News from ZDNet | | | Apple becomes world's second most valuable company With today's 7 point stock jump Apple has become the world's second most valuable publicly traded company (after ExxonMobil) with a market capitalization north of $300 billion. Read more | | Apple's two-year roadmap: Think cloud services Apple's upcoming year is expected to feature upgrades to its existing product line, but the company is expected to prep a bevy of cloud services running into 2012. Read more | | After 75 years, Kodachrome film processing comes to an end Kodachrome film processing officially comes to an end after 75 years (1935 to 2010). Read more | | CES: Might Microsoft talk Surface tablets? As the guesses and rumors about Microsoft's planned Consumer Electronics Show (CES) announcements continue to multiply, I've decided to throw another into the mix. I'm wondering whether CEO Steve Ballmer and Co. might announce a strategy and/or roadmap for tablet-sized Surface devices this week. Read more | | Samsung sold over 10 million Galaxy S smartphones in 7 months Samsung's Galaxy S smartphone line is extremely popular due to the large brilliant Super AMOLED display, fast processor, and slick user interface. They have now sold over 10 million units. Read more | | One word for CES (and 2011, for that matter): Android Guess what, folks? Desktops are so 1993, notebooks so last decade, and the only way that millions of consumers are going to use Linux any time soon is through Android. Read more | | Goldman Sachs invests in Facebook: IPO increasingly likely Facebook has been coy about any initial public offering plans, but a $500 million investment from Goldman Sachs and a Russian investor means the company is likely to become publicly traded in the not-too-distant future. Read more | | Android's Biggest Worry: Fragmentation Android's biggest worry isn't the iPhone, the Blackberry, or Windows Phone 7; it's that it will fragment into multiple incompatible, brand-specific versions. Read more | | CES: Can Vizio be a mobile phone, tablet player? Vizio is reportedly prepping tablets and mobile phones to showcase at the Consumer Electronics Show and if it adapts its TV playbook it could be quite disruptive. Read more | | Abandoning Net Neutrality: When There's No Such Thing as a Free Internet When all bits are not considered equal, bandwidth becomes a traded commodity. A Free Market, not Net Neutrality is in store for the continuing evolution of the Internet. Read more | | Five 2011 New Year Resolutions for Network Administrators Ready for a big year? You'd better be because network administrators are going to have a lot of work to do in the next twelve months. Read more | | 2011 tech preview: A tour through tablets, mobile, hardware, software and cloud What does 2011 hold for the technology industry? Mobile will again dominate the headlines as all companies not named Apple will be searching for tablet strategies. Laptop price depreciation will regain steam. On the software front, cloud computing may put the hurt on established enterprise application players. Read more | | Who owns your digital downloads? (Hint: it's not you) Steve Jobs once said, "People want to own their music." Someone better tell the folks who run the iTunes Store and its competitors. When you pay for a digital music track or album from an online service, you get a limited set of rights and you most assuredly don't own... Read more |
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