7 Solid 7-Inch Tablets That Rival the iPad Mini (and Cost Less)

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	7 Solid 7-Inch Tablets That Rival the iPad Mini (and Cost Less) CIO.com's Al Sacco rounds up the best 7-inch tablets available today, including tablets from ASUS, Samsung, Lenovo and HTC. And all 7 of these 7-inchers cost less than Apple's brand new iPad mini tablet. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Microsoft Survey results show Microsoft is becoming a threat to VMware With the recent release of Windows Server 2012, Microsoft is emerging as a leader in virtualization. Survey results from VMworld indicate that Microsoft is becoming an increasing threat to VMware. Read more > In this Issue Windows 8 coming out party: New Microsoft OS runs on all kinds of hardware NBA's LeBron James shows off his custom Samsung Galaxy Note II 100,000 new jobs for tech industry through midyear 2012, report says 'Lance Armstrong' bug hunt continues in stable Linux kernel INSIDER Securing mixed cloud environments Apple vs. Amazon: Has the iPad mini kindled new competition? The new breed: Windows 8 PCs that innovate Why Did The US Government Sell Out Against Open Source? Cisco study finds clouds moving in Next Week: 4G World in Chicago More coming for enterprise customers after Windows 8, says Ballmer Mobile SEO Strategies: More than Just Choosing Keywords RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Google Google Apps for Business Do more for less with your team using Google Apps. Custom web-based email, calendars, and documents to easily share & work together in the cloud. Start with a free 30-day trial! Windows 8 coming out party: New Microsoft OS runs on all kinds of hardware Windows 8, Microsoft's bold new operating system, officially debuted this morning at a coming out party in New York City highlighted by a display of the wide variety of devices on which it can run - from PCs to tablets to hybrids to laptops to notebooks. Read More NBA's LeBron James shows off his custom Samsung Galaxy Note II Miami Heat star basketball player LeBron James got to cut line and has been sent a Samsung Galaxy Note II smartphone ahead of most everyone else looking to secure the latest hot Android device. Read More 100,000 new jobs for tech industry through midyear 2012, report says Three of the four high-tech job sectors analyzed by TechAmerica Foundation saw positive job growth in the first half of 2012, amounting to nearly 100,000 new jobs for the tech industry. The organization called the gains "modest," however, and warned against taking the industry's relative job strength for granted. Read More 'Lance Armstrong' bug hunt continues in stable Linux kernel The discovery of a somewhat alarming bug in the Linux ext4 filesystem provoked a minor wave of panic this week, but project maintainer Theodore Ts'o says it has since become clear that the problem can likely only affect a small number of users. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP and Intel® Xeon® processor HP 3PAR Storage: Optimizing I/O Service Levels According to ESG, making solid-state usable is "job number one." This report explores how 3PAR Storage optimizes the SSD tier with multiple, smaller-capacity that can be characterized as a clustered SSD implementation. Learn how this architecture spreads SSD benefits across more data to improve service level and I/O costs. Learn more. INSIDER Securing mixed cloud environments Securing cloud computing environments is challenging enough, but is made all the more complicated when a mix of cloud options are employed, an approach that will become increasingly common. Read More Apple vs. Amazon: Has the iPad mini kindled new competition? Amazon's Kindle line of tablets is more reminiscent of Apple's iPad lineup than other Android devices - with everything from the hardware to the app store controlled by a single company. Read More The new breed: Windows 8 PCs that innovate These eight next-gen tablets and laptops show a new spirit of innovation in PCs Read More Why Did The US Government Sell Out Against Open Source? The U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) just announced that they have replaced over 17,000 Blackberry phones with Apple's iPhones. While I can understand the reasoning behind replacing the Blackberry phones, I don't quite get the logic on going to another closed system like Apple's iOS. It seems that ICE did not want Android because of its open nature. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP & Intel Top 10 Benefits of Virtualization In this eGuide, Network World sister publications InfoWorld, and PC World examine some of the current uses of blade servers in today's data center, as well as how trends such as server virtualization are reshaping enterprise computing. Read Now! Cisco study finds clouds moving in Global cloud traffic will grow sixfold between 2011 and 2016 while global data center traffic will quadruple in that time. That's just one of the findings in Cisco's second annual Global Cloud Index, an estimate global data center and cloud-based IP traffic growth and trends. Read More Next Week: 4G World in Chicago I mentioned this event in passing before, but Farpoint Group is pleased to be an Analyst Sponsor of this year's 4G World conference in Chicago. I'm Chairing a mini-track (three sessions) under the Mobile Connect banner that we introduced as a collocated event with this year's E2 in Boston back in June. Read More More coming for enterprise customers after Windows 8, says Ballmer Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, says enterprise customers will love Windows 8 and it's the first of more to come from Microsoft Read More Mobile SEO Strategies: More than Just Choosing Keywords With more people performing searches by typing or voice commands on their mobile devices, does your company website need a new SEO strategy? These five mobile SEO tips will help potential customers find – and stay on – your mobile site. Read More
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