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BlackBerry PlayBook first impressions: Four pleasant surprises Most of the technology world has already written off the PlayBook before it's even available to the public. Here are four reasons why that's probably a mistake. Read more Resource of the day Free Trial Download: up.time Systems Management Software Easily manage, measure, and monitor all your physical, virtual, and cloud assets across platforms, applications, domains, and multiple datacenters. More from TechRepublic   LinkedIn is Facebook's mature older sibling If you think Facebook and LinkedIn are somewhat interchangeable when it comes to furthering your career, think again. Read more TR Community scoreboard for April 15, 2011 - Move to Chromium In this weekly recap post and video accompaniment, you'll get a quick look at the top discussions and members on the TechRepublic forums. Read more Poll: Do you still use or even have an active screen saver? 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