Tablet owners weigh in with biggest beefs; the problem with today's CIOs; add shutdown button to Windows 8; Apple release iOS 6.0.2

The Editor's Daily Picks TechRepublic Member | December 18, 2012

Tablet owners weigh in with their biggest beefs A new report from Q&A site FixYa uncovers the major complaints users have with the iPad Mini, Amazon Kindle Fire HD, Google Nexus 7, and Nook HD. Read more Resource of the day Data Sanitization Solution Brief HP Data Sanitization solutions help address an important but often overlooked security risk by safely removing your confidential data from the old hardware and virtually eliminating the possibility that it could be retrieved or reconstructed. More from TechRepublic   Why today's CIOs may no longer be up to the job Add a Shutdown menu to the Windows 8 desktop Apple's U.S. manufacturing move boosts supply chain stability Windows 8: The development wildcard of 2012 News from ZDNet   Samsung withdraws request for Apple ban in Europe No, what Instagram just did to its users is not acceptable Nokia's first half of 2013 critical Brits still keen on the iPhone, despite Android's success Samsung Galaxy Grand goes large, but without the resolution to match Carriers interested in BlackBerry 10; will developers and consumers bite? HTC excels at smartphone design, needs to excel in profits in 2013 Oracle updates NoSQL, big data appliance and connectors Free Wi-Fi comes to London's 'Square Mile' Nvidia Tegra 4 processor details leaked Vodafone pulled out of 4G spectrum auction months ago: govt Google Ventures reveals where it invested in 2012 How algae is becoming much more than pond scum News from CNET   Apple releases iOS 6.0.2 to fix Wi-Fi issue Instagram says it now has the right to sell your photos How to back up your Instagram photos and delete your account Apple loses bid for permanent ban on Samsung phones in U.S. Samsung announces Galaxy Grand: 5-inch Jelly Bean-powered smartphone Microsoft 'very surprised' by Google's Exchange ActiveSync ouster AT&T brings 4G LTE to five more cities, but still lags Verizon One-third of all Android devices sold in China Twitter surpasses 200M active monthly users The future of Google IBM imagines a computer that smells your illness Google to submit antitrust probe settlement offer in January Apple said to be talking to Foursquare for maps data Scan and match arrives in U.S. Google Play store Featured galleries   Shutdown Windows 8 right from the desktop Today's recommended downloads Using HP StoreOnce for NDMP Backup With Symantec NetBackup (Hewlett-Packard (HP)® & Intel®) HP ProLiant Gen8 Servers: Power, Flexibility & Serviceability (Hewlett-Packard & Intel®) B2B Integration on Cloud: Real World Solutions and Technology Advances (IBM) Research Brief: Managing Security in the Cloud (NTT Communications) The Best Way to Build a Cloud / HP CloudSystem Matrix and HP 3PAR Utility Storage (Hewlett-Packard (HP)® & Intel®)   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 TechRepublic 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 Email: Middle aged and still going strong Email celebrated its 41st birthday recently, yet despite its age new research shows that its use is unlikely to significantly wane for at least the next decade. TechRepublic newsletters   Get product reviews, tech news analysis, tips, and more in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! Big Data Analytics Tablets in the Enterprise Five Apps Software Engineer Smartphones

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