Microsoft to open retail stores; Apple market share slips; RFID passports [TECH UPDATE]

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Top Editors Picks Microsoft to open retail stores near Apple's this fall Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft is slowly giving out details about the upcoming openings of their new retails stores. They're not expected to be clones of Apple stores but they should be easy to find. READ FULL STORY How Microsoft stores could change PC buying habits Microsoft to follow Apple with its own family of retail stores Barron's proclaims Amazon best retailer Jobs: Catch the App Store if you can Microsoft customer satisfaction takes a hit Sponsored Strategies for deploying blade servers in existing data centers This white paper explains how to select the best power and cooling approach for a successful and predictable blade server deployment. (APC) Dell, HP even in second quarter U.S. PC shipment race; Apple market share slips as Acer surges Larry Dignan: Dell's second quarter U.S. market share tumbled 19 percent from a year ago to 26.3 percent as HP pulled even for the top spot, according to IDC. Meanwhile, Acer and Toshiba's market share improved as Apple's slipped to 7.6 percent, down 12.4 percent from a year ago. READ FULL STORY Ballmer: "I'm a PC" ads effective against Apple PC sales to see biggest drop since 2001 tech bust; IT spending responsible Dell aims to diversify away from PCs, but how? The grand Google plan against the whole Microsoft stack Dana Blankenhorn: With its release of a NeatX server, however buggy and primitive it may be, Google has signaled its effort to go after the entire Microsoft software stack. Critics may call this more of a Grand Guignol plan meant only to immunize both Google and Microsoft from antitrust scrutiny, but this looks as serious as a heart attack. READ FULL STORY With the Chrome OS, Google's software stack is revealed; Shrapnel everywhere Why the first Chrome netbooks may not be so revolutionary Chrome OS: 3 reasons it matters, 4 reasons it's irrelevant RFID passports: a tragedy waiting to happen Robin Harris: You're strolling in the south of France when a van stops, men burst out and, in seconds, hustle you into the van. "American scum!" they hiss as they hood you. But wearing a Sorbonne t-shirt and no fanny pack, how did they know? Thank your government -- and a bad storage choice. READ FULL STORY Apple patents point to haptics, fingerprints, RFID Conflicts of interest may be at the heart of healthcare reform RFID could be in all cell phones by 2010 White Paper: Vulnerabilities in First-Generation RFID-Enabled Credit Cards White Paper: Human Activity Tracking Using RFID Tags SmartPlanet: General Electric appliances strive for 'net-zero energy homes' Dana Blankenhorn: General Electric has unveiled a research project that intends to help homeowners cut annual energy consumption to zero by 2015. GE plans to "combine on-site power generation through solar panels or wind turbines with energy-efficient appliances and on-site storage." READ FULL STORY Ford says you can "Af-Ford" their fuel-savers Biggest of the big: IBM dominates latest Green 500 supercomputer list An Eaton a-ha: Power management for virtual machines Carbon capture? Nuc plants? Not gonna help? Could excess power consumption finally do in the mainframe? Sponsored Strategies for deploying blade servers in existing data centers This white paper explains how to select the best power and cooling approach for a successful and predictable blade server deployment. (APC) Featured TalkBack Blog Sitting "Shiva" For My Dead Laptop Jason Perlow: My laptop's screen died during 4th of July weekend. I sent it back to HP for warranty repair, but then they wanted either $89.00 to send it back without repair, or $440.00 to replace a $99.00 OEM part due to "accidental damage." What? READ FULL BLOG What do you think? Post Your Thoughts in TalkBack Reader TalkBacks Can Office 14 live up to the trailer? "That was hilarious. I won't buy it, but that was pretty funny." -- mojorison67 Windows 7: Why, and why risk it? 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