News from ZDNet | | | Gartner: Tablets sap PC demand; PC ecosystem cringes Gartner says: "We expect growing consumer enthusiasm for mobile PC alternatives, such as the iPad and other media tablets, to dramatically slow home mobile PC sales." Read more | | Apple plugs 57 major security holes in iTunes If you use Apple's iTunes software -- whether on Windows or Mac OS X -- it's important that you immediately apply the latest software update. Read more | | The iPad 2 is here, but laptops are not going away any time soon While I like a good tablet in my hands, I am not so big a tablet fanboy to understand that the laptop is not going away any time soon, post-PC blockbuster or not. Read more | | Fewer job boards, not fewer jobs The Conference Board's Help Wanted OnLine is 260,000 job postings slimmer than it was last year. Read more | | ASUS motherboard box transforms into PC case Starting this June, component maker ASUS will begin shipping one of its Mini ATX motherboards in a cardboard box that will double as a PC case. Read more | | Wikileaks saga continues: Peace prizes, sex offenses, and indictments. Oh, the humanity! Beyond the details of documents and device thickness is a much bigger story, an epic tales of almost Shakespearean (or comic book) proportions. Read more | | AT&T gets competitive with post-paid data plans for tablets Following "the day of the iPad 2," AT&T has announced new post-paid wireless data plans that are very flexible and very enticing. Read more | | BlackBerry facing dark days; pulls out Messenger on Android, iOS wildcard BlackBerry manufacturer Research in Motion is struggling. Now that the iPad 2 has effectively killed the PlayBook before it was even released, RIM is throwing its wildcard options on the table. Read more | | A low-tech Microsoft slate for the masses There are (and have been) a number of different slates and tablets in various phases of test/development by different teams at Microsoft. I discovered yet another today, when searching the... Read more | | Kensington churns out iPad 2 Bluetooth keyboard case, car chargers Kensington has been quick to follow the iPad 2 announcement with several new accessory introductions too, ranging from some budget-friendly car chargers to a case with a Bluetooth-enabled keyboard. Read more | | Big data consolidation race enters home stretch, as Teradata buys Aster Data Viewed from a market perspective, Teradataââ¬â¢s acquisition marks the home stretch for consolidation of the current crop of analytic database challengers, who are mostly spread in the columnar field. Read more | | Targus swiftly unveils new iPad 2 accessories The iPad 2 was just announced yesterday, but you know that the wave of accessories wouldn't be far behind. Targus is one of the first to get some products out the door, starting with three new cases. Read more | | Apps that work and some that don't on the Motorola XOOM One concern many have expressed about the Motorola XOOM is the scarcity of apps in the Android Market optimized for the tablet. This list of apps reflects how the apps I use heavily on the Galaxy... Read more | | BBC iPlayer for the iPad app will cost less than $10 The BBC iPlayer app has already launched in the United Kingdom, but now we finally have a price of how much it will cost when it goes international. Read more |
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