An OS for the home and cool Kickstarter projects

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	An OS for the home and cool Kickstarter projects This week we start with something that has both intrigued and amused me: Microsoft Research has a new operating system in the works targeted at home automation called, with glaring dullness, HomeOS. Read More WHITE PAPER: Quest Software Want to Make Compliance Easy? Get Proactive! Is your business reactively implementing compliance? If so, you're wasting time and money and destroying productivity. Get proactive! In this Quest white paper, see how centralized monitoring and reporting is more secure, saves money and helps you adapt and manage compliance needs today and tomorrow. Read Now! In this Issue Sony demos wireless media hub for its computers, smartphones, game consoles Android remote access app shootout Windows 8 Tablets Due in November: Should You Wait It Out? Windows 8 Update: Windows 8 wows AT&T Mobility Pocket marvels: 40 years of handheld computers In Search of the Business Tablet Multiple iPhone 5 prototypes being tested at Apple Sidecar app for iOS, Android seeks to give smartphone voice calls overdue respect 15 Must-Have Android Apps, According to Twitter Via announces $49 PC with Android OS WHITE PAPER: Aruba Networks IDC Worldwide Enterprise WLAN 2011-2012 Vendor Analysis Covering a variety of vendors in the enterprise WLAN market, this evaluation is based on various deployment architectures and set of parameters that assess vendors relative to one another and to those factors expected to be most conducive to success in the short and the long term. Read now. Sony demos wireless media hub for its computers, smartphones, game consoles Sony on Tuesday showed a digital media hub that uses Wi-Fi to connect its PCs, tablets, smartphones and PlayStation game consoles, a product that it hopes will be part of its comeback. Read More Android remote access app shootout There are times when accessing another computer remotely can be convenient -- to check on the status of a download or code that is being compiled, to start or stop an application, or to load a document to view it. It can be really helpful to be able to do this from a smartphone or tablet. We tested three services that let you use your Android device to connect to your computer remotely. Read More Windows 8 Tablets Due in November: Should You Wait It Out? Tablets and tablet/laptop hybrids running Windows 8 and Intel chips will be here for the holidays. Despite many challenges in the tablet market, a beautifully designed Windows 8 hybrid device could be a game-changer. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: IT Roadmap Denver IT Roadmap Denver: New Sessions Including: Unified Communications and VOIP, Mobility Strategies, The New Enterprise Network in the Era of the Cloud, Risk Management, Applications Strategy, Reducing IT Cost and Increasing Efficiencies, Analyzing Your Customers for Business Intelligence, and more. So register now and get ready for an all new IT Roadmap in 2012: Click to continue Windows 8 Update: Windows 8 wows AT&T Mobility The chief of AT&T Mobility can't wait for Windows 8 tablets to hit the market because they'll fuel demand for Windows phones. Read More Pocket marvels: 40 years of handheld computers From the first pocket scientific calculator through '80s organizers to today's tablets, check out 15 ingenious devices that have driven the handheld computing revolution. Read More In Search of the Business Tablet I had the privilege of filling in for Maribel Lopez (my Co-Chair at next month's inaugural Mobile Connect conference in Boston, on the Tablets Panel at last week's Interop conference in Las Vegas. Read More WHITE PAPER: Limelight Web Acceleration: The Rules Have Changed Optimizing your web page loading time is essential for retaining your website visitors. Download Web Acceleration: The Rules Have Changed to learn how front-end optimization can improve Time to Action for your web and mobile content, and how it can be done in front of your existing CDN with minimal integration required. Learn More! Multiple iPhone 5 prototypes being tested at Apple Apple hasn't made its mind up about what the next-generation iPhone will look like yet, according to new reports. The company is thought to be testing multiple prototypes of the new iPhone, two of which have a bigger and better display. Read More Sidecar app for iOS, Android seeks to give smartphone voice calls overdue respect Sidecar, a born-again startup whose founders hail from Internet media services company RealNetworks, Tuesday is launching an eponymous app for iPhones and Android smartphones that's designed to make it easier for people to share videos, photos and more while talking on those devices. Read More 15 Must-Have Android Apps, According to Twitter CIO.com's Al Sacco asked his tech-savvy Twitter followers for recommendations on the best Android apps available today, and they answered with gusto. You won't want to miss any of these must-have Android downloads. Read More Via announces $49 PC with Android OS The price bar for PCs keeps dropping, with chip maker Via on Tuesday announcing a US$49 APC computer with a customized version of Google's Android operating system. Read More
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