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Today's Top Picks   Sprint steps up prepaid game: Android fuels commodity devices Sprint's move to take a phone like the Triumph to Virgin Mobile highlights how a lot of the wireless action will be in the prepaid market. Here's why prepaid is a hot market. 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 Chromebooks finally go on sale: Available 15th June Chromebooks are now available for pre-order; shipping begins on the 15th June, and pricing has been announced, too. READ FULL STORY Adobe readies 'critical' PDF Reader Patch Tuesday The company will patch vulnerabilities that expose Windows and Mac OS X users to code execution attacks via rigged PDF files. READ FULL STORY The shaky coexistence of tablets and smartphones at the carriers I have spoken off the record to quite a few staffers at the carrier stores, and a distinctive picture of how tablets are affecting carrier business is beginning to emerge. READ FULL STORY Where Apple walks will the enterprise vendors follow? In this analysis, I speculate about a possible future for apps vendors based upon the ideas that Apple has brought to the consumer world. But can it fly? READ FULL STORY Microsoft aids developers in porting Android apps to Windows Phones Just two months after delivering a tool to help developers port iPhone apps to Windows Phone 7, Microsoft is adding Android support to it. READ FULL STORY Google Music proves why it deserves the beta label After a day with the Google Music Beta, I'm convinced it was rushed out the door too early. Even for a beta, this combination of software and service is too buggy for me to take seriously for now. READ FULL STORY It's time to get real, folks: Twitter and Facebook aren't fads and here's why Are Twitter and Facebook just a fad? That's like asking if peanut butter and jelly are a fad! They aren't, and here's why. READ FULL STORY What geek dads REALLY want for Father's Day: Six tips For Father's Day, don't waste your money on cheap little gizmos for dad. Take a look at these six intangibles you can do for a geek dad that will be worth a lot more any gadgets. READ FULL STORY Hot Topic Spotlight   Supreme Court rules against Microsoft's attempt to alter patent-infringement rules The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by Microsoft to change the ground rules over how patent infringement is determined. READ FULL STORY Featured Photo Gallery   Apple's 'spaceship'-like campus reboot (photos) Apple's still in the planning stages of putting together a complete reboot of its headquarters in Cupertino, Calif. with a new facility that promises to house 12,000 employees under one roof. Here's what that will look like. VIEW THE GALLERY More photo galleries: The uber-modern world of 'BMW Welt' (photos) Pop artists make BMWs their canvas (photos) HTC Merge (photos) Featured Product Coverage   iOS 5 Notification Center isn't a new concept but Apple did it well Finally a place that controls all of the alerts that come to and from your iPhone READ FULL STORY More product coverage: AMD resurrects FX branding for eight-core Bulldozer processor Sony answers gamers' calls, won't region lock the PlayStation Vita HP TouchPad coming to a store near you July 1, pre-orders start June 19 Like gadgets? Sign up for ZDNet's Product Watch Newsletter	News & Blogs   BlackBerry PlayBook gearing up for international launch   Nintendo's social media fail: Remaining silent while 3DS update continues to fail   Dumpster Drive: A file-sharing trash bin alternative   3 things to know about home energy management technology   Apple cuts the cord on DUI checkpoint-evasion apps   Royal phone hacking scandal: Now investigating email hacks   AMD resurrects FX branding for eight-core Bulldozer processor   Visa acquires Fundamo mobile payments service   ZionEyez 'spy glasses'   The Late Great Virtual CPU Debate Connect with ZDNet   Become a fan on Facebook   Follow us on Twitter   Watch us on YouTube Videos and Podcasts   Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveils iCloud At Apple's WWDC in San Francisco, CEO Steve Jobs announces the company's cloud service, iCloud. The service will store content in the cloud and then push it wirelessly to all of the user's devices. Apple is not charging for the service at this time. PLAY VIDEO Play more video and audio Recommended Downloads Change Management in ERM The essential final step to implementing best-practice enterprise records management. Once you've clearly defined your ERM program aims, consider user acceptance, change, and other management issues. Download whitepaper here Key Steps to Proper Planning, Execution and Analysis of Performance Testing Methodology As technology is progressing and applications are evolving, systems are getting more and more complex with many moving parts in the application. Join Don Jackson of Cardinal Health as he walks through the key steps involved in a sample performance testing project - from planning to design to execution to analysis. Watch webinar here KPMG, HP simplify HP records management - A Case Study With program management assistance from KPMG, HP establishes a foundation to automate its records management using HP TRIM software. Download case study here Achieve an effective service catalog. Here's how. 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