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Today's Top Picks   Five reasons why the time is now for Samsung, BlackBerry to merge Samsung and BlackBerry may not be an item yet, but there are a lot of reasons why the case for a merger is stronger than ever. READ FULL STORY | SHARE ON FACEBOOK Recommended Are You Missing any Pieces? Windows Server 2003 Migration Infographic A successful Windows Server 2003 migrationtakes time to plan and execute, so start today. Check out this infographic to see if your strategy is missing pieces. CES 2015, from tablets to curved screens and wireless charging: A pragmatist's verdict CES can show you whatever you are looking for, so whatever you think of the industry, this one event won't change your mind. READ FULL STORY | SHARE ON FACEBOOK Can hardware makers handle rapid cloud turn? The cloud move means that hardware vendors will have to sell servers, routers and storage systems to fewer players. READ FULL STORY | SHARE ON FACEBOOK Samsung starts mass producing 'world's first' 8Gb graphics DRAM Samsung is meeting increasing high-quality graphics DRAM demand with what it claims is the world's first 8-gigabit graphics DRAM. READ FULL STORY | SHARE ON FACEBOOK Google to begin offering first Ara phones in Puerto Rico this year Google's build-it-yourself smartphone concept is moving closer to reality with a third prototype due this spring, ahead of a market test in Puerto Rico. READ FULL STORY | SHARE ON FACEBOOK Hot Topic Spotlight   Obama: End laws that protect big ISPs, so Americans can get faster, better broadband The president is pushing for the end of laws that protect larger, established Internet providers from competition, which he says harms the rollout of rural broadband services. READ FULL STORY  | SHARE ON FACEBOOK Featured Photo Gallery   CES 2015: Meet the worst tech of the show The biggest tech expo of the year drew to an end with some remarkably strange, weird, and in some cases entirely pointless gadgets, gizmos, and technologies. VIEW THE GALLERY  | SHARE ON FACEBOOK More photo galleries: Free antivirus scanners for Windows PCs Featured Review   Review: ZAGG Slim Book for iPad Air: A perfect 10 I've used dozens of keyboards for the iPad Air; this is without a doubt the best. READ FULL REVIEW  | SHARE ON FACEBOOK	Latest News   Best Buy: We'll need to step up e-commerce amid sales slump ahead   Google adds Word Lens technology to Translate app   Why MariaDB says MaxScale will make life easier for developers and admins   Target pulls plug on bungled Canadian operations   Doxie Go Wi-Fi: Scanner for the mobile professional   Why Apple won't ditch Intel... yet   BlackBerry stock soars upon Samsung takeover reports   Logitech launches Harmony API to spur smart home connections   Read more News >> Connect with ZDNet   Become a fan on Facebook   Follow us on Twitter   Watch us on YouTube Small Business Center   Xero adds payroll services to cloud accounting suite Dubbed Payroll, its features help employers issue payroll, as well as with the electronic filling of state and federal payroll taxes. READ FULL STORY  | SHARE ON FACEBOOK Featured Video   Doing Small Business Better: Series highlights The highlights from ZDNet's Doing Small Business Better video series. WATCH VIDEO  | SHARE ON FACEBOOK Watch more Videos >>   Recommended Downloads Rethinking IT to Drive Business Value This whitepaper presents voice-of-the-IT-buyer research results for insight into the challenges and opportunities for IT organizations to drive innovation, transformation and improved deliveryagainst business expectations. Live Webcast: A Fast, Secure Path to the Cloud Many companies are wary of sending their sensitive and highly regulated assets to public cloud resources. The cost efficiencies and scalability of cloud models, however, are too compelling to ignore. From on-demand compute capacity to modernized... IAM for the Real World: Privileged Account Management Unix systems face special identity and access management (IAM) challenges. Read this e-book for essential information on the common security issueswith privileged account management ? and how you can minimize or eliminate them. Superior Network-Level Access for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch Users Discover how Apple iPad, iPhone and iPod touch users can get superior network-level access to corporate, academic and government resources over encrypted SSL VPN connections, affording complete privacy and authentication.