RIM Black Pad; Microsoft Midori; Verizon APIs; Droid X [TECH UPDATE]

ZDNet Tech Update Today ZDNet Member | September 22, 2010
Today's Top Picks   Connecting the dots: RIM may launch its Black Pad Monday Research in Motion has been quietly touting a big press event Monday in San Francisco and it appears its Black Pad may be the main event. READ FULL STORY   Recommended What are the highest paying job roles? IT Professionals - Find out in the 2010 activeTechPros IT salary & skills report. Be a member for free access. * * * * * * * * * * * * Business Professionals Join activeBizPros and identify the highest paying job roles in your country with our salary benchmark wizard.   Aussie teen claims credit for Twitter attacks Melbourne teenager has flagged a Twitter vulnerability that led to overnight attacks on what security advisers say could be half a million users. READ FULL STORY   Adobe's third quarter solid, but outlook is light Adobe's fiscal third quarter earnings were solid, but the outlook for the fourth quarter was a bit light relative to expectations. READ FULL STORY   Lots of Questions at Oracle Open World Lots of questions involving some big directional shifts and product announcements at Oracle Open World. Will Larry address these Wednesday? READ FULL STORY   Recommended What are the highest paying job roles? IT Professionals - Find out in the 2010 activeTechPros IT salary & skills report. Be a member for free access. * * * * * * * * * * * * Business Professionals Join activeBizPros and identify the highest paying job roles in your country with our salary benchmark wizard.   Microsoft: Don't delay your Windows 7 deployments for IE 9 With growing speculation that Microsoft is pushing to deliver the final version of its Internet Explorer (IE) 9 browser as early as spring 2011, company officials issued official guidance. READ FULL STORY   Microsoft's Midori operating system is still alive (and seemingly well) It looks like Microsoft is continuing to incubate its stealth Midori operating system project. READ FULL STORY Salesforce: Chatter 2 upgrade to offer more tools, target more users Salesforce is expected to announce today a major upgrade to Chatter, its social-like collaboration tool. READ FULL STORY T-Mobile touts solar-powered wireless broadband installation Wireless carrier T-Mobile USA has installed a mobile cellular tower in Chalfont, Pennsylvania, that is powered by a solar array. READ FULL STORY Microsoft: Live@edu email not encrypted on cloud servers Microsoft's outsourced email service for students, used by tens of millions of students worldwide, does not encrypt email data in their datacenters. So who could benefit from this? READ FULL STORY Nokia: Using Android like 'peeing in your pants for warmth in winter' Sometimes people say the daftest things ...This has to be the daftest quote of the month, from Nokia's outgoing head of smartphones Anssi Vanjoki. READ FULL STORY Verizon releases APIs; Pushes location, messaging apps At the Verizon Developer's conference today, the company announced the release of 20 location, messaging and network APIs to developers. READ FULL STORY IBM signs 10 year, $62 Million deal with aviation giant Jet Airways Jet Airways as part of a $62 Million deal is outsourcing their IT backend to IBM for a contract period of 10 years. READ FULL STORY   Top SmartPlanet Pick   Nano antenna increases the intensity of light by a factor of 1,000 Senors and non-linear optics could get a major boost. READ FULL STORY Want more? Sign up for SmartPlanet's daily newsletter   Hot Topic Spotlight   Why the Super WiFi skeptics are wrong While most spectrum orders are destined for carriers or their lobbyists, this order will be addressed to equipment manufacturers. READ FULL STORY More talked-about posts: Survey: Ideal Android Tablet Has 10-Inch Screen, Loaded With Apps & Under $300 Toshiba Satellite M645-S4055 Featured Photo Gallery   Tour Norton Internet Security 2011 (slideshow) Symantec's been making a concerted effort for three years running to turn around their Norton products. Norton Internet Security 2011 is not only their best effort to date, it's one of the strongest security suites this year, period. VIEW THE GALLERY More photo galleries: Scenes from Oracle OpenWorld (photos) Google News turns 8 (images) Featured Product Coverage   Droid X gets some Froyo (Android 2.2) Flash your Droid X to get the latest that Android has to offer. READ FULL STORY More product coverage: Apple licenses program guide from Rovi. Another sign it's going to release its own HDTV? iPad becomes new aftermarket car DVD player Like gadgets? Sign up for ZDNet's Product Watch Newsletter	News & Blogs   DirectX 11 coming to Linux, games to follow ... Whoa, slow down there!   AT&T's Stephenson: Record smartphone quarter on tap due to iPhone, Torch, Captivate   It's official: Carrier Pigeons are faster than rural Internet   Oracle still struggles with media   Even Paul McCartney is on the cloud computing bandwagon   Gmail updates coming ahead of Android OS updates in the future   New FCC rules to bring cheap broadband to schools faster   Fusion's pretty, powerful and not quite baked   Always learning   Jorno BT keyboard coming soon for iOS, Android, and more     Latest SmartPlanet   GE, Better Place team up on electric vehicle infrastructure   California winery boasts LEED certification of the gold vintage   Sharp acquires Recurrent Energy for $305 million   Wind energy 'pipeline' from Texas to the Southeast   Can employment create peace?     Connect with ZDNet         Videos and Podcasts   Oracle's Mark Hurd announces upgrade to Exadata At the Oracle OpenWorld conference in San Francisco, new company President Mark Hurd introduces Exadata X2-8, an upgrade to the current Exadata system. 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