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Internet: A threat to government or the other way around?

Doug Hanchard: Could the Internet pose a threat to government as an institution and create significant problems that shape how governing in the future occurs around the globe? Or are governments a danger to users of the Internet.

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

Inside the Chrome OS security model

Ryan Nariane: Google plans to use a combination of system hardening, process isolation, verified boot, secure auto-update and encryption to thwart malicious hackers from planting malware on its new Google Chrome OS.

• Google's Chrome OS: Will you give up desktop apps?
• Gallery: Chrome OS revealed
• Google makes Chrome OS open source
• Special Report: Google's Chrome OS

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

Social computing and the enterprise, part one

Michael Krigsman: Salesforce.com's new product, Chatter, sparked a conversation among ZDNet's Dion Hinchliffe, Forrester's Natalie Petouhoff and me on what happens when social computing hits the enterprise.

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

Office Starter 2010: The fine print

Mary Jo Foley: It looks like Office Starter won't support all the same file types as Microsoft Office did, based on a frequently-asked questions document from Microsoft that one tester forwarded to me.

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

Top-rated reviews of the week

Gallery: Here are a few of Reviews' favorite items from the past week, including the Alienware M15x, Sonos ZonePlayer S5 and Sony Vaio L117FX.

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

Apple's latest TV ads defend AT&T

Jason D. O'Grady: It seems that Apple is jumping into the AT&T vs. Verizon battle royale that has been playing out on television sets and computer screens everywhere.

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

Exploit for IE7 zero day flaw

Ryan Naraine: Exploit code for a critical (remotely exploitable) vulnerability in Microsoft's Internet Explorer 7 browser has been released on the Internet, prompting a new round of "upgrade now!" warnings from computer security experts.

• New iPhone worm found in the wild
• Thousands of web sites compromised, redirect to scareware
• Which antivirus is best at removing malware?

• Zero Day
• Between the Lines

Apple to smokers: Butt out or void your warranty

Jason D. O'Grady: Apple just laid down the gauntlet with smokers announcing that it won't honor the warranty on a product that's been exposed to smoke.

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

Cray's Jaguar tops IBM's Roadrunner for fastest supercomputer

The Cray XT5 supercomputer known as "Jaguar" has finally clawed its way to the title of fastest computer in the world.

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

The race to develop a better browser

Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft isn't the only browser provider planning to harness hardware acceleration. Mozilla is planning to do it with Firefox and Chrome probably won't be far behind.

• Can Microsoft keep Silverlight compatible?
• Firefox hopes to one-up IE with fast graphics
• Microsoft shares a few tidbits on IE9 and (lots) more on Silverlight 4

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