Why Android tablets failed

Tech Sanity Check TechRepublic Member | January 06, 2012

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Why Android tablets failed

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Why Android tablets failed: A postmortem Android tablets were expected to give the Apple iPad fierce competition in 2011. It never happened. Here's why Android tablets flopped. Read more Resource of the day A Virtualization Platform for Mission-Critical Applications There are a number of different ways to conquer the challenge of virtualization. Check out this white paper to learn more about a virtualization approach that stays in the middle ground. More from TechRepublic   10 things that could make 2012 a banner year for open source Six information security lessons from 2011 News from ZDNet   CES 2012: The big themes to look for next week CES 2012: Showcase for stuff not available for months, if then iPhone 4S 'doubles' data usage ... but is Siri really to blame? Barnes & Noble CEO reaffirms Nook brand commitment HTC: It can and will get worse HTC posts poor Q4 results: Loses Android mojo to Samsung, Apple Yahoo plans reshuffle, seeks new (better) board members AT&T has a stake in Microsoft's Windows 8 tablets, too Google, please integrate Fax and Document Management services into Voice! Microsoft to beef up its entry-level Office 365 offering Nikon announces D4 dSLR, successor to D3S pro shooter (CES 2012) News from CNET   Tesla to reveal Model X electric SUV on February 9 SOPA copyright bill draws fire Al Gore slams SOPA in now-deleted YouTube video iPhone rings up quarterly sales of at least 12 million, says analyst Apple lists quad-core chip in iOS 5.1 beta, report says Google reportedly faces maximum fine from Korean trustbuster Mini Apple stores could be headed to Target Warner Bros. to force Netflix, Redbox to wait 56 days for DVDs? Featured multimedia   Cracking Open: Acer Aspire S3 Ultrabook Bill Detwiler cracks open the Acer Aspire S3. Inside this Windows Ultrabook, he found hardware from Intel, Micron, Elpida, Realtek, and others. View on site Tablets that never happened (photos) A collection of tablets announced for 2011 that never made it into production. View on site 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 Oracle's Sun Fire X4800 M2 Server Architecture (Oracle) Discover the Most Effective Path to Cloud Computing (Oracle) Automating the Cloud to Drive ROI (IBM) How Cloud Drives Changes to Service Level Management (IBM) Oracle Exalytics In-Memory Machine- 3D Demo (Oracle)   About this newsletter The Tech Sanity Check newsletter gives you my picks for the top tech stories of the day on the products, people, and ideas 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 Connect with TechRepublic Six information security lessons from 2011 Alfonso Barreiro lists the most important security lessons from 2011 that the security-conscious should heed in order to plan accordingly for 2012. TechRepublic newsletters   Get product reviews, tech news analysis, tips, and more in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! Tablets in the Enterprise Five Apps Software Engineer Smartphones

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Security mistakes you can easily prevent, eliminating obnoxious habits at work, controlling Windows 7 context menus

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10 security mistakes that are easily avoided What's worse than getting hit with a security breach? Getting hit with an easily preventable one. Read more Resource of the day Develop and Test for Massive Scalability with Travelport Learn how to save hundreds of hours of development and testing time while still giving your customers high-performing applications. This proactive method of testing for scalability and performance can save you time and money later. 10 resolutions for reducing annoying behavior in 2012 Have you come up with some self-improvement goals for the coming year? Here are a few tongue-in-cheek resolutions you may want to add to the list. Read more 10 things I learned from TechRepublic members in 2011 Some of the best information on TechRepublic emerges in the article discussions. Susan Harkins shares a few nice tricks she learned from members last year. Read more Additional TechRepublic resources   Take control of your Windows 7 context menus Greg Shultz shows you how to clean up your Windows 7 context menus with the utility applications ShellMenuView and ShellExView. Read more Tips for staying on top of tech Web 2.0 and social media offer great ways to stay on top of tech. Read more The power of failing If you lead a team, business unit, or company, giving yourself and your team permission to fail may result in a breakthrough innovation that changes the direction of your organization. Read more A quick way to delete blank rows in Excel Deleting blank rows in an Excel data range is easy with this technique, but watch out for unintended consequences. Read more Today's recommended downloads 2011 Human Resources Survey (Oracle) The Key To Sustaining Business Growth: Not Looking Like Idiots (Oracle) Oracle Enterprise Manager SOA Management Pack EE (Oracle) How to Optimize Performance in eCommerce Production Environments (dynaTrace software) Fast, Cheap, and Reliable: Is it Possible? (Oracle) Connect with TechRepublic Photo gallery: A trip down tech memory lane It's always fun to take a trip down memory lane, but it's especially amusing to go back and look at the tech that, for its respective time, was cutting edge. 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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Security mistakes you can easily prevent, eliminating obnoxious habits at work, controlling Windows 7 context menus

10 Things TechRepublic Member | January 06, 2012

10 security mistakes that are easily avoided What's worse than getting hit with a security breach? Getting hit with an easily preventable one. Read more Resource of the day The Secret to High Availability Check out this white paper to learn more about Oracle's line of SPARC M-Series servers. You'll see how they can help you keep your business critical IT services up and running, for good. 10 resolutions for reducing annoying behavior in 2012 Have you come up with some self-improvement goals for the coming year? Here are a few tongue-in-cheek resolutions you may want to add to the list. Read more 10 things I learned from TechRepublic members in 2011 Some of the best information on TechRepublic emerges in the article discussions. Susan Harkins shares a few nice tricks she learned from members last year. Read more Additional TechRepublic resources   Take control of your Windows 7 context menus Greg Shultz shows you how to clean up your Windows 7 context menus with the utility applications ShellMenuView and ShellExView. Read more Tips for staying on top of tech Web 2.0 and social media offer great ways to stay on top of tech. Read more The power of failing If you lead a team, business unit, or company, giving yourself and your team permission to fail may result in a breakthrough innovation that changes the direction of your organization. Read more A quick way to delete blank rows in Excel Deleting blank rows in an Excel data range is easy with this technique, but watch out for unintended consequences. Read more Today's recommended downloads Disaster Recovery for Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud (Oracle) Oracle's Sun Fire X4800 M2 Server Architecture (Oracle) Oracle Exadata Database Machine X2-2 (Oracle) Oracle Business Activity Monitoring (Oracle) How Cloud Drives Changes to Service Level Management (IBM) Connect with TechRepublic Photo gallery: A trip down tech memory lane It's always fun to take a trip down memory lane, but it's especially amusing to go back and look at the tech that, for its respective time, was cutting edge. 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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