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	Are tablets inevitable as PC replacements? Tablets are making huge inroads, but PCs aren't even close to being dead yet Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: EMC Transform End User Computing Turn to EMC to bring new simplicity, power, and efficiency to end user computing-any user, any device, anywhere. Click to continue In this Issue Acer announces its first quad-core tablet IBM's Watson expands cancer care resume New iPad clears China regulatory hurdle The newspaper industry must change, or become yesterday's news New iPad already accounts for 1 in 15 Apple tablets Wall Street Beat: Tech bellwethers point to IT trends Foxconn handset unit returned to profit in 2011 Not-so-magic monitor, tiny routers and a kick-ass gaming headset SURVEY: IDG Research Participate in this survey for a chance at $500! Computerworld is conducting a survey about the evolving role and influence of technology buyers in today's corporate enterprise. Participate in this brief survey and enter a sweepstakes to win a $500 cash prize. Please share your valued opinion with us in this important survey by clicking on the link below. Acer announces its first quad-core tablet Acer on Thursday announced the Iconia Tab A510 tablet with Android 4.0, joining the growing market of device makers releasing quad-core tablets. Read More IBM's Watson expands cancer care resume Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center has brought IBM's Watson supercomputer onboard to help it diagnose and treat cancer patients, just a few months after Watson was hired by Cedars-Sinai for the same purpose. Read More New iPad clears China regulatory hurdle Apple received Chinese regulatory approval for an iPad device last week, signaling that the company plans on bringing its newest tablet to the country, even as it faces a continuing legal battle over the iPad trademark. Read More The newspaper industry must change, or become yesterday's news Mobile technology and the Internet are transforming news. Whether newspapers are involved is up to them, writes columnist Mike Elgan. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Hosting.com What if your key applications FAIL? Build for 100% application availability in the Cloud with Microsoft SQL Server. Achieve the highest levels of availability, performance, scalability, and security for your mission-critical applications while minimizing cost. Learn more at the April 12 webinar from Microsoft and Hosting.com subject matter experts. Register now! New iPad already accounts for 1 in 15 Apple tablets A week after the launch of the new iPad, the device now accounts for about 1 in 15 Apple tablets accessing the Internet, a mobile ad network said today. Read More Wall Street Beat: Tech bellwethers point to IT trends Hewlett-Packard, Oracle and Apple sparked some of the biggest corporate financial news of the week, highlighting sector trends as IT edges toward what could be its best first quarter on the markets since the dot-com bust in 2000, despite some turbulence during the past few days. Read More Foxconn handset unit returned to profit in 2011 Foxconn's contract handset manufacturing arm returned to a net profit in 2011, after the company streamlined its operations during the year to better manage production costs. Read More Not-so-magic monitor, tiny routers and a kick-ass gaming headset Shaw reviews MIMO MagicTouch 10-inch touchscreen USB monitor, 150Mbps Wireless N Nano Router, GameCom 780 USB headset. Read More
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