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Today's Top Picks   Facebook's IPO: Is Zuckerberg-Page the new Jobs-Gates? Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Google CEO Larry Page will have their duels throughout the years. Those duels are likely to pick up once Facebook raises truckloads of cash. READ FULL STORY | SHARE ON FACEBOOK Recommended Live Webcast: Higher Ambition - How Great Leaders Create Economic and Social Value Is it possible to please everyone? Michael Beer, Professor of business at Harvard Business School thinks so. Check out this webcast to hear his take on how to keep everyone happy with proper leadership. What's new in Microsoft's Kinect for Windows final bits Microsoft has made available the 1.0 version of its Kinect for Windows hardware and software under a commercial license. READ FULL STORY | SHARE ON FACEBOOK Google's new privacy policy: Washington's misguided interrogation Even though the new policy doesn't change how Google operates, lawmakers are using it as a springboard into an inquiry over user privacy. READ FULL STORY | SHARE ON FACEBOOK Amazon: Big Kindle sales, but sales and outlook fall short Amazon's fourth quarter sales and outlook fall short of expectations. Kindle sales surge. READ FULL STORY | SHARE ON FACEBOOK Hot Topic Spotlight   Don't like the iBooks Author EULA? Use something else I'm getting tired of the vitriol about Apple's iBooks Author EULA. If you don't want to pay Apple's 30 percent commission, there are other options. Just none from Google or Amazon. READ FULL STORY  | SHARE ON FACEBOOK Featured Photo Gallery   A walk through Mint Linux's new/old Cinnamon desktop (Gallery) Tired of GNOME 3, Ubuntu Unity and HUD? Want classic an updated classic GNOME 2.x interface? Then Linux Mint has the desktop for you Cinnamon. VIEW THE GALLERY  | SHARE ON FACEBOOK More photo galleries: Macworld 2012: Conference at a crossroads Featured Product   Apple patents new touchscreen remote control for a future Apple TV In addition to controlling home theater devices like DVD players and home automation systems, the remote concept could also work with your computer to run iTunes or execute other functions. READ FULL STORY  | SHARE ON FACEBOOK More product coverage: Sleek BlackBerry London smartphone could challenge the iPhone Like gadgets? Sign up for ZDNet's Product Watch Newsletter	Latest News   Microsoft marketing layoffs said to begin February 1   Building a budget PC for under $500   Facebook lets some users hide the Ticker   Mint.com comes to Android tablets with optimized app   Indiana students receive $100k to research cloud computing   AOL fourth-quarter profits beat expectations, still far from healthy   Social business success: CEMEX   Okta rounds out management team   How to get people to click on your Tweets (infographic)   Read more News >> Connect with ZDNet   Become a fan on Facebook   Follow us on Twitter   Watch us on YouTube Small Business Center   Why small businesses should care about the Megaupload debacle The site's uncertain fate serves as a reminder that SMBs should carefully consider the viability of cloud storage and backup services they use - or they could lose important company data. READ FULL STORY  | SHARE ON FACEBOOK Recommended Downloads Live Webcast: Is 2012 the Year of the Cloud? Then It's Also the Year of Google Apps Check out this live webcast from Google. You'll learn all about Google Apps, how it works within the cloud, and what it can do for your business. Tune to learn more. Live Webcast: Higher Ambition - How Great Leaders Create Economic and Social Value Is it possible to please everyone? Michael Beer, Professor of business at Harvard Business School thinks so. Check out this webcast to hear his take on how to keep everyone happy with proper leadership. Implementing and Expanding a Virtualized Environment Check out this white paper from Intel to learn how you can implement or expand your virtualized environment and be able to do more with less. Live Webcast: Deep Dive: Collaboration Functionality in Google Apps Check out this webcast from the folks at Google to learn more about the power of Google Apps, and discover how easy collaboration can be. Live Webcast: IT Consumerization and Google Apps You wish your employees would stick to the desktops and devices they were given, but they prefer their own hardware. If you're looking for some middle ground, you may be able to find it in Google Apps.
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