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Secunia: Less that 2 percent of Windows PCs fully patched

Ryan Naraine: It's long been established that the unpatched state of the Windows monoculture is the reason we are facing a malware epidemic.

• Zero Day
• Threat Chaos
• Between the Lines

Don't make Win 7 too Mac-like

Mary Jo Foley: I want some of what's coming in Windows 7, but I really do not care if I get more fancy bells and whistles that just clutter my desktop. If I want a Mac, I'll buy a Mac.

• Windows 7 Beta 1 to arrive January 13?
• Ed Bott: A deep dive into Windows 7 (build 6801)
• Gallery: A deep dive into Windows 7

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

Apple removes anti-virus recommendation

Jason D. O'Grady: CNET News.com reports that Apple removed the KnowledgeBase article that recommended antivirus for Mac users from its support site late Tuesday. KBase Article HT2550 now points to a bare error page.

• All About Microsoft
• The Apple Core
• The BlackBerry Beat
• Ed Bott's Microsoft Report
• Googling Google

Should you run your laptop on battery or charger power?

Andrew Nusca: Do you save more energy keeping your laptop plugged in during use, or should you use your charger only after the battery runs out of juice?

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

In greentech, you get big, you get enemies

Harry Fuller: Solar thermal is being heavily promoted as already cheaper than silicon solar panel farms, and huge scale installations pruport to be equal in cost with traditional fossil fuel burning generators.

• On Sustainability
• IT Project Failures
• GreenTech Pastures
• IT Services & Outsourcing
• Managing L'unix

The weirdest computing disasters of 2008

Roasted laptops, panthers savaging memory sticks and angry fishermen throwing computers overboard top the list of the year's weirdest computing disasters.

• Storage Bits
• Hardware 2.0
• The Core Truth
• Laptops & Desktops

Nuclear technology to beat world hunger?

Roland Piquepaille: The International Atomic Energy Agency is collaborating with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations to apply nuclear science to food security.

• Emerging Technologies
• Between The Lines
• All About Microsoft
• The Core Truth
• IT Facts
• Tom Foremski: IMHO

Mashups: No SOA required, but keep IT in the loop

Joe McKendrick: The vision that has gotten everybody excited is the possibility that business end-users would be able to design their own mashups for their own purposes, without having to wait for IT to build the interface.

• Between the Lines
• BriefingsDirect
• Enterprise Anti-matter
• Enterprise Web 2.0
• Irregular Enterprise
• IT Project Failures
• Service Oriented
• Software as Services

Schwartz: Three reasons you need JavaFX

Ed Burnette: In the run-up to today's launch of JavaFX, ZDNet sat down with Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz to get his thoughts on JavaFX, Flash, and the future of Java.

• JavaFX Q&A
• Sun launches JavaFX 1.0
• Jason Perlow: Slicing up Sun

• Googling Google
• Dev Connection
• The Semantic Web
• The Social Web
• The Universal Desktop
• Web 2.0 Explorer

Hi-Def voice: Cool sounding, But do you care?

David Greenfield: Who doesn't hate a bad phone connection, but just how bad does a connection have to be before you're willing to pay for a really good one?

• The BlackBerry Beat
• IP Telephony
• The Mobile Gadgeteer
• The Social Web
• SOHO Networking
• Team Think