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Top Editors Picks Webcast: Demystifying Azure and Microsoft's cloud strategy Even if you're dragging your heels about moving your applications and data to the cloud, it's not too soon to hear more about Microsoft's cloud-computing platform. Mary Jo Foley sorts out what Azure is (and isn't) in a live Webcast today at 1pm ET/10am PT. Register now - free. READ FULL STORY Microsoft?s Azure cloud platform: A guide for the perplexed Windows Azure defined: A developer's view Microsoft: No on-premise Azure hosting for business users Windows Azure: Microsoft mainstreams the cloud 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. Nokia, Intel partnership needs to focus on smartphones Jason Hiner: Under a partnership announced today, Nokia will use Intel chips in its mobile devices. No details yet about potential devices that could emerge from this deal. However, attempting to resurrect and reshape the MID would be a mistake. READ FULL STORY Carrier strength drives smartphone selections How well does your smartphone support your Exchange server? Nokia Ovi Store fails in many ways, buy with extreme caution FCC reacts, starts looking into carrier-exclusive deal Five big issues with ARM and Android netbooks Microsoft antivirus: Free beta now available Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft Security Essentials is the free anti-malware product that replaces the company's paid Windows Live OneCare subscription service. Downloads are limited to the first 75,000 for this beta test. READ FULL STORY Will Microsoft Security Essentials (Morro) dent commercial antivirus sales? Microsoft Security Essentials: What wannabe testers need to know Review: How good is Microsoft's free antivirus software? Free AV from Microsoft? It's about time Zappos CEO not all atwitter about social media Tom Steinert-Threlkeld: For CEO Tony Hsieh's Zappos, the "real" social media -- and the way this online retailer builds relationships with its customers -- are the telephone call and the email conversation. Twittering and blogging are just for recreation. READ FULL STORY Enterprise 2.0 Case Study: Following Zappos Jeff Bezos, meet Tony Hsieh. Zappos moving into electronics. And more Zappos CEO: Transparency helped employees during layoffs What a difference a decade makes: Barron's proclaims Amazon best retailer Tech's economy careens into the great unknown 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. Does Neda killing video mark turning point for Iran? Richard Koman: Can one bullet take down a regime? When that bullet kills an innocent young woman and her last minutes are captured on cellphone and played over and over again on YouTube, it's possible. The conversation has escaped those who would seek to control it. READ FULL STORY Iran protests meet the social Web: What we've learned James Farrar: What corporate sustainability can learn from Twitter, Robert Scoble & Iran Experts: Don't clamp down on social media Facebook launches in Persian to support communications around events in Iran Iranian protesters take to the tweets Tech giants deny helping Iran eavesdrop Featured TalkBack Blog Can open source police open source? Dana Blankenhorn: When the Free Software Foundation wants to go after some deep-pocketed outfit over GPL violations they can do so, knowing victory will bring cash. But if the party in question has no deep pockets, if they're just doing a smash-and-grab on open source code, who becomes the cop? 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 Do you need Microsoft Security Essentials? Microsoft takes a stab at a free antivirus app with Security Essentials. Check out this slideshow to get a preview of Security Essentials' interface and features. You can also read our hands-on report. VIEW THE GALLERY Modeling the uber-efficient house Green tech grows in Boston More ZDNet Photo Galleries ZDNet Reviews Lenovo's 0.83-in. thick ThinkPad T400s business laptop Andrew Nusca: Lenovo has announced the new ThinkPad T400s laptop, a thin-and-light notebook for business users that features solid state drive storage and falls between the featherweight ThinkPad X300 and its T400 predecessor. READ THE REVIEW Sony KDL-40V5100 HDTV 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 Oracle bucks economic trends; beats Q4 estimates IBM expands into sewage management and other green initiatives At this rate, Microsoft won't need Yahoo at all Win 7 testers, your beta is about to expire Mac HFS+ read-write support for Windows Toshiba debuts six new Satellite L Series budget laptops; start at $549 Voice guided navigation comes to the iPhone as AT&T Navigator 'Acid test' for Ubuntu on a netbook Saas: Evolving toward an IT service-delivery solutions approach Microsoft wants students for Office 2010 test SmartPlanet: Social media strategy: 10 smart Twitter tips for business SmartPlanet: The argument against single payer healthcare Apple 16GB iPod Touch (Refurb) Buy Today, Only: $259.00 Canon EOS Rebel XS dSLR Now Only: $599 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? 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