Ultrabooks: A new era for PCs or Wintel innovation bankruptcy?

Tech Sanity Check TechRepublic Member | January 14, 2012

Editor's note Read my take on the Ultrabook innovation question and vote in the poll. Also, don't miss the news on the White House coming out against SOPA and some more roundups from CES. -Jason Ultrabooks: A new era for PCs or Wintel innovation bankruptcy? For the first time in years, PCs grabbed the spotlight at CES 2012. Ultrabooks were everywhere, but was it an innovation win or an innovation failure? Read more Resource of the day IBM zEnterprise 114 Brings "Freedom-by-Design" to Mid-Sized Organizations In IT, it's easy to paint yourself into a corner. This is why flexibility and expandability are so important. Check out this white paper to learn how IBM has made adaptability a priority on their line of system Z products. More from TechRepublic   Android fragmentation is real Ask Jack: iPhone email client replacement Create Ice Cream Sandwich apps with the help of Android Design News from ZDNet   White House releases statement against SOPA; asks for refined legislation this year Hate SOPA and want to join the Jan. 18 blackout? There's a WordPress plugin for that CES 2012: what I learned, why I'm not going back The CES 2012 booth babe problem Apple iPad 3 to go HD, 4G? 10 years since the Bill Gates security memo: A personal journey Google shares Chrome browser security principles Microsoft to lock out other operating systems from Windows 8 ARM PCs & devices Agile versus waterfall Why Facebook is not part of Google's SPYW Parents on Facebook: To friend or not to friend? (infographic) News from CNET   Wikipedia considering joining SOPA blackout protest IBM: Lithium air battery prototype in 2013, production in 2020 Ice Cream Sandwich update dripping out to Motorola Xoom Why Google is ditching search Apple's latest supplier report details labor issues Google evangelists release bible of good Android design Microsoft bids adieu to CES RIM hires Goldman Sachs to field buyout offers? Sculley happy Jobs' biography 'cleared up myths' Featured multimedia   IBM shows data storage at the atomic level (images) Researchers from Big Blue say they have been able to store a bit of information with just 12 magnetic atoms. Today's disk drives require a minimum of a million atoms to do the same job. 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 Remote support for PCs, Macs and Smartphones (LogMeIn) Live Webcast: Is 2012 the Year of the Cloud? Then It's Also the Year of Google Apps (TechRepublic) Enterprise Data Center Modernization (IBM) How Florida Tech Accelerated Their Research With IBM (IBM) IBM zEnterprise 114 Brings "Freedom-by-Design" to Mid-Sized Organizations (IBM)   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 10 tips for IT pros who have to travel during the winter Winter travel can turn a short hop into a long, frustrating journey. Here are some practical ways to get where you're going with fewer problems. 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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