY Sony hacked again, another 1m passwords exposed LulzSec claims to have walked off with another 1 million user accounts from Sony - this time through an easy exploit on SonyPictures.com. Will Sony's security problems ever end? READ FULL STORY Google Music Beta: Cloud music done right A first look at the new Google Music Beta. Not many bells and whistles, but it's a great start. READ FULL STORY AT&T 4G network won't catch up with Verizon for at least two years AT&T recently announced plans to roll out its own 4G LTE network this summer. But even the wireless provider's CEO says that the network won't be able to catch up with Verizon any time soon. READ FULL STORY Groupon: The IT moving parts behind the growth Groupon's growth---revenue, subscribers and merchants---is off the charts and under the hood rests on whale of an information technology story. READ FULL STORY Apple attempts to control use of its products in third party promotions? This is an odd story to surface - a document has appeared which suggests that Apple is attempting to control how its products are used in third-party promotions. READ FULL STORY Verizon suffers from date related LTE WiFi hotspot bug Verizon continues to have growing pains with LTE and now it seems that the WiFi hotspot utility won't run with the current time selected. READ FULL STORY Hot Topic Spotlight   Browser Wars: Chrome winning, IE losing Chrome keeps growing despite competition from Internet Explorer 9 and Firefox 4. READ FULL STORY Featured Photo Gallery   Cracking Open the 55" Samsung LED TV Bill Detwiler cracks open a 55" Samsung LED TV and finds hardware from Samsung, Realtek, ST, Intersil, AKM, Weltrend, Silicon Image, and TI. VIEW THE GALLERY More photo galleries: iCloud unveiled as Apple readies Moscone for WWDC (photos) 3DS games/features wish list for 2011 (photos) iPad keyboards tested on deadline (photos) Featured Product Coverage   Computex 2011: OCZ RevoDrive Hybrid combines SSD and hard drive on a single PCI Express card With the price-per-gigabyte still too high for most people to use a solid state drive as the primary storage for their PC, tech companies are trying to figure out novel ways to combine the the performance advantages of SSDs with the massive storage of today?s hard drives. READ FULL STORY More product coverage: Shared data plans coming from AT&T...eventually Kingston Wi-Drive for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch; starts at $130 This alarm clock concept shreds your money if you oversleep Like gadgets? Sign up for ZDNet's Product Watch Newsletter	News & Blogs   China claims no involvement in Gmail hacking   Facebook, Zuckerberg open fire on Ceglia: Emails forged by 'professional con artist'   Amazon likely lost $3 million thanks to Lady Gaga album deal   Chinese boy trades kidney in exchange for iPad 2, regrets it   4G-ready Galaxy Tab 10.1 coming via Verizon, pre orders open June 8th   Kodak gives cash for your old digital cameras, accessories, and other electronics   Free Wi-Fi hotspots for the Nintendo 3DS starting June 7   Intuit's QuickBooks Payroll suffers outage, users miffed   This iPhone 4 cover is the best use for titanium yet   T-Mobile unveils 'budget' smartphones Samsung Gravity SMART & Exhibit 4G, available in June [Updated] Connect with ZDNet   Become a fan on Facebook   Follow us on Twitter   Watch us on YouTube Videos and Podcasts   The Future Of... Credit Cards They're a modern-day must. 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