[TechRepublic] Five must-crack-open devices from CES 2012

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Five must-crack-open devices from CES 2012 From tablets to TVs, Bill Detwiler counts down the five devices from CES, he most wants to crack open. Read more Resource of the day IBM's Migration Factory IBM has made it easy to migrate from HP or Oracle to Power Systems. Check out this white paper to learn more about IBM's Migration Factory tool. Additional TechRepublic resources   Toshiba Excite X10 tablet too thin for 4G At CES 2012, Toshiba unveiled a new, ultra-thin 10" tablet. Dubbed the Excite, the Android device is a mere 7.7mm thick--too thin for current 4G modules. Read more Acer Aspire S3 Teardown: Good hardware, lackluster construction The Acer Aspire S3 Ultrabook is thin, light and feature rich. But, its build quality and battery life are less than one expects in a premium laptop. Read more Windows Phone: The Hail Mary pass is now in the air Windows Phone had a big CES with major announcements from Nokia, HTC, and AT&T. It's now do-or-die for Microsoft in mobile. Learn why. Read more Motorola Lapdock 100: Disappointing, but great potential Donovan Colbert thinks the Motorola Lapdock 100 is a nice piece of equipment, but he's disappointed that the Mobile View displays HD apps in Gingerbread resolution. Read more RIM's spectacular technology demise Find out why Patrick Gray thinks RIM is fighting a losing battle, as related to tablets and IT in general, and what we can learn from its struggle. Read more Featured multimedia   Razer Blade $2,799 gaming laptop at CES 2012 Nokia Lumia 900 4G LTE smartphone makes debut at CES 2012 Sharp offers up 60, 70, and 80-inch TVs and interactive displays at CES 2012 Digital Experience: Intriguing products LG plays it smart with massive TVs, new phones (photos) Featured Webcast Live Webcast: Is 2012 the Year of the Cloud? Then It's Also the Year of Google Apps Check out this live webcast from Google. You'll learn all about Google Apps, how it works within the cloud, and what it can do for your business. Tune to learn more. Today's recommended downloads Bring Storage Efficiency to a New Level (Oracle) Best Practices For Defragmentation on Storage Area Networks (Diskeeper) Better Security for Better Customers (VeriSign) IBM's Migration Factory (IBM) Ensuring Maximum Performance on Windows 7 Systems (Diskeeper)   About this newsletter I dissect the latest business tech products and analyze the internal components in order to help IT leaders make smart hardware purchasing and deployment decisions. Bill Detwiler Head Technology Editor My Twitter feed: @billdetwiler Connect with TechRepublic Tablets: What Amazon and Apple know that all the CES tablet peddlers are still missing Tablets are everywhere again at CES 2012, but none of them combine the two big reasons why Apple and Amazon tablets have succeeded. TechRepublic newsletters   Get product reviews, tech news analysis, tips, and more in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! TechRepublic Australia Wrapper Web Designer The Enterprise Cloud Tablets in the Enterprise Google in the Enterprise App Builder 10 Things

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