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iPad: Should I pre-order or wait?

Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: There's nothing wrong with being an early adopter of technology, as long as you're aware of the fact that it is a roller coaster ride consisting of "wheeeee" and "I feel like throwing up."

• The Apple iPad leap of faith
• iPad: Perfectly flawed
• Special Report: Apple's iPad

• Digital Cameras & Camcorders
• Laptops & Desktops
• The Mobile Gadgeteer
• Home Theater
• The ToyBox
• Smartphones & Cell Phones

Will Intel's latest Xeon lineup be an 'economic no brainer'?

Larry Dignan: Intel launched its latest server chips designed for next generation data centers Tuesday and is pitching a five month return on investment for customers using single core servers.

• Gallery: Intel Xeon 5600 - your next server upgrade?
• Intel launches souped up i7 for desktops; Overclocking enabled

• Storage Bits
• Hardware 2.0
• Tech Broiler
• Laptops & Desktops

Mac OS X SMS ransomware - hype?

Dancho Danchev: Early-stage discussions at several web forums, a Mac OS X blocker as well as potential GUIs for the ransomware, offer an insight into potential ways to monetize OS X infected hosts using SMS-based ransomware.

• iHacked: jailbroken iPhones compromised, $5 ransom demanded
• Microsoft offers 'fix-it' workaround for IE zero-day
• Gallery: Mac OS X ransomware - hype or real threat?

• Zero Day
• Between the Lines

Microsoft loses round one in latest patent infringement case

Mary Jo Foley: A Texas jury on March 16 recommended Microsoft pay VirnetX $105.75 million for willfully infringing on two VirnetX networking patents which VirnetX claims Microsoft used without licensing.

• All About Microsoft
• The Apple Core
• Ed Bott's Microsoft Report
• Googling Google
• ZDNet Government

IE9 preview ready for download

Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft makes a first developer preview of Internet Explorer 9 available for download. Company officials will show off the preview and discuss planned support for emerging standards. IE9 Gallery

• Will Microsoft's iPhone envy punt away the enterprise?
• Is "social sharing" enough to separate Windows Phone 7 from the iPhone?
• Special Report: MIX 10

• Googling Google
• Dev Connection
• The Semantic Web
• Social Business
• Collaboration 2.0
• Enterprise Web 2.0

Google announces AT&T 3G capable Google Nexus One

Matthew Miller: In a bit of a surprise move, Google announced that AT&T and Roger Wireless customers can now buy the SIM-unlocked Google Nexus One and get full 3G data functionality.

• The Mobile Gadgeteer
• Social Business
• ZDNet Government
• Team Think
• Smartphones and Cell Phones

IT on the rocks, or IT's finest hour?

Joe McKendrick: Are users starting to rebel against their information technology departments? In a piece just published in the latest issue of CIO, Thomas Wailgum ponders whether anti-IT sentiment within organizations is reaching a boiling point.

• Between the Lines
• BriefingsDirect
• Enterprise Web 2.0
• Irregular Enterprise
• IT Project Failures
• Service Oriented
• Software as Services
• Software & Services Safari

Mac sales soar 39 percent

Sam Diaz: According to Piper Jaffray's managing director and senior research analyst Gene Munster, Apple saw a huge sales boost during the first two months of the year.

• ZDNet Government
• All About Microsoft
• The Apple Core
• Community, Inc.
• Ed Bott's Microsoft Report
• Linux and Open Source
• Managing L'unix

IT hiring outlook improves

Larry Dignan: CIOs say the information technology hiring picture is improving for the second quarter and job hunters may want to focus their efforts on the insurance and financial services sector

• On Sustainability
• IT Project Failures
• GreenTech Pastures
• Forrester Research
• Technology and the Global Supply Chain
• Managing L'unix

20 highest radiation cell phones

Gallery: Here's a look at the 20 cell phones (among current U.S. models) with the highest SAR ratings as stated by the FCC.

• Emerging Technologies
• Between The Lines
• All About Microsoft
• The ToyBox
• IT Facts
• Tom Foremski: IMHO
• ZDNet Government
• iGeneration