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Top Editors Picks   iPad aftermath: Strong weekend sales; can the momentum continue? iPad fever remains pretty strong in the hours following its better-than-expected release weekend. But can strong sales continue as the early adopter hype wears down? by Sam Diaz READ FULL STORY   Recommended Free IT Salary & Skills Report 2010 Register on activeTechPros and view the 2010 IT Salary & Skills Report. * * * * * * * * * * * * Business professionals - Join activeBizPros and use the salary benchmark wizard to compare salaries instantly.   HTC boasts its 'outpacing' other smartphone makers in US market HTC is proud of their accomplishments lately - most notably HTC CEO Peter Chou, who told the Wall Street Journal that the company is growing in the U.S. market "faster than others." by Rachel King READ FULL STORY   Does Google's Episodic acquisition change the game at all? Google has acquired a key Brightcove competitor, Episodic. Brightcove made headlines last week by claiming that it was developing tools that could port its video content to either Flash or HTML 5, making the lack of Flash support on the iPad irrelevant. Now what? READ FULL STORY   Microsoft pulls the plug on future Itanium support Microsoft has made it official: It is phasing out its support Intel's Itanium architecture, though it will take the company an estimated eight years to fully do so. by Mary Jo Foley READ FULL STORY   Recommended Free IT Salary & Skills Report 2010 Register on activeTechPros and view the 2010 IT Salary & Skills Report. * * * * * * * * * * * * Business professionals - Join activeBizPros and use the salary benchmark wizard to compare salaries instantly.   Apple's new enterprise push: iPad and mobile ERP? One look at the iPad and most tech pundits say either it's the killer e-book reader or the next-generation game console. However, some recent middleware developments may make the iPad a player in the enterprise resource planning ERP segment. by David Morgenstern READ FULL STORY   Apple A4 vs. Qualcomm Snapdragon vs. ARM Cortex A8, benchmarked Which silicon is faster: Apple's new 1GHz A4 system-on-a-chip found in the iPad, or Qualcomm's 1GHz Snapdragon found in the Google Nexus One? by Andrew Nusca READ FULL STORY Three truths of IT success Despite methodologies and tools to increase success, up to 70 percent of IT projects fail. The real keys are people, collaboration, alignment, and value creation. by Michael Krigsman READ FULL STORY Microsoft's denial over Google could spell disaster It seems that over the last 10 years, Microsoft has been in denial. Blatant denial. READ FULL STORY Will the Google-Adobe alliance benefit open source? Google's dalliance with Adobe is turning into a full-fledged bromance. Can two companies share a technology apartment without driving each other crazy? by Dana Blankenhorn READ FULL STORY Toshiba gearing up sub-25nm flash memory chips Toshiba has announced a new venture to develop a sub-25nm flash memory chip line that could retain a lot more data than any SDHC card available now. by Rachel King READ FULL STORY When management causes IT failure We usually blame the team when a project to go down the tubes. However, often management is really at fault for the failure. by Michael Krigsman READ FULL STORY   Japanese researchers unveil humanoid robot that laughs, smiles SmartPlanet: Japanese researchers have developed a humanoid robot that can laugh and smile just like a real human being. by Andrew Nusca READ FULL STORY In 'Doomsday Vault,' storing seeds to save mankind From zero to sustainable: following one hotel's greening March sales show consumers standing by Toyota Software as school fund-raiser? How the Internet, iPhone, and iPad will change medicine Like what you see? Sign up for SmartPlanet's weekly newsletter   Featured TalkBack Blog   No printing from the iPad. None. There's no doubt the iPad is a beautiful toy. But without printing, that's exactly what it remains. A toy. by David Gewirtz READ FULL BLOG What do you think? Post Your Thoughts in TalkBack Active TalkBack Posts RIM's Balsillie on Blackberry's future: What? Me Worry? Podcast: Will AMD and Intel convince you to buy servers? Elsewhere on ZDNet   Photo Gallery Image Gallery: Apple iPad Experience Series The Apple iPad is now available for purchase and through this new series I will be discussing different aspects of the device as it relates to life and daily usage. The Series will cover Bible applications, ebook readers, TV content, sports, games, and more. VIEW THE GALLERY Astronauts play stars in NASA mission 'movie' posters (photos) WonderCon 2010 draws in S.F. (photos) ZDNet Reviews LG taking passive approach to 3D HDTV in UK, which means cheaper glasses One of the most in-your-face costs of 3D HDTV thus far has been the pricing of the active-shutter 3D glasses that the first available sets from Samsung and Panasonic... 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PLAY VIDEO   Yelp seeing real success with augmented reality At Where 2.0 in San Jose, Calif., Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppelman talks about the company's launch of Monocle, an augmented-reality application for the iPhone that enables users to combine Yelp reviews with the physical world. PLAY VIDEO   A case study: The danger of 'freemium' At the Freemium Summit in San Francisco, Mailchimp CEO Ben Chestnut discusses the abuse that ensued after his e-mail marketing service Mailchimp started using a "freemium" model for his business. PLAY VIDEO   Reaching impenetrable markets with freemium At the Freemium Summit in San Francisco, Box.net CEO Aaron Levie talks about the benefits of using freemium as a business model. 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