More from TechRepublic | | | Lenovo IdeaPad K1 teardown: Easy to open, not so easy to service The Lenovo Ideapad K1 has a removable back cover and replaceable battery, but unfortunately it's more difficult to work on than it should be. Read more | | Apps of the month (August 2011): Cisco Technical Support, Spiceworks, and more In Scott Lowe's latest app roundup, he features five business-focused mobile applications: Cisco Technical Support, Spiceworks, Gantt Pro, Package Tracker Pro, and Invoice2go Lite. Read more | | TechRepublic Live 2011 will be free to the first 100 registrants TechRepublic is hosting a free tech event in Louisville on September 28-30, 2011, but seating is limited. Reserve your spot today to get a seat at one of the best conversations in IT. Read more | News from ZDNet | | | U.S. Justice Dept. moves to block AT&T, T-Mobile merger The U.S. government has officially filed suit to block AT&T's proposed $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile. Read more | | Sprint's lobbying pays off with new ally: DOJ After doing most of the grunt work against the AT&T/T-Mobile merger by itself, Sprint has finally caught a break thanks to the Department of Justice. Read more | | Microsoft's Windows chief reiterates Windows desktop interface not going away Microsoft's Windows Chief Steven Sinofsky, in a new blog post, reiterated that Microsoft is going to support both new touch-centric apps and existing Windows desktop apps, with its new Windows 8... Read more | | Google adds offline mode to Gmail, Calendar, Docs apps Google will add offline capability to its Apps suite of cloud-based software, including Gmail, Calendar and Docs. Read more | | Chromebooks are dead, they just don't know it yet With the consolidation of WebKit and chromium source code, is there still a need for Chromebooks? Read more | | HP to continue making TouchPads (for now) After pulling the plug on the TouchPad, HP has now decided to keep making the doomed tablet ... at least until October. Read more | | HP tries to leverage TouchPad halo: 'We remain committed to you' HP hands out coupons hoping you'll be interested in something more than a $99 TouchPad. Read more | | HTC Jetstream, AT&T's first 4G tablet, arrives September 4th HTC has officially announces the Jetstream tablet. But at $700, will anyone bite? Read more | | Is this Nokia's first Windows Phone handset? Nokia's first Windows Phone 7.5 device might be called the Nokia 703. Read more | | Firefox for Android tablets 'coming soon' Firefox for Android will be familiar to those using Firefox on the desktop. Read more | | Microsoft Enterprise sales chief Simon Witts resigns, internal e-mail says Simon Witts, Microsoft's Worldwide Enterprise and Partner Group chief, has resigned from the company, according to a short internal e-mail announcing his departure. Read more | | Java creator Gosling leaves Google for robotics startup Java creator James Gosling has left Google for startup Liquid Robotics after only five months on the job. Read more | | Business-IT alignment: What's next for this 20-year struggle The most common story I encounter is simply that organizations spent a lot of time in the past creating their processes and then they spent a lot of time feeding technology solutions to those... Read more |
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