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IT News Happening Now Microsoft sticker shock: Anytime Upgrade, Family Pack details Earlier today, Microsoft announced pricing and delivery details for a pair of eagerly awaited products in the Windows 7 family. If you were hoping for a Windows Anytime Upgrade bargain or a long-term commitment to multi-PC upgrade pricing with the new Home Premium Family Pack, think again. I've got all... READ FULL STORY Windows 7 RTM first look: More than just Vista fixes Microsoft's Project Natal for business: In your dreams Sponsored Live Webcast: Maximize Uptime, Performance and Savings with UNIX Listen to experts as they discuss how you can best utilize UNIX to improve service, reduce costs and manage risk on your network. Top Stories Right Now While the EC wastes time with IE, Russia tackles bigger issues A Linux credit card UPDATE: Firefox to hit 1 billionth download today Images: Dinosaur sightings: Old search engines Where's the tipping point for on-demand ERP? Gallery: Dead-Finger Tech Sponsored PCI DSS Compliance in the UNIX/Linux Datacenter This paper discusses how creating a secure access control infrastructure in heterogeneous UNIX/Linux environments supports Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) compliance. (Symark Software)

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Read it online | Manage my newsletters | Previous Edition   ZDNet Tech Update Today charles | Fri., July 31, 2009 Home | News & Blogs | Videos | White Papers | Downloads | Reviews | Photo Galleries | Podcasts | RSS Feeds Top Editors Picks Ballmer: Ultra-thin PCs are the answer to netbooks Mary Jo Foley: Is Steve Ballmer feeling misunderstood? After trying to explain to analysts why the Microsoft-Yahoo search partnership is a win-win for the two companies, Microsoft's CEO talks up another area where he hopes to sway Wall Street opinion: Netbooks. READ FULL STORY Windows Mobile-Windows continuum: The plot thickens How to fix Windows Mobile? Microsoft still isn't saying Ballmer: He knows when you're using a Mac Wall St analysts descend on Redmond for financial meeting Ballmer on the Microsoft-Yahoo deal: 'Nobody gets it' Yahoo costs: The slide Microsoft didn't want you to see Slide of the day: Laptop Hunter ads working? Sponsored Keep unwelcome activity away from your data Learn how a combination of software and managed security services provides automated oversight you can count on. Black Hat: BIOS 'rootkit' pre-loaded in laptops Ryan Naraine: A popular laptop theft-recovery service that ships on notebooks made by major manufacturers is actually a dangerous BIOS rootkit that can be hijacked and controlled by malicious hackers. READ FULL STORY Black Hat: Hijacking an iPhone via SMS Researchers exploit SSL and domain flaws Report finds fake antivirus on the rise High-risk internet server exploit goes wild Researchers demo BIOS attack that survives hard-disk wipe Aardvark: ask it anything, get an answer in 5 minutes Andrew Mager: San-Francisco startup Mechanical Zoo is trying to build the ultimate interactive knowledge base in the form of website and app Aardvark. And it's kind of addicting. Once you get started, you will not want to stop. READ FULL STORY Face.com auto-tags photos on Facebook and finds photos of you Dipity visualizes your social timeline Notify.me pings you when your feeds are fresh Images: Dinosaur sightings: Old search engines Who remembers Yahoo when it graduated from Stanford's servers? How about Google's first outing? Remember AltaVista? This photo gallery takes a look back at some of the first home pages of search engines that are still around today, and some that have passed on. READ FULL STORY The month ahead: Tech companies set sights on students As students savor their last weeks of summer vacation, parents are trying to decide which laptop will best suit their kids' needs. ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das and senior editor Sam Diaz look ahead to August and discuss what the tech companies have to offer. READ FULL STORY Laptop or desktop+netbook for back to school? HP slashes prices on dv2, dv3, dv6 laptops; aims for college students Dads & Grads: Top 10 laptops for college students, class of '09 Toybox Ten: 10 full-featured laptops for less than $750 Sponsored Solutions Brief: Running Red Hat Enterprise Linux on Intel Platforms Read how Red Hat and Intel move intelligence forward with an integrated solution that reduces complexity, boosts performance and expands scalability. Dead-Finger Tech: Panasonic HD front projector Robin Harris: I like my toys, but my Panasonic PT-AX-200U front projector is my favorite. The picture quality is superb, as good as the local movie theater. Dozens of people have come over for the Friday night movie and all have been impressed. READ FULL STORY 13-in. Apple MacBook Pro (Andrew Nusca) Canon Powershot SD550 (Rachel King) Dead-Finger Tech: Google Apps (Christopher Dawson) Dead-Finger Tech: Weber Smokey Mountain (Jason Perlow) Featured TalkBack Blog It's the era of the media engineer Tom Foremski: Software coding is becoming a much more common skill and it is a skill that is losing value. You can find coders in developing countries and contract the work for a fraction of what it used to cost. But there is going to be a need for a new type of software engineer: a media engineer. READ FULL BLOG What do you think? Post Your Thoughts in TalkBack Reader TalkBacks Microsoft and the 'premium mix' dilemma "I don't mind if my notebook looks cool. But I would much prefer if they improved the functions first." -- terry flores SSDs are getting better, still not there yet "I don't see any reason that SSD will become replacement of hard disk." -- privacy matters Elsewhere on ZDNet Photo Gallery Space Invaders Infinity Gene (iPhone/iPod Touch) Taito's re-imagining of their arcade classic might be the best iPhone retro game yet. VIEW THE GALLERY Sample photos: Olympus Stylus Tough 8000 Dinosaur sightings: Old search engines More ZDNet Photo Galleries ZDNet Reviews Nikon D3000 replaces the venerable D40 entry-level DSLR Janice Chen: Nikon has finally officially announced the D3000, a long-rumored replacement for its popular entry-level D40 dSLR. Nikon's lowest-price dSLR, the compact D3000 steps it up with a 3.0-inch LCD, an 11-point autofocus system, and a new Guide Mode that caters to dSLR newbies. 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