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Can Lenovo inject productivity into Android tablets? See how Lenovo is using a combination of hardware and software to make Android tablets more productive with its new 10-inch ThinkPad Tablet. Read more Resource of the day Detect performance bottlenecks before system deployments or upgrades HP LoadRunner - The de facto standard for application performance testing. Quantify the potential value & business benefits with the Business Value Calculator! More from TechRepublic   What HP's walk away from the client signals about the future John Joyner considers HP's recent surprising announcements about canceling the Touchpad and off-loading its PC/laptop lines. What does this step away from the client mean for the future? Read more Despite hyperbolic punditry the PC and Microsoft are not dead Despite what you may have heard from over-heated pundits, the PC and Microsoft are not dead nor are they dying. Debra Littlejohn Shinder explains why. 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Read more Microsoft hits 30,000 apps twice as fast as Android, same as iOS Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 devices may not be flying off the shelf, but developers are building for the platform and the Marketplace is passing 30,000 apps in about the same time period as Apple. Read more Google's +1 button becomes much easier for sharing content Google updates the +1 button and gives it more of the spotlight along with the introduction of +snippets. Read more Wikileaks: Homeland Security invokes Patriot Act on Assange; seeks server data The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has invoked the Patriot Act on Wikileaks' domain registrar, in a bid to access information on founder Julian Assange. Read more What's really at stake in the Google antitrust case? The FTC probe into Google's allegedly anticompetitive business practices may prove damaging to the search giant. But the entire technology market could be at risk, too. Read more BlackBerry phones could get Android app compatibility in 2012 RIM's upcoming QNX BlackBerry phones could come with a big feature: the ability to run Android apps. Read more Detangling the Windows Phone Tango talk There is a new report about features and markets that will be the target of Microsoft's Windows Phone Tango, the successor to Mango. Here's my take. Read more Facebook, Twitter to oppose social media blocks during riots Facebook and Twitter are expected to offer 'no concessions' to police and government in future riots, as the British PM calls for social media sites to be 'blocked'. Read more Android crapware - Greed at the expense of reputation and user experience Putting greed ahead of the user experience and Android's reputation, carriers continue to shovel crapware onto Android handsets - and if you don't know how to root the device, it'll be there forever. Read more Apple releases iMac graphics update for Lion Got an iMac? Got Mac OS X 10.7 Lion? 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