[TechRepublic] Wild IBM laptop patents

Cracking Open TechRepublic Member | April 12, 2012

Editor's note Today, I'm sharing a gallery of IBM laptop ideas that never quite panned out, including a telescoping display, pop-up magnifier, scissor-hinge lid, and collapsible glare shield. Wild IBM laptop patents Resource of the day Does Your Cloud Storage Strategy Measure Up? The idea of storing your data in a virtualized environment is no longer something to think about, implementation is critical for success. But how does your current plan stack up against your competition? Read on to find out. Additional TechRepublic resources   Nokia Lumia 900 teardown reveals mediocre hardware, reasons for great price Nokia's Lumia 900 is an attractive Windows Phone handset, but TechRepublic uncovers hardware that's a step behind the Galaxy Nexus and iPhone 4S. Read more 10 cool ways to use Excel's conditional formatting feature Excel's conditional formatting feature can do a whole lot more than many people realize. Susan Harkins runs through 10 practical ways to put this tool to work. Read more Tips to make your iPhone 4S experience more efficient Jack Wallen provides some handy iPhone tips, including home screen organization, App Tray controls, killing rogue running apps, and managing your volume rocker switch. Read more Extend enterprise collaboration to tablets Will Kelly believes that extending enterprise collaboration to tablet users is about bringing the tablet and enterprise together through apps, end user training, and standardization. Read more Featured multimedia   Cracking Open the Nokia Lumia 900 Five noteworthy PowerPoint add-ons Get your Windows Phone photos on a Mac (photos) Slideshow: A Taskbar trick to revive the Classic Start Menu in Windows 8 Featured multimedia   Kids in costume at Emerald City Comic Con 2012 Emerald City Comic Con was held in Seattle, WA, on March 30 - April 1, 2012. There were quite a few kids (and even a few pets) in costumes at this year's event, so we decided to create a gallery that's dedicated to these big personalities in small packages. View on site 50 sexy costumes from Emerald City Comic Con 2012 Emerald City Comic Con was held in Seattle, WA, on March 30 - April 1, 2012. Here are 50 of the sexiest costumes of ECCC 2012 that we collected from folks who uploaded their photos to Flickr. View on site Obscure costumes at Emerald City Comic Con 2012 Emerald City Comic Con was held in Seattle, WA, on March 30 - April 1, 2012. There were so many interesting costumes at this year's event, that we decided to create a gallery dedicated to the more obscure characters. View on site Scenes from Emerald City Comic Con 2012 Emerald City Comic Con was held in Seattle, WA, on March 30 - April 1, 2012. Take a look at some of the costumes from this year's event. View on site Today's recommended downloads 10 Tech Skills That Are Heading the Way of the Dinosaur - 2012 (Global Knowledge) Designing Network for Rich Media Communications (Global Knowledge) The Four Steps to Virtual Port Channel (Global Knowledge) Top 5 New Features of vSphere 5 (Global Knowledge) 15 Top Paying IT Certifications for 2012 (Global Knowledge)   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 silicon.com joins TechRepublic silicon.com has now become part of TechRepublic. UK editor Steve Ranger has the details. 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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