The 20 best iPhone/iPad games of 2012 so far

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	The 20 best iPhone/iPad games of 2012 so far We're nearly midway through 2012, which means that it's time to check in to see how the mobile gaming industry has fared so far this year. While Rovio's Angry Birds Space has certainly grabbed the most attention from mobile gamers, there are plenty of other quality games to be had on your iPhone or iPad. In this slideshow we'll break down the top-rated games of 2012 so far according to both App Store user reviews and professional reviewers on Metacritic. Who knows, maybe you'll discover something you like as much as Fruit Ninja or Cut the Rope! Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Leveraging Emerging Technologies for Business Intelligence This whitepaper addresses how Instead of storing data in a data warehouse, in-memory analytics stores the data set in memory, allowing for dramatic improvements in query response and the end-user experience. Learn More In this Issue Who are tech's highest paid CEOs? LTE spectrum: How much do the big carriers have? Is the cloud really ready for prime time? DMARC helps protect reputation of American Greetings' e-cards Is RIM ruined? New wave of ultrabooks to include 30 touchscreen models, Intel says Why F5 beats Netscaler…and the rest of the competition Open Source Blackberry To Set RIM Free Microsoft to ship Windows 8 Release Preview today WHITE PAPER: Dell Managing Data Growth Small and midsize businesses can get the storage strategy advice they need in this issue of "Data Storage Insights." With a focus on managing data growth, expert articles include how tiered storage saves, tips to cost-effectively expand storage capacity and what to do once your business has outgrown its backup strategy. Learn More Who are tech's highest paid CEOs? Oracle's Larry Ellison finally ousted from the top spot on our list of highest paid tech execs Read More LTE spectrum: How much do the big carriers have? 700MHz band is prime real estate but carriers also use AWS spectrum, cellular bands Read More Is the cloud really ready for prime time? Coupa, a 2006 startup that helps more than 200 customer companies manage purchasing and procurement, doesn't own any IT infrastructure -- it is run completely from the Amazon Web Service cloud. Read More WHITE PAPER: Silver Peak Systems, Inc. Top 8 WAN Optimization Vendors Rated and Ranked Limited bandwidth, long distances and poor network quality prohibit cost reductions for today's critical IT initiatives. Your IT organization needs WAN optimization that can be deployed anywhere, on any platform, and for the lowest cost. See how the new Gartner Magic Quadrant for WAN Optimization Controllers can help. Read now. DMARC helps protect reputation of American Greetings' e-cards E-card company American Greetings has turned to DMARC as a way to authenticate its email and protect its corporate name from being sullied by spammers and phishers. Read More Is RIM ruined? Bad news keeps piling up on RIM, but it wasn't always that way Read More New wave of ultrabooks to include 30 touchscreen models, Intel says A fresh crop of ultrabooks sporting Intel's latest "Ivy Bridge" Core processors will start to go on sale next month, including 30 models with touchscreens, Intel said Thursday. Read More WHITE PAPER: Centage Corporation Transition from Spreadsheet Budgets to Packaged Application This white paper details the problems that go with spreadsheet-based budgeting as well as the advantages of packaged applications. It also proposes a road map to help start the transition of your budgeting from a spreadsheet platform to an enterprise packaged application. Learn more. Why F5 beats Netscaler…and the rest of the competition I saw this recent white paper on the IDG website on why Citrix's Netscaler ADC beats F5. It's an interesting read that created a handful of inquiries from end-user buyers, channel partners and investors, but I don't think it accurately portrays buying criteria. So, after spending hours on the phone, I thought I would summarize the results in this blog. Read More Open Source Blackberry To Set RIM Free Lots of news about RIM's continued slide and their hiring of bankers to explore strategic options. Some options are to find licensees for their technology to an outright sale of the company. Read More Microsoft to ship Windows 8 Release Preview today Microsoft will ship Windows 8 Release Preview today, several days earlier than expected, according to a blog briefly posted by the company. Read More
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