[TechRepublic] Acer Aspire S3 Teardown: Good hardware, lackluster construction

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Acer Aspire S3 Teardown: Good hardware, lackluster construction The Acer Aspire S3 Ultrabook is thin, light and feature rich. But, its build quality and battery life are less than one expects in a premium laptop. Read more Cracking Open: Acer Aspire S3 Ultrabook Resource of the day A Year of Information in One Easy Download Ready for a full year's worth of improved application performance? Download this Application Performance Management (APM) Almanac to read more than 50 informative articles written by two long-time architect/developers. Additional TechRepublic resources   CES 2012: Ultrabooks and quad-core mobile devices likely to take center stage Bill Detwiler shares his thoughts on the hardware trends that you should be watching for at CES 2012. Read more Motorola Droid Razr Teardown: Better hardware should anger Bionic buyers The Droid Razr is thinner, lighter, and has better hardware than the Droid Bionic, which Motorola release just two months prior. Read more Galaxy Nexus facial recognition doesn't recognize me when I'm drunk Sonja Thompson recounts her experience with the Samsung Galaxy Nexus facial recognition software. Read more Why Android tablets failed: A postmortem Android tablets were expected to give the Apple iPad fierce competition in 2011. It never happened. Here's why Android tablets flopped. Read more Featured multimedia   A trip down tech memory lane Why tablets will beat laptops in 2012 Cracking Open the Samsung Galaxy Nexus Cracking Open the Motorola Droid Razr Featured multimedia   Up close with the HP Folio 13 We take HP's small-business 13-inch ultrabook for a spin here at the CNET offices. View on site Casio G'zOne Ravine 2 (photos) The Casio G'zOne continues Casio's long tradition of ultrarugged phones with the bonus of improved call quality. View on site Logitech Cube mouse (photos) Logitech's new Cube Mouse. View on site Today's recommended downloads Best Practices for Improving eCommerce Application Perforamnce (dynaTrace software) How to Optimize Performance in eCommerce Production Environments (dynaTrace software) A Year of Information in One Easy Download (dynaTrace software) How Cloud Drives Changes to Service Level Management (IBM) Automating the Cloud to Drive ROI (IBM)   About this newsletter I dissect the latest business tech products and analyze the internal components in order to help IT leaders make smart hardware purchasing and deployment decisions. Bill Detwiler Head Technology Editor My Twitter feed: @billdetwiler Connect with TechRepublic 10 things I learned from TechRepublic members in 2011 Some of the best information on TechRepublic emerges in the article discussions. Susan Harkins shares a few nice tricks she learned from members last year. TechRepublic newsletters   Get product reviews, tech news analysis, tips, and more in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! TechRepublic Australia Wrapper Web Designer The Enterprise Cloud Tablets in the Enterprise Google in the Enterprise App Builder 10 Things

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