The problem with Windows 7 tablets: They still run Windows

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	TOP STORY: The problem with Windows 7 tablets: They still run Windows Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and cohorts drew some major applause at CES by showing off new tablets running Windows 7, and for good reason. New devices from Acer, ASUS and Samsung are sleek and have innovative form factors - for example, dual screens and slide-out keyboards. But the advances can largely be attributed to the good work of Microsoft's hardware partners. The problem with Windows tablets is that they still run Windows. Read More WHITE PAPER: Changing the Way You Purchase Storage (NetApp) Most organizations are still buying storage based on outmoded ways of thinking. Find out why it's time to modernize your approach and the key criteria you need to consider before making your next IT investment. Read now! Will touch screens kill the keyboard? Thanks to a handful of emerging technologies, virtual touch-screen keyboards are getting closer to the feel of real electromechanical keyboards. Enhancements such as tactile feedback and surfaces that change to mimic physical keys could eventually redefine the virtual keyboard experience for millions of users of devices ranging from smartphones to tablets and touch-screen PCs. Read More Cisco's Cius tablet coming to Verizon LTE Verizon Wireless will introduce Cisco's Cius tablet for its fast LTE mobile broadband network in the spring of 2011, and the companies will also offer LTE interfaces for Cisco's second-generation Integrated Services Router for small and medium-size businesses. Read More WHITE PAPER: Yankee Group: Accelerate UC Deployments (Level 3) Unified Communications holds tremendous promise, but deployments have fallen short of the hype. This Yankee Group report analyzes the reasons behind the gap between the UC vision and deployment such as sticking with a TDM network architecture instead of IP. Yankee discusses the value of SIP trunking and offers a SIP trunking vendor checklist. Read More Displaced IT workers stand to lose federal help An expansion of the Trade Adjustment Assistance program in 2009 that gave laid-off tech workers employment-related benefits could expire next month. Read More Study: A third of all malware in history created in 2010 More than a third of all malware that has ever existed was created by criminal gangs in 2010 alone according to the latest PandaLabs Annual Report. Read More WHITE PAPER: Application Quality Management (Oracle) Read this white paper to learn how AQM solutions include thorough testing capabilities that can help users identify application quality and performance issues prior to deployment, saving valuable time, money and reputation. Learn More Today! 'Like' us on Facebook If you like Network World, like us on Facebook! Follow the link above to our Facebook page. Read More The Top 10 Video Games of 2010 Here's my obligatory list of 2010's top 10 video games, in no particular order. Yours would no doubt look different. That's the point of lists, after all: To throw our favorites out there, then stand around comparing and critiquing. Read More WHITE PAPER: Dramatically Accelerate Oracle Database Performance (Oracle) Built for top performance with SPARC64® VII processors, large memory capacity, and massive I/O expansion capabilities, Sun SPARC Enterprise M-Series servers excel at executing high- throughput transaction processing workloads while offering mission critical reliability and fine grain high availability architecture. Learn More Today! Tablets, chips share early limelight at CES Tablets are taking center stage at CES, at least so far, but big announcements from Microsoft and buzz around chips are also in the limelight. Read More The Impact of IPv4-Address Exhaustion on the Security of the IPv4-Only Internet With the IPv4-address exhaustion becoming closer and closer, there could be an impact on some security techniques used by Internet Service Providers (ISP) and other security organizations. Indeed, ISPs rely on the fact that part of the IPv4 address space is not allocated in order to prevent and detect attacks with two techniques that will be described in this article. Read More Greenpeace lauds Asus, Acer, HP, Samsung for greenest consumer electronics At CES, environmental watchdog group Greenpeace named the greenest consumer electronics products. Asus, Acer, HP and Samsung earned some of the highest marks, while Wipro and Dell earned some of the lowest. Read More CES video: Ballmer plugs Windows 7 as an OS for all devices Microsoft showed Windows running on ARM processors, a first for the OS. Read More Microsoft puts 'Windows 8' on Arm at CES Microsoft demonstrated the next version of Windows running on Arm processors in the opening keynote of CES – a big move for the company as it attempts to adapt Windows for tablet PCs. Read More Google previews Honeycomb features Google showed off the first preview of features in Honeycomb, its upcoming version of Android designed for tablets, during a keynote speech Thursday at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Read More
	BECOME AN INSIDER Get premium content, in-depth reviews, practical tips and exclusive research. All for just signing up. Sign up for free today. SLIDESHOWS The weirdest, wackiest and stupidest sci/tech stories of 2010 It's hard to pick the weirdest and wackiest tech stories of 2010 considering there is so much nuttiness to choose from. But we'll give it a shot. Here we take a look at a number of stories that gave us pause in 2010. 2010's most popular iPad apps As the iPad celebrates its first birthday, it should raise a glass to Apple's App Store, which has provided users with an array of innovative applications. Late last week, Apple released a list of the 10 most popular iPad applications, with productivity apps making up the bulk. MOST-READ STORIES Cisco unveils Internet TV and more at CES Microsoft bashes Apple while previewing next-gen Windows 30 most anticipated tech products of 2011 CES 2011: Gadgets galore AT&T LTE service to launch by midyear At CES, Lenovo marries Windows and Android What it's like to make the wrong job switch Worm planted in fake Microsoft security update Top 12 tech embarrassments of 2010 Motorola rolls out Droid Bionic Get more IT peer perspective online: LinkedIn Group | Facebook | Twitter
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