[TechRepublic] Microsoft will never regain tablet dominance

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Three reasons why Microsoft will never regain tablet dominance Patrick Gray explains why he thinks Microsoft will never regain dominance of the tablet market. Do you agree? Read more Resource of the day Constangy, Brooks & Smith's IT Story: A Case Study Constangy, Brooks & Smith LLP needed to improve their IT efficiency across their whole network. Download this case study to learn more about their IT story and understand the strategy that worked for them and could work for you too. Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 4G is a worthy contender for power tablet users Jack Wallen reviews the Galaxy Tab 10.1 4G. Find out why he thinks this is one of the best tablets available for power and business users. Read more Dear Google, consumers would buy a Droid 2 tablet Donovan Colbert wants to buy an Android tablet, but he's holding out for a device that meets his requirements. He thinks a giant Droid 2 would be a hot selling tablet. Do you agree? Read more Google Talk provides quality video chat on Android tablets Jack Wallen believes that Google Talk is the best video chat application for Android tablets. Find out why and how to use Google Talk. Read more IT leadership often determines iPad success in the enterprise Patrick Gray believes that the success of the iPad in your enterprise depends on the IT leadership's perspective of the device. Read more Additional TechRepublic resources   Android's apps are comparatively ugly: Is Linux to blame? Donovan Colbert didn't realize how nice WP7 was until he had to go back to the Android platform. He predicts that Microsoft will come from behind to steal Android's thunder if Google fails to make huge improvements. Read more Sony Tablet S teardown: Wild wedge-shaped case hides unique hardware Bill Detwiler cracks open the Sony Tablet S and finds internal hardware that's as unique as the Android tablet's wedge-shaped exterior. Read more Featured multimedia   15 best free iPad games (screenshots) You can get something for nothing after all, if you've already bought an iPad. Check out these awesome games, none of which costs a dime to download. View on site Sony Tablet S (photos) Take a closer look at the Tablet S Android tablet from Sony, which takes a unique spin on the classic tablet design. View on site Smart grid meets the iPad (photos) This week's GridWeek conference focused on the benefits of the smart grid to consumers who can get more control over their home energy with new tech tools. View on site How to make a capacitive stylus (photos) A step-by-step tutorial on making a touchscreen-compatible pen for your tablet or smartphone using inexpensive parts from around your home or office. View on site Today's recommended downloads Data Backup For Your Most Important Files (IBM) Take the Fear and Hassle out of Data Migration (Riverbed) Planning for Cloud-Based Software Deployment (IBM) OSA Interactive Client References Interface on IBM.COM (IBM) Constangy, Brooks & Smith's IT Story: A Case Study (Riverbed) Perennial favorites   Enterprise: 95 percent are choosing iPad over Android tablets Tablets are for people who hate computers Tablets at work: Disney uses iPads to drive construction project Five tips for improving your tablet experience Windows 8 will enable IT pros to implement the private cloud At TechRepublic Live 2011, Dr. Tom Shinder explained how Windows 8 will make cloud computing a reality. TechRepublic newsletters   Get product reviews, tech news analysis, tips, and more in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! Tech Sanity Check Google in the Enterprise TR Dojo 10 Things Hot TechRepublic blog posts The 20 most useful Android smartphone apps of 2011 The 20 best iPhone apps of 2011 for productive geeks 10 things you can do to boost PC performance Five future technologies I can't wait for The complete list of Windows Logo keyboard shortcuts

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[TechRepublic] Poll: How often do you debug without an IDE?

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Poll: How often do you debug without an IDE? Developer Justin James admits he rarely uses a "real debugger." Let us know how often you debug without modern tools. Read more Resource of the day Creating the Hybrid Cloud: Fast Facts from Riverbed Cloud computing gives you new choices for how to architect IT infrastructure that balances performance, availability, cost, and control. Learn how Riverbed can help you build a hybrid cloud environment that achieves these benefits and more. Debug and interact with Web apps via Opera Dragonfly Tony Patton provides an overview of Opera Dragonfly's features and explains why it replaced Firebug as his Web development tool of choice. Read more Additional TechRepublic resources   CSS3 resource review: CSS3.info Ryan Boudreaux reviews one of his favorite resources for learning about CSS3 and keeping abreast of the most current developments. Read more URL rewriting with Apache's mod_rewrite Justin James explains how to rewrite URLs with Apache mod_rewrite, illustrating the basic syntax as well as Flag options that control how the rewriting is handled. Read more Poll: Have you downloaded and tried Windows 8 Developer Preview? Windows 8 Developer's Preview has been available for over a week, are you ready to embrace it as Windows reimagined? Read more 10 ways Microsoft can make Windows 8 a game changer Now that we've had a chance to see some of the things Windows 8 can do, let's talk about a few of the things it SHOULD do. Read more Five source control systems for distributed development teams Version control can be a big issue for developers working from various locations, but a good distributed control system can keep the project on track. Read more Ways to build and mix content creation into your iOS app iOS developers, learn how you can enable content creation for users and generate revenue in the process. Read more Tips for being a successful iOS developer iOS developer Steve Dryall shares tips on what it takes to shine when developing for the mobile platform. Read more IT jobs claim four of 10 positions in most hated jobs list Four out of ten most hated jobs are in IT? Can this be true? Read more Featured multimedia   DIY projects on display at Maker Faire NY 2011 Maker Faire in NY 2011 was held on September 17-18. Take a look at the DIY projects on display at this year's event. View on site 15 best free iPad games (screenshots) You can get something for nothing after all, if you've already bought an iPad. Check out these awesome games, none of which costs a dime to download. View on site Making Boeing's 787 Dreamliners (photos) A day before Boeing finally hands off the first of its long-anticipated jets to its launch partner, CNET got a up close and personal look at the production line. View on site Hot TechRepublic blog posts The 20 most useful Android smartphone apps of 2011 The 20 best iPhone apps of 2011 for productive geeks 10 things you can do to boost PC performance Five future technologies I can't wait for The complete list of Windows Logo keyboard shortcuts Today's recommended downloads Increase E-Commerce Revenue With New Techniques in APM (dynaTrace software) A Year of Information in One Easy Download (dynaTrace software) Live Webcast: The Perfect Storm - Drive Customer Satisfaction Up and Costs Down (Citrix Online) Driving The Business of Information (IBM) Optimized Virtualization (IBM) Perennial favorites   Form a learning plan for an HTML5 future Why clean code is more important than efficient code Steven Levy's Hackers is a classic of the information age Camera phone challenge: Seeing is believing TechRepublic is bringing back the camera phone challenge! You have from now until Friday, Oct. 14, 2011 at 5:00 PM EDT to submit photos of things you might not believe if your camera phone didn't see them. TechRepublic newsletters   Get product reviews, tech news analysis, tips, and more in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! Tablets in the Enterprise (launching soon) Google in the Enterprise App Builder 10 Things

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Easy-to-use IP traffic monitors, WP7 games for escapists, free Web authoring tools

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Five free, dead-easy IP traffic monitoring tools When you really need to know what's going on with your network, give one of these free monitors a try. Read more Resource of the day Live Webcast: How to Create Cost Effective Storage in the Cloud By the time everything is said and done, you may find yourself paying more than you expected for your cloud storage. Tune into this webcast for advice on how to make your cloud storage more cost effective. Hottest new lists   Five free Windows Phone 7 games for escapists Sometimes, you just want to stop thinking about work for a while and float off into game-land. Here are a few apps that will give you a break from the daily grind. Read more Five free Web authoring and design tools If you want to get your hands on some good Web tools without breaking the bank, these freebies will get you started. Read more Five topnotch replacements for GNOME 3 or Ubuntu Unity Not a big fan of GNOME 3 or Unity? Jack Wallen offers a list of some solid alternative desktops. Read more Additional TechRepublic resources   Five things every IT pro should know about Google Sites From working with JavaScript to setting page-level permissions, Bill Detwiler explains what you need to know about Google Sites. Read more IT jobs claim four of 10 positions in most hated jobs list Four out of 10 most hated jobs are in IT? Can this be true? Read more 10 ways Microsoft can make Windows 8 a game changer Now that we've had a chance to see some of the things Windows 8 can do, let's talk about a few of the things it SHOULD do. Read more The five worst Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes EVER! Star Trek: The Next Generation is perhaps the pinnacle of the Trek franchise, which makes these five bottom-feeder episodes even more embarrassing. Read more 10 obsolete technologies that are still useful Before you retire that camcorder and cancel your landline service, see why Brien Posey thinks some vintage tech is worth hanging onto. Read more Featured multimedia   Opening eyes with a green home (photos) A couple builds the first LEED Platinum-level green home in Boston's Dorchester neighborhood, to show that green, healthy, and high-tech are compatible and affordable. View on site Today's recommended downloads Increase E-Commerce Revenue With New Techniques in APM (dynaTrace software) Live Webcast: The Perfect Storm - Drive Customer Satisfaction Up and Costs Down (Citrix Online) Live Webcast: How to Create Cost Effective Storage in the Cloud (TechRepublic) Creating the Hybrid Cloud: Fast Facts from Riverbed (Riverbed) Take the Fear and Hassle out of Data Migration (Riverbed) Camera phone challenge: Seeing is believing TechRepublic is bringing back the camera phone challenge! You have from now until Friday, Oct. 14, 2011 at 5:00 PM EDT to submit photos of things you might not believe if your camera phone didn't see them. TechRepublic newsletters   Get product reviews, tech news analysis, tips, and more in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! Tablets in the Enterprise (launching soon) Google in the Enterprise App Builder 10 Things Hot TechRepublic blog posts The 20 most useful Android smartphone apps of 2011 The 20 best iPhone apps of 2011 for productive geeks 10 things you can do to boost PC performance Five future technologies I can't wait for The complete list of Windows Logo keyboard shortcuts

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[TechRepublic] Windows 8: A developer's first impressions

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Windows 8: A developer's first impressions Justin James highlights the major changes in Windows 8 that developers need to know, and explains why he thinks Microsoft strategy might backfire. Read more Editor's note:The Web Developer newsletter has been renamed the Software Engineer newsletter. You'll continue to receive programming and development tips, tutorials, and news in your inbox each Tuesday. Resource of the day Cloud Security Demo There's plenty of hype surrounding the cloud, but there are drawbacks, mainly security. Download this demo of security software for cloud-based networks to learn what your cloud is missing. Developer news roundup: BUILD, AppFog, Web Workers HTML5 feature Justin James highlights news about Windows 8, Zend Server 5.5, RailsInstaller 2, the dearth of parallel programming skills, and more. Read more Different types of documentation for programmers Justin James goes back to basics in this overview of the documentation types developers should know. Read about "self-documenting" code, UML, and more. Read more Poll: Does the 'five-screen' future affect your development? Many Web developers are already facing the challenge of designing for five screens. Do you foresee this being a problem for your development work? Read more Additional TechRepublic resources   It's time to think differently about Windows 8 The Developer Preview version of Microsoft Windows 8 asks users and IT pros to think differently about their operating system. Read more A quick tutorial on coding Android's accelerometer The accelerometer is a hardware sensor used to detect a shake motion. William Francis shares the accelerometer code that he uses in his Android apps. Read more Balancing the website design between business objectives and user experience Ryan Boudreaux looks at the challenge of balancing the business needs of an organization with creating a good user experience when you design a client's website. Read more Get your app ready for Android's global ecosystem These six tips from developer William Francis will help you make sure your Android app is up to muster in the global ecosystem. Read more IT Job openings, week of Sept. 19, 2011 Here are some job openings for the week of September 19, 2011. Read more Does Android's permission system really work? Android allows applications to sidestep permissions under certain conditions. The bad guys probably know which ones. Do you? Read more Featured multimedia   Gears of War 3 (photos) Flirting with the brink of monotony, Gears of War 3 steps up to the plate and delivers the most comprehensive title in the trilogy. View on site Inside the 'Star Wars' Blu-ray box set (photos) Clean packaging and classic art: we unbox the "Star Wars Complete Saga" Blu-rays. View on site Virgin Galactic's spaceship family all together for the first time (photos) In a ceremony to open the assembly facility for The Spaceship Company, the partnership between Scaled Composites and Virgin Galactic, SpaceShipOne and SpaceShipTwo, as well as WhiteKnightOne and WhiteKnightTwo were on display. View on site Hot TechRepublic blog posts The 20 best iPhone apps of 2011 for productive geeks 10 wacky IT office pranks Don't be fooled by these 10 PC performance myths The 10 best tablets of 2011 [UPDATED] Most unusual resume mistakes Today's recommended downloads How Security Can Help Grow Your Business: The Marketing Side of Tokenization (First Data) Remote support for PCs, Macs and Smartphones (LogMeIn) Free Trial Download: up.time Systems Management Software (Uptime Software) A Year of Information in One Easy Download (dynaTrace software) Cloud Security Demo (Symantec) Perennial favorites   Job snapshot: Programmer Five tips for starting a programming career Write a resume that will land you a programming job Poll: Are Google users the customer or the commodity being sold? TechRepublic member Neon Samurai believes Google users are no more than a commodity to be sold to advertisers. Do you agree? TechRepublic newsletters   Get product reviews, tech news analysis, tips, and more in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! Tablets in the Enterprise (launching soon) Google in the Enterprise App Builder 10 Things

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