| Editor's note: It's time to update our leaderboard of the top Android devices. I've also noted some of the big devices coming down the pipeline. Also, see reports on theft of kids' identities, Ubuntu 11.04 update, and the new Netflix deal with Fox. -Jason Leaderboard 2011: The 10 best Android smartphones Hot, new Android devices hit the market almost every week. To help you sort through them all, here's our list of the 10 best Android smartphones, especially with business users in mind. Read more | | | Enterprise Performance Management Enterprise performance management (EPM) is an ongoing challenge for organizations with increasingly complex systems and processes. Check out this interactive eBook to learn about an unprecedented EPM solution that is complete, open and integrated. | News from ZDNet | | | Identity theft's next frontier: Your kids A report by Carnegie Mellon's CyLab finds that identity theft is a growing concern for children. In a scan of 42,000 child IDs, CyLab found that more than 10 percent of kids had someone else using... Read more | | Top five datacenter stories that sound like April Fool's, but aren't. These may sound like jokes, but each of them represents datacenter technologies already in use or research in progress. Read more | | First Look: Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) Beta 1 Canonical have unveiled the beta 1 of the latest incarnation of its Linux operating system - Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal). Time to take it for a test spin. Read more | | With Google Motion, you've got to move it, move it Using Kinect-like image based motion capture technology, Google Motion gets your whole body into the act. Lean, stomp, and point your way to improved productivity and physical fitness. Read more | | Lenovo steps up consumer push via Best Buy pact Lenovo is stepping up its distribution game on the consumer front via a distribution deal with Best Buy. Read more | | IT failures and the 'painsharing paradox' Sadly, this post is not an April Fool's joke. Read more | | Skype solicits users to design new version of Mac chat Apparently unhappy with the current Skype for Mac version, the VoIP company is soliciting users, developers, fans, whoever to design the next look for the application. Read more | | MSI X370 ultra-slim laptop boasts 10-hour battery, AMD E-350 APU In just one week, MSI has another AMD-based laptop to unveil, and there are many other eye-catching specs on the ultra-slim X370 notebook as well. Read more | | Yahoo's Bartz bombs in CEO approval rating; Apple's Jobs, Google's Schmidt shine Outgoing Google CEO Eric Schmidt has the top CEO approval rating. Apple CEO Steve Jobs is No. 2. Yahoo's Carol Bartz bombs. Read more | | HP looks to celebrity board member for publicity boost Hewlett-Packard is hoping celebrities can give it the cachet it lacks after many years of layoffs and scandals... Read more | | Making America strong - one family at a time An innovative pilot program at the Department of Family Security: using GPS tracking, credit card transactions, data mining and massive storage, they can warn you that your marriage is in trouble. Read more | | Netflix beefs up Watch Instantly library with new Fox content While there has been trouble with other networks lately, Netflix has secured a new deal with Twentieth Century Fox to bring full seasons of our favorite shows to the Watch Instantly catalog. Read more |
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