100% open source possible?; Mainstream media, R.I.P. [TECH UPDATE]

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Top Editors Picks Could you switch to 100% open source? Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Whether it's the economy or the slow death of XP, I'm hearing from more people looking to jump off the Microsoft bandwagon and pitch up with Free and Open Source Software. Could you replace your operating system and all your software with open source alternatives? READ FULL STORY Dana Blankenhorn: Fight Windows tax with a penguin stick Top 7 reasons to quit Linux? How about 7 reasons to try it The state of Linux - Is it ready for the 'average' user?' Linux: The Joe Sixpack Strategy Your next software buying decision: Zero cost? Sponsored How much do your peers earn? Find out on activeTechPros if you're an IT professional. * * * * * * * * Introducing activeBizPros: a salary resource for business professionals We're in the midst of building our beta community site. Come join us and help drive the salary charts. Microsoft preps PC makers for Windows 7 Upgrade launch Mary Jo Foley: The clock is ticking. Microsoft is getting its partners prepped for the Windows 7 Upgrade program, expected to be launched officially by June 26. READ FULL STORY Rumor: Windows 7 RTM sign off date set for July 13 Counting down to Microsoft's Windows 7 retail-price unveiling Hands on with the Windows 7 Touch Pack Microsoft puts an 18-month cap on Windows 7 to XP downgrades The media is dead. Long live the media Jeremy Allison: Goodbye, Godzilla. I've given up on the mainstream media -- movies, TV, even newspapers. There's a shift taking place from an old style of centralized network media to a decentralized peer-to-peer media. This is the beginning of the participatory society. READ FULL STORY Tom Foremski: How the Internet devalues everything it touches Experts: Don't clamp down on social media Cockroach media will survive this recession Livin' La Vida Linux Reconciling social computing with the enterprise Intel to skip 45nm Havendale and go directly to 32nm Clarkdale Andrew Nusca: Smaller, smaller, smaller! That seems to be the vibe over at Intel, which recently decided to skip production of 45-nanometer Havendale CPUs and will go directly to 32nm Clarkdale because development for the chips is going smoothly, according to a new report. READ FULL STORY Intel expanding beyond its core Intel drops Centrino, explains Core i3, i5, i7 branding Intel's name game: Switching to good-better-best to reduce complexity Sponsored How much do your peers earn? Find out on activeTechPros if you're an IT professional. * * * * * * * * Introducing activeBizPros: a salary resource for business professionals We're in the midst of building our beta community site. Come join us and help drive the salary charts. HP's Andy Isherwood on running IT like a business, with an eye to transforming IT's role Dana Gardner: In many companies, IT departments remain in an isolated functional silo, disconnected from the main business imperatives. Now, the combination the down economy and tight budgets offers two paths to IT leaders: Remain on the alienated edge, or move to center-stage in how businesses adapt to their changing markets. READ FULL STORY Michael Krigsman: HP connects IT investment, value, and transparency New version of Oracle PLM tool helps IT streamline product development EDS's David Gee on the spectrum of cloud and outsourcing options unfolding before IT architects White Paper: Virtualization strategy for mid-sized businesses Featured TalkBack Blog Does MobileMe's Find My iPhone lead to potential bodily harm? Matthew Miller: If you have an iPhone, there is a new service called Find My iPhone that provides you with ways to track a lost iPhone. But do you really want to come face-to-face with your mobile thief? READ FULL BLOG What do you think? Post Your Thoughts in TalkBack Reader TalkBacks Ubuntu aims at healing Linux's 'paper cuts' "Papercuts? More like deep stab wounds that require major surgery." -- Loverock Davidson What's really new in Windows 7? The answer, not much! "You could've said the same thing about the OS9-OSX switch." -- JoeMama_z Elsewhere on ZDNet Photo Gallery How to monitor folders in iTunes CNET MP3 editor Jasmine France offers step-by-step instructions on monitoring folders for new music in iTunes. Additional software required. VIEW THE GALLERY Kaiser's high-tech health care Energizer's new portable battery packs More ZDNet Photo Galleries ZDNet Reviews Sonos killer? Yamaha unleashes MusicCast2 multiroom audio system Sean Portnoy: Sonos' Music System is generally seen as the top product for delivering audio to multiple rooms in your house. Now Yamaha is adding to the competition with its new MusicCast2 Network Music System. READ THE REVIEW Apple iPhone 3G S (16GB) (AT&T) Acer Aspire Timeline 3810TZ-4880 More ZDNet Reviews Sign up for ZDNet's Product Watch Newsletter for the latest product reviews, news, and expert analysis	News and Blogs Microsoft Security Essentials beta to be capped at 75,000, kicks off today Reports: Steve Jobs returned to Apple campus on Monday Calculating the fully loaded costs of corporate email: It's bigger than you think Mozilla tackles XSS vulnerabilities with new technology India's IT growth to slow down in 2009 AAPL: Is it time to buy or sell Apple stock? Kodak to end production of Kodachrome Holy Betamax, Batman! Blu-ray is still barely beating out HD-DVD QNAP introduces 'smallest 8-bay Atom NAS' Apple consoles iPhone 3G S customers with $30 iTunes Store credit Sony Vaio P-series updated with 1.6GHz Atom, 128GB SSD What can Corporate Sustainability can learn from Twitter, Robert Scoble & Iran? SmartPlanet: Want to succeed? Learn how to celebrate failure first SmartPlanet: To Decode or Not to Decode Your DNA Garmin 76CSx Handheld GPS Buy Today, Only: $259.99 Nintendo DSi Game Console Buy today, only $169 Most Rated Posts How good is Microsoft's free antivirus software? Arrogance Is Not a Virtue, and Why I Will Never Buy a Mac First voice-guided GPS apps arrive for iPhone The Internet will become a paid system in 5 years Google prepares to open up Google Voice   Videos and Podcasts WWDC 2009: Apple unveils iPhone 3G S At Apple's WWDC in San Francisco, Apple's SVP of marketing, Philip Schiller, shows off a new, speedier iPhone. The iPhone 3G S features a 3-megapixel camera and can shoot video at 30 frames per second. The phone is available next week in the U.S and some other countries. PLAY VIDEO WWDC 2009: Apple previews Safari 4 At Apple's WWDC in San Francisco, the company's VP of Mac OS engineering, Craig Federighi, shows off improved features of Safari 4, including faster display speeds and full history search. PLAY VIDEO A look at high-speed autonomous driving At JavaOne in San Francisco, Calif., Volkswagen's Marcial Hernandez and Sun's Greg Bollella detail Project Bixby, an Audi TTS programmed by Volkswagen and using a Java runtime environment. The vehicle will then be raced on a Rally course against other automated vehicles. PLAY VIDEO WWDC 2009: Apple highlights Snow Leopard features At Apple's WWDC in San Francisco, the company's SVP of Mac OS engineering, Craig Federighi, demos the Snow Leopard version of the operating system. For current Leopard users, the new OS--due in September--will be upgradable for $29. PLAY VIDEO WWDC 2009: New 15-inch MacBook Pro revealed At Apple's WWDC in San Francisco, Apple's vice president of product marketing, Philip Schiller, shows off the company's latest MacBook Pro. The new notebook has a 3.06GHz processor, a unibody architecture, and a built-in lithium polymer battery. Schiller adds that customers shouldn't need to change battery in a notebook at all in five years. PLAY VIDEO Play more video and audio New Technologies Sponsored White papers How much do your peers earn? Find out on activeTechPros if you're an IT professional. * * * * * * * * Introducing activeBizPros: a salary resource for business professionals We're in the midst of building our beta community site. Come join us and help drive the salary charts. 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