News from ZDNet | | | New Bill Gates interview: "Legacy is a stupid thing! I don't want a legacy." A new interview with Bill Gates has been posted online, and it's amazingly revealing. You don't want to miss this one! Read more | | European Union plans tougher penalties to deter cybercrime, botnets European Union countries agreed on tougher penalties for cybercrime including beefed up sentences as well plans for more police cooperation. Read more | | EU creates group to manage security, justice IT systems The European Union formed a council designed to oversee large-scale information technology systems that run throughout member countries. Read more | | T-Mobile sings praises about AT&T merger to FCC Here's something not too surprising: T-Mobile is touting the benefits of its merger with AT&T to the Federal Communications Commission. Read more | | Sony Pictures hacker break-in not as bad as first reported, says Sony Sony Pictures claims LulzSec only obtained user account information on 37,500 users - far less than what LulzSec originally claimed. Does it make a difference? Read more | | WWDC 2011: Apple Design Award winning apps worthy of your download Each year Apple gives away gray, cubic statues for excellence in iOS and Mac OS X app design and development. Here are your 2011 ADA winners: Read more | | Common set of Xbox Live services may work across Microsoft phones, PCs and gaming consoles Microsoft is looking to make the user interface on its Windows Phones, Windows 8 PCs/tablets and Xbox console more similar in appearance. But it seems Microsoft's plan goes beyond the user... Read more | | BlackBerry PlayBook gearing up for international launch Although the BlackBerry PlayBook hasn't been received too well in North America, RIM is plugging away at an global launch this summer. Read more | | Free Software Foundation favors LibreOffice over OpenOffice Some people in the open-source community are not at all pleased that Oracle has given OpenOffice to Apache and so they are throwing their support behind LibreOffice. Read more | | More Ado about Apple and Virtualization iCloud is Apple's first step toward virtualization. Get ready for iDesktop. Read more | | 3 things to know about home energy management technology I have literally been deluged with information about consumer energy management habits related to the smart grid over the past three weeks.Basically, these surveys cover what homeowners might... Read more | | Quiz: How well do you know Apple? Like Apple or not, it has been an amazing transformation from a struggling has-been to the one of the world's richest companies. See how much you know. Read more | | Google finalizing $400 million deal for AdMeld advertising platform Google is closing in on settling a $400 million deal to acquire AdMeld, a company that focuses on online advertising optimization. Read more | | Updated: Disabling permissions 'bug' in Facebook 'Happening Now' feature Facebook's newly rolled out 'Happening Now' feature contains a major friend-permissions bug, according to some users. Read more | | 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 more |
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