News to know: ZDNet, Adobe-Apple, HP-AMD, IE, Chrome

There's a new look for ZDNet, buzz about Apple, Adobe and antitrust investigation and nine new HP laptops -- all powered by AMD chips -- are the top headlines today. Get the day's rolling posts via Twitter, RSS, or email.

Here are the key themes for Wednesday, May 5:

Notice anything different about ZDNet today? A bit of a refresh, a redesign, a facelift, if you will. I'll leave the details to Larry, who explains some of the changes and reasoning behind them. There's also a photo gallery to check things out.

It looks like it was Adobe that asked the feds to take a look at Apple's SDK? But, who cares who asked? Here's the bigger question: Should regulators really be delving into things as deep as a software developer kit?

IT budgets are tight. But it's also time to release some of the pent-up PC demand. Recognizing that, HP has launched nine new AMD-powered business notebooks starting at $549. Andrew Nusca has all the details at The Toybox.

• HP unveils updated Pavilion lineup of consumer laptops; start $649 to $849
• HP updates Mini 210 netbook with new designs; upgrades 110 battery
• HP debuts quad-core Envy 14 and 17; start at $999 and $1,399

Lawyers hired by the Pennsylvanis school district that found itself in hot water after activating the webcams of students' computers have released an investigative report that found that school officials weren't really engaging in any spying tactics, instead going with a "we didn't know" defense. But someone needs to take the fall, right? Guess who they're trying to throw under the bus.

More headlines:

• Times Square car bomb terrorist arrest: Following the tech bread crumbs
• Craigslist's adult ads: Should morality affect the bottom line?
• Windows Phone OS 7.0: What's inside?
• How HP's Palm buy could crush Apple

ZDNet's new look: Stroll through the gallery and then come on back and click around