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Tablets at work: Disney uses iPads to drive construction project The usefulness of tablets in business is overhyped, but they can be great in specialized cases. Check out this example of Disney Imagineers using iPads in a construction project at Walt Disney World. Read more Resource of the day KPMG, HP simplify HP records management - A Case Study With program management assistance from KPMG, HP establishes a foundation to automate its records management using HP TRIM software. Download case study here More from TechRepublic   30 years of the IBM PC: Back when we had to be convinced to buy a computer In the 1980s, when the personal computer was still mostly a novelty, we had to be convinced to buy a computer. IBM used an icon personality to make the case for its PC. Read more TR Dojo Quiz: IBM PC celebrates 30th anniversary The IBM Personal Computer celebrates its 30th anniversary this week, take our IBM PC quiz and test your knowledge of this piece of computer history. Read more Poll: In what decade did you buy your first non-IBM PC? In honor of the 30th anniversary of the IBM PC, we ask this poll question: In what decade did you buy your first non-IBM PC? Read more Living with Lion: How do you like your upgrade? Now that Lion has been out long enough for users to start grappling with it, there are a number of reported bugs, roadblocks, and general annoyances. What's your experience with Lion? Take the poll! Read more Executives aren't putting the breaks on IT spending, yet Technology executives indicated this week that the recent stock market volatility could impact tech spending. But, they also noted customers are better off than in 2008. Read more News from ZDNet   Report: Android steals 20% of tablet market share from iPad Although Apple is the undeniable leader in tablet production still, a new survey shows that Android has at least one fifth of the market now. Read more Apple readying emerging market 'iCloud-powered' iPhone? Rumours are spreading that Apple could be releasing a slimmed-down iCloud-powered iPhone for the emerging markets. Read more Hands-on with the Acer Iconia Tab A100: First 7-inch Honeycomb tablet Google proclaimed Honeycomb the official version of Android for tablets, and until now it has been unavailable in a 7-inch form. The Acer Iconia Tab A100 brings the sweet goodness to the small slate. Read more Acer adds 7" Iconia Tab A100 to tablet lineup, $330 Acer joins the 7-inch tablet party with the launch of the Iconia Tab A100 today, but will consumers be buying? Read more Google's Chrome operating system gets a much needed update Google Chrome OS has been greatly improved, but for most users it's still not good enough. Here's what's new and improved and where it still falls short. Read more US Postal Service bad news continues with plan to terminate 120,000 workers The business model that served the US Postal Service for these past decades is increasingly collapsing as a viable strategy. Read more Ubuntu Linux makes musical friends with the Apple iPhone Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu Linux, has introduced an app. to let people stream music from the Ubuntu One cloud to their iPhones and iPods Read more Text messaging: The 20th century technology that just won't die Text messages used to be everything to the Generation Y. Though millions are sent each day, is the humble text message's shelf life about to expire? Read more Dell's now-defunct 5-inch Streak tablet never had a chance After only a little more than a year, the 5-inch Android-based Dell Streak tablet is no more. Read more Users look at Facebook and Google+ the same way An eye-tracking study has found that Facebook users and Google+ users look at their respective social networks in almost the exact same way. Read more Featured multimedia   The beginnings of the PC revolution (photos) IBM launched its landmark 5150 personal computer 30 years ago Friday, and with it a new industry of component makers and software developers. View on site Looking in on Verizon's App Innovation Center (photos) CNET swung by Verizon's new App Innovation Center on its opening day to see what cutting edge projects the spacious downtown San Francisco office has in store. View on site NASA rover sends back photos from huge Martian crater (photos) Opportunity reaches the edge of the massive Endeavour Crater after a three-year journey. View on site DARPA's 13,000mph plane lost but not forgotten (images) DARPA's Twitter feed tells that it lost track of the super speed Falcon HTV-2 aircraft during a test flight. But the craft did hit its speed goal. View on site Today's recommended downloads KPMG, HP simplify HP records management - A Case Study Looking for a solution to curb your organization's rising IT costs? eBook: Learn more about Dell Workstations here Prepare an ERM classification scheme Building Dashboards & Reports For All (LogiXML)   About this newsletter The Tech Sanity Check newsletter gives you my picks for the top tech stories of the day on the people, products, and companies 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 My Google+ feed: +Jason Hiner Engineer of original IBM PC declares end of PC era One of the engineers who designed the original IBM PC -- which turns 30 on August 12 -- says the PC era is over. Jason Hiner argues that the post-PC era is actually still "coming soon." 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