These 'Alpha Geeks' are living in the future (photos)

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These 'Alpha Geeks' are already living in the future (photos) Resource of the day Live Webcast Your Next 3 Ladder Rungs to Doubling Your Business Check out this webcast to learn about three steps you can take to double your business. Discover the simple tips, along with the more complicated ones, in this webcast. More from TechRepublic   Cloud, iPad, and the end of the geek era The real costs associated with BYOD: Are enterprises prepared? Cloud security tool basics: GPGTools, checksums, fingerprints, and digital signatures Five of the most addictive smartphone apps News from ZDNet   Windows 8 will "disappoint": Analysts cut price targets on HP, Dell AT&T mobile chief: Windows 8 can boost Windows Phone Windows 8: Does Metro actually work? The case against the 'iPad mini': Fragmentation and cannibalization Can Apple make a "Retina" display MacBook a reality? Speed of business propels SaaS expansion Why every organization needs four CIOs The tablet revolution is coming: Working anywhere without compromise UK government keeps RIM in play with BlackBerry 7 security rating Sprint: Trade in old iPhone, get $100 towards iPhone 4S Google engineer: Create technology, don't just use it 'iQ by Intel' - experimental online magazine curated by a workforce of thousands Facebook got 9% of all US Internet visits in April 21-year-old gets 12 months for hacking Facebook account Iran to sue Google in map naming dispute Will the Microsoft Xbox win the living room wars over Apple, Google? News from CNET   The Top 10 Web IPOs of all time -- pre-Facebook, that is (images) Senator: Saverin has turned his back on US Saverin: 'I'm ready to pay what I owe' How Facebook quickly took over the Web Facebook's IPO: A cautionary tale for the company Firefox gets a 'reset' button Verizon plans price hikes for Fios, wireless users Best Buy cuts price of iPhone 4 to $49.99 Samsung loses $10 billion market value on Apple report Iran to Google: Fix your map, or we'll sue Pinterest pins down $100M in new funding Twitter announces support for Do Not Track Microsoft bolsters parental controls with Windows 8 Study: You're not clicking on Facebook ads -- and you never will Wanted: A single Facebook millionaire U.S. to lose lead for most Facebook users to India? Featured galleries   Bold redesign of Google+ iPhone app (photos) Today's recommended downloads Beyond Simple Total Cost of Ownership (SuccessFactors) Live Webcast: Getting to Microsoft Office 365: The Right Migration for Your Business (Microsoft) Why Performance Management? A Guide for the Midsize Organization (IBM) Live Webcast Your Next 3 Ladder Rungs to Doubling Your Business (Citrix Online) Power Distribution for Data Centers: AC vs. DC (APC by Schneider Electric)   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) or my Google+ feed (+Jason Hiner). Connect with TechRepublic Am I a man or a machine? My role in the hunt for AI How taking part in a Turing Test to find the first thinking computer made Nick Heath realise he is more like a machine than he thought. 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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These 'Alpha Geeks' are living in the future (photos)

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These 'Alpha Geeks' are already living in the future (photos) Resource of the day Live Webcast Your Next 3 Ladder Rungs to Doubling Your Business Check out this webcast to learn about three steps you can take to double your business. Discover the simple tips, along with the more complicated ones, in this webcast. More from TechRepublic   Cloud, iPad, and the end of the geek era The real costs associated with BYOD: Are enterprises prepared? Cloud security tool basics: GPGTools, checksums, fingerprints, and digital signatures Five of the most addictive smartphone apps News from ZDNet   Windows 8 will "disappoint": Analysts cut price targets on HP, Dell AT&T mobile chief: Windows 8 can boost Windows Phone Windows 8: Does Metro actually work? The case against the 'iPad mini': Fragmentation and cannibalization Can Apple make a "Retina" display MacBook a reality? Speed of business propels SaaS expansion Why every organization needs four CIOs The tablet revolution is coming: Working anywhere without compromise UK government keeps RIM in play with BlackBerry 7 security rating Sprint: Trade in old iPhone, get $100 towards iPhone 4S Google engineer: Create technology, don't just use it 'iQ by Intel' - experimental online magazine curated by a workforce of thousands Facebook got 9% of all US Internet visits in April 21-year-old gets 12 months for hacking Facebook account Iran to sue Google in map naming dispute Will the Microsoft Xbox win the living room wars over Apple, Google? News from CNET   The Top 10 Web IPOs of all time -- pre-Facebook, that is (images) Senator: Saverin has turned his back on US Saverin: 'I'm ready to pay what I owe' How Facebook quickly took over the Web Facebook's IPO: A cautionary tale for the company Firefox gets a 'reset' button Verizon plans price hikes for Fios, wireless users Best Buy cuts price of iPhone 4 to $49.99 Samsung loses $10 billion market value on Apple report Iran to Google: Fix your map, or we'll sue Pinterest pins down $100M in new funding Twitter announces support for Do Not Track Microsoft bolsters parental controls with Windows 8 Study: You're not clicking on Facebook ads -- and you never will Wanted: A single Facebook millionaire U.S. to lose lead for most Facebook users to India? Featured galleries   Bold redesign of Google+ iPhone app (photos) Featured Webcast Live Webcast: Getting to Microsoft Office 365: The Right Migration for Your Business If you've been stuck using bare bones, web-based tools, you'll appreciate the full featured collaboration in MS Office 365. Check out this live webcast to learn more about Microsoft Office 365, and why it's the best office suite on the market. Today's recommended downloads Live Webcast: Getting to Microsoft Office 365: The Right Migration for Your Business (Microsoft) LIVE WEBCAST: Staying the Course: Why Fully Deploying Windows 7 Still Makes Sense Live Webcast Your Next 3 Ladder Rungs to Doubling Your Business (Citrix Online) High Efficiency Economizer-based Cooling Modules for Large Data Centers (APC by Schneider Electric) Remote support for PCs, Macs and Smartphones (LogMeIn)   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) or my Google+ feed (+Jason Hiner). Connect with TechRepublic Am I a man or a machine? My role in the hunt for AI How taking part in a Turing Test to find the first thinking computer made Nick Heath realise he is more like a machine than he thought. 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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Five most addictive smartphone apps

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Five of the most addictive smartphone apps There are hundred of thousands of apps available, and some of them are literally irresistible. Here are five of the most addictive apps. Did the app you can't live without make the list? Read more Resource of the day Arguments Against Virtualization - And Why They Are Wrong In order to cut through the rumors, check out this white paper. You'll learn where some of the most popular arguments against virtualization break down, and how you can create a network that surpasses expectations. Posts from TechRepublic   Better organize the app drawer on your Droid Bionic Jack Wallen walks you through the creation of app drawer groups, so that it's easier to find the apps you need on your Droid Bionic. Read more How to use Android animation listeners This tutorial shows how to use Android animation listeners when simple time-based callbacks aren't enough and XML-based animation sets get too hairy. Read more Posts from ZDNet   6 Good apps for the BlackBerry Playbook The BlackBerry Playbook is a good value for the cheap prices available, but needs good apps. This short list contains my favorites and the most heavily used apps on my Playbook. Read more Verizon to kill grandfathered unlimited data plans, makes my decision to leave easier There are still people, like me, that have unlimited data on Verizon, but we now hear that this service will be killed off to transition people to a shared data plan sometime this year. Read more Apple gets new HTC devices held by Customs; maybe I will see LTE network before the EVO 4G LTE The lawsuits in the mobile space are plentiful and it looks like this one from Apple against HTC has some real teeth to it as HTC's newest devices are being held up in Customs for an indefinite period of time. Read more Featured multimedia   Google's walk-through of Knowledge Graph Google has created a 500-million-item database of people, places, and things. The results of the effort will start appearing today in search, offering encyclopedic capsules of information on topics. View on site These 'Alpha Geeks' are already living in the future (photos) The thinkers, designers, engineers, and hackers at the center of the maker movement are focused on the innovation business. At the MAKE Hardware Innovation Workshop this week, the open-source community shows its dedication to giving back more than you take. View on site Featured Webcast Live Webcast Your Next 3 Ladder Rungs to Doubling Your Business Check out this webcast to learn about three steps you can take to double your business. Discover the simple tips, along with the more complicated ones, in this webcast. Today's recommended downloads General Guidelines for Building Effective Service Catalogs (Global Knowledge) Upgrading to vSphere 5 (Global Knowledge) Live Webcast Your Next 3 Ladder Rungs to Doubling Your Business (Citrix Online) Microsoft SQL 11 "Denali": What To Expect (Global Knowledge) The Network Manager Checklist for Cloud (Global Knowledge)   Message to subscribers The Smartphones newsletter is now a co-branded ZDNet and TechRepublic offering. In addition to TechRepublic Smartphones bloggers' tips on mobile deployments and management and new apps, you will get the latest from ZDNet Mobile News and Smartphones and Cell Phones blogs. We hope you enjoy this expanded mobile coverage. TechRepublic's Smartphones blog ZDNet's Mobile News blog ZDNet's Smartphones and Cell Phones blog Connect with TechRepublic Tech worker mid-year 'resolutions' The turn from winter into spring and summer presents a great time to put some thought into how you're developing as a leader. Patrick Gray offers tips on where to start. TechRepublic newsletters   Get product reviews, tips, the latest tech news updates, and more in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! Five Apps Tablets in the Enterprise App Builder 10 Things Tech Sanity Check

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