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Top Editors Picks Microsoft: No more three-app limit in Windows 7 Starter Edition Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft is eliminating one of the biggest sticking points for Windows 7 Starter Edition ? the three-application concurrency limitation. Microsoft officials acknowledged the change on May 29 on the Windows Team Blog. READ FULL STORY Microsoft adds some multi-touch glitz to Windows 7 Microsoft sets maximum hardware spec for netbook-only Windows 7 SKUs What does it mean that we are surprised that Windows 7 is so good? Dirty Dozen? Greenpeace rates IT firms' green IQ James Farrar: Greenpeace launches its inaugural ranking of the top 12 tech firms' performance on climate change. But is the group's effort aimed more at leveraging political influence than encouraging IT innovation? READ FULL STORY IBM win: University will invest in $12.4M green data center Dell tops new corporate sustainability index Step-by-step guide for greening your IT Sun & Symantec: A new breed of sustainability leadership? Oracle & Google: Of goats, grids and GRI Google Wave: The enterprise implications Dion Hinchcliffe: Google has launched many communication services yet none before Wave have had such obvious business utility or attempted to reinvent the collaborative process from the ground-up. Will Wave really have much impact on businesses? You might be surprised at the answers. READ FULL STORY The year of the shift to Enterprise 2.0 Google Wave: Surfing the future of collaboration Mary Jo Foley: With Wave, did Google jump the (Microsoft) shark? Gallery: Google Wave rolls into action Sam Diaz: Google Wave is still a work in progress Tom Steinert-Threlkeld: Wave -- or Wiki? IBM's Devil's Triangle: An enterprise software soap opera Michael Krigsman: IBM faces lawsuits and public embarrassment in the Philippines over a failed government project involving the company's DB2 database product. The situation offers a textbook example of the tensions and conflicts that arise between technology vendors, customers, and system integrators. READ FULL STORY VC perspective: Can enterprise software companies do SaaS? Do CEOs really care about IT? Gov't IT projects: Billions at risk 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. The cure for YouTube's ills: Charge for uploads Larry Dignan: Those 20 hours of video uploaded every minute on YouTube costs money -- too much money. The solution? Google should charge small listing fees just like eBay does. The goal: Discourage the constant uploading of pet mouse videos. READ FULL STORY Twitter: A fine 'pre-business' but un-monetizable and a deadly acquisition target Did YouTube just find some monetization help? YouTube's video ID system: Is 75 percent accuracy good enough? Bing is live: Nice first impression Larry Dignan: One of Microsoft's best innovations has been its search Cashback program, which is a rewards system for users of the software giant's search. Bing, which launched a few days early, seems to integrate Cashback everywhere. READ FULL STORY Microsoft's Bing: 10 burning questions Is it just me, or does Bing look a lot like Google? Similar techniques alive and well in existing vertical search Featured TalkBack Blog Is it just me, or does Bing look a lot like Google? Christopher Dawson: Despite being a devotee of all things Google, I've been incredibly excited about Wolfram Alpha. I've been using it quite a bit and have its quirks and limitations pretty much down. Those limitations mean that it won't be a Google killer, but it sure looks familiar! READ FULL BLOG What do you think? Do companies own work-related data on your own personal computer? Post Your Thoughts in TalkBack Reader TalkBacks Nehalem-EX - 8 cores, 16 threads, 2.3 billion transistors, very cool! "Whats next, stacking chips?" -- pcguy777 Poor economy saves Mac community from clone crap "If you are looking for guaranteed premium support for a long time, don't bother buying a Mac." -- Rob Oakes Elsewhere on ZDNet Photo Gallery The Top Ten greatest audiophile speakers The very best sounding speakers for under $3,500 per pair. The brands may be unfamiliar, but each speaker a stand out winner. VIEW THE GALLERY Google Ion photos Transfer audiobook CDs to an iPod More ZDNet Photo Galleries ZDNet Reviews HD Mini-Camcorders: Flip UltraHD vs. Sony Webbie HD MHS-PM1 Rachel King: There's an awful lot of buzz surrounding the mini digital camcorder market. Let's cut through the hype and compare two of the best, the Flip UltraHD and the Sony Webbie HD. Which one is better? READ THE REVIEW Lenovo IdeaCentre A600 3011 LG BD390 Blu-ray player More ZDNet Reviews Sign up for ZDNet's Product Watch Newsletter for the latest product reviews, news, and expert analysis	News and Blogs Supermicro launches Nvidia Tesla fueled server Is PIV card support coming to the iPhone? Microsoft sneaks in Firefox extension via Update LEDs get royal treatment, will they save the planet? Hybrids to increase market share, but... Asus will launch budget O!Play media streamer at Computex SaaS in Europe at the tipping point Liveblog: Wordcamp 2009 Would you go the extra mile to get rid of an old computer responsibly? Banning Scientology doesn't make Wikipedia more credible Verizon set to update BlackBerry Storm OS Most Rated Posts Nine worst social media fails of 2009...thus far Nehalem-EX - 8 cores, 16 threads, 2.3 billion transistors, very cool! Google: Programming for the Web is the way to go 'Cashmere': Another (possible) destination on Microsoft's embedded roadmap The $17.5 million hard drive Videos and Podcasts Google CEO touts always-on computing At the Google I/O developer's conference in San Francisco, Calif., company CEO Eric Schmidt shares his vision for a new computing paradigm. In his keynote, Schmidt says "this is the beginning of the real win of cloud computing, of applications." PLAY VIDEO What's the cloud's killer app? At the Interop conference in Las Vegas, SAP CTO Vishal Sikka shares his views with M.R. Rangaswami, co-founder of the Sand Hill Group on application development in the cloud. He pinpoints two key areas for continued research, real-time search and mobility. PLAY VIDEO VMWare executive shows off fluid network switching Russ Daniels, CTO of cloud services strategy for Hewlett- Packard, predicts that in the coming years, technology will move towards being customizable for every aspect of our lives. PLAY VIDEO Microsoft and HP announce alliance at Interop The Interop Conference in Las Vegas, Microsoft's Stephen Elop and Hewlett-Packard's Ann Livermore announce a partnership between the two companies to bring a better, faster, less expensive, unified communication solution to businesses. PLAY VIDEO The future of clean-tech investing At the Enterprise Carbon Accounting Symposium, venture capitalists discuss the outlook of investing in smart grids, carbon management, and energy-monitoring tools. At debate is how to invest capital in an efficient way. 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. Live Virtual Conference: Lowering datacenter costs through server refresh Discover how today's newest generation of rack servers provide extreme performance?along with dramatically reduced IT costs. (IBM) Mobile Device Management for Dummies? Download the online book Mobile Device Management for Dummies to learn the fundamentals of managing and securing mobile devices. 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