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Cracking Open the Apple iPad 2012 (Wi-Fi + 4G Verizon) Resource of the day Gartner webcast: Managing and Reducing Costs of Enterprise Data Protection Leading experts from Gartner and Symantec break down the emerging information management challenges that organisations like yours face and, more importantly, offer solutions to address them. Watch this informative webcast now! Additional TechRepublic resources   Larger iPads put more money in Apple's pockets 2012 iPad hardware cost breakdown reveals that Apple charges a hefty premium for the 32GB and 64GB models. Read more Apple iPad 2012 Teardown: Amazing display, difficult to repair The 2012 Apple iPad is a solid upgrade and its Retina display is amazing. But as Bill Detwiler discovered, it's still difficult to open and repair. Read more 2012 iPad gets dual-core A5X with quad-core graphics Apple's 2012 iPad has a dual-core A5X system-on-a-chip, not the quad-core A6 many expected. Bill Detwiler looks at what's likely inside the A5X SoC. Read more 2012 iPad has 1GHz CPU and 1GB of RAM Apple doubled the amount of RAM in the 2012 iPad and added a quad-core GPU, but left the CPU clock speed unchanged at 1GHz. Read more iPhone or Android: Five questions to help you decide When people ask if they should buy an iPhone or an Android device, which do you recommend? Donovan Colbert lists five questions to ask prospective buyers that will help them decide. Read more iPad revamp doesn't change our tablet rollout plans, say CIOs The new iPad's retina display hasn't charmed CIOs: but tablets will be flooding into the enterprise anyway Read more How and when to charge your tablet battery Jack Wallen provides some tips for maximizing your tablet battery for a life of extended mobility. Read more Featured multimedia   Five cool alternatives to the Windows 7 desktop shell Jason Hiner's 22 most useful iPad apps Cracking Open the HP Envy 14 Spectre 10 ways to speed up a slow PC A closer look at iOS 5.1 (photos) Featured multimedia   Five cool alternatives to the Windows 7 desktop shell Whether you crave a highly customized desktop or just want a different look and feel, one of these shells might be just what you're looking for. View on site Are aliens on our sun? (gallery) Take some NASA videos, keen eyes, and Internet input - plus Photoshop and YouTube - and you've got a raging conspiracy theory. View on site Featured Webcast Live Webcast: Businesses Using Microsoft Office 365 Experience Amazing ROI With your business moving to the cloud, you know you can trust MS Office 365 to deliver the same functionality, but with better collaboration tools. Register for this webcast to learn more about MS Office 365, and what it can do for you. Today's recommended downloads Gartner webcast: Managing and Reducing Costs of Enterprise Data Protection Remote support for PCs, Macs and Smartphones (LogMeIn) Live Webcast: Businesses Using Microsoft Office 365 Experience Amazing ROI (Microsoft) The Right Way to Prove Identity & Establish Trust (Quest Software) Rethink Your Storage With IBM (IBM)   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 Welcome to the Asian Technology blog The Asian Technology blog will keep you up to date on new innovations and tech news originating from Asia. TechRepublic newsletters   Get technical tips and tutorials, IT industry analysis, geeky discussions, and more in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! Smartphones Tablets in the Enterprise Geekend TechRepublic UK

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