News from ZDNet | | | Google: Hundreds of Gmail accounts in U.S., Asia hacked Hackers around the world are gaining more attention than usual in the last few months. Now Google has added another announcement to the pile that hundreds of Gmail accounts have been hacked recently. Read more | | Google Chromebook up for sale early on Gilt The Google Chromebooks are not going to be up for sale until later this summer, but Google surprised some of us with an invite to buy one early. Read more | | ARM co-founder wins Silicon Valley "Visionary" award Herman Hauser is one of four recipients of SDForum's 2011 Visionary Awards. Read more | | 11 ways your peers are saving power in the data center I wasn't able to make the recent UptimeInstitute Symposium in California, but I was just going through some of the data released during the conference that has specific relevance to green IT.The... Read more | | Why I've been throwing Open Standards under the bus Over the past year, I've been increasingly purchasing or endorsing the use of proprietary or closed solutions rather than "Open". Read more | | Microsoft ships free malware cleaner that boots from CD or USB In a move aimed at cutting down on support call costs, Microsoft has released a malware recovery tool that boots from a CD or USB stick. Read more | | Google's +1 extends to Web pages for one-click recommendations When Google launched the +1 button last month - its version of Facebook's "Like" button, but in search results - I said it was incomplete without a web page version of the button.Today, Google... Read more | | Ricoh launches eWriter package: Another stab at the paperless office Ricoh became the latest company to try and make enterprise paper-free zones with a novel eWriter tablet, software and services effort to rid offices of those pesky paper forms, scanning and other... Read more | | Qualcomm gives Adobe's Flash a lift to more mobile devices Qualcomm said it will include the Flash Player to its feature phone chip, the 800 Mhz MSM7x27, and enable high-definition video playback on its Snapdragon processor for smartphones and tablets. Read more | | Can ReRAM replace flash? Panasonic's plans to commercialize ReRAM starting this year puts this NVRAM technology in front of the race to replace NAND flash. What is ReRAM and why is it better than flash? Read more | | Michael Dell: Notebooks 'screwed up' but can still compete with tablets Notebooks might have missed the mark and tablet popularity is on the rise, but that doesn't mean the PC is dead - at least not according to Dell chairman and CEO, Michael Dell. Read more | | How iCloud could beat other cloud-based music services Many tech insiders are speculating that Apple's iCloud could be a new cloud-based music streaming service. If true, here's how it could succeed. Read more | | Arrested: man planned sex with 12-year-old girl he met on Facebook Investigators have arrested a man who they say contacted a 12-year-old girl on Facebook to arrange a meeting for sex. Read more | | Angry Birds: Coming to a Roku box and TV near you Roku is starting to step up its game against Internet-connected gaming consoles with expansion to casual gaming, including everyone's favorite: Angry Birds. Read more |
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