BlackBerry CEO predicts death of tablet in 5 years; The vanishing PC: Race to the bottom accelerates

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BlackBerry chief questions tablet category: Maybe he's not wrong Thorsten Heins, CEO of BlackBerry, says tablets won't have much of a purpose in five years. Heins' comments were widely panned, but maybe he's not that far off base. Read more Resource of the day Comparison of Cisco and ShoreTel Unified Communication Solutions Check out this white paper to learn more about the difference between Cisco and ShoreTel unified communications offerings. More from TechRepublic   IT Manager: An IT dashboard for the iPad Data center management on the go with ICM Mobile The future of IT security compliance: 201 CMR 17.00 CodePaLOUsa: Humanitarian Toolbox, F#, open source licensing, happiness News from ZDNet   The vanishing PC: Race to the bottom accelerates 'Jurassic Park' Proves That The PC Won't Die First-ever website is back online HP boasts its SDN fabric cuts provisioning down from months to minutes Cisco jumps on gigabit Internet craze with new wireless offerings AWS to start certifying IT employees for cloud training, expertise Amazon Web Services SVP defends why public clouds trump private models Mobile technology: The amazing impact on our lives Report: Apple planning multi-billion dollar bond sale for shareholder program Cloudera, Splunk, 10gen and SoftLayer/Basho announce new products Windows 8 security for healthcare IT Worries about the Web and Google's role in it Jawbone announces the UP Platform and acquires BodyMedia EE extends 4G footprint, takes LTE to 62 UK towns and cities Best Buy exits European market; sells stake back to Carphone Warehouse for £500M Today's recommended downloads Unified Communications Buyer's Guide (ShoreTel) Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Overview (Global Knowledge) Cloud Integration: A Comprehensive Solution (Oracle) Consolidating Oracle E-Business Suite on Oracle's SPARC SuperCluster (Oracle) Enterprise Cloud Infrastructure for Dummies (Oracle)   About this newsletter The Editor's Daily Picks newsletter gives you my picks for the top tech stories of the day on the products, people, and ideas that are revolutionizing the planet. Jason Hiner Editor in Chief For real-time updates on the latest tech stories, follow my Twitter feed (@jasonhiner) or my Google+ feed (+Jason Hiner). Connect with TechRepublic Executive's guide to the 21st century data center (PDF) To help you develop the best data center strategies for your organization, ZDNet and TechRepublic pulled together this collection of the latest information, analysis, perspective, and advice. TechRepublic newsletters   Get product reviews, tech news analysis, tips, and more in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! Week in Review Big Data Analytics Tablets in the Enterprise Five Apps Software Engineer Smartphones

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