Thursday, December 6, 2012

Computerworld's 2012 holiday gift guide

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Computerworld's 2012 holiday gift guide
Need some help choosing holiday presents for the technology fans on your gift list? We've rounded up this year's best tech gifts, from tablets and HDTVs to smartphones, laptops and an array of other gadgets and accessories. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Moovweb

Creating the Right Mobile Strategy
In the new Moovweb white paper, "Creating the Right Mobile Strategy: What You Need to Know Before You Get Started", get the insight you need to make an educated decision on the move to mobile. Read Now!

WHITE PAPER: HP and Intel® Xeon® processors

BYOD in Education
This white paper can help you address the security and management of multiple devices being introduced into your network. Read on and learn how to embrace a BYOD. Read Now!

RIM offers free BlackBerry 10 smartphone
Research in Motion introduced the BlackBerry 10 Ready Program to help prepare business customers for the launch of the next-generation operating system Jan. 30. Read More

How to buy the best portable hard drive
You can never have too much digital storage, and the day will come when you won't be able to squeeze a single new file onto your computer's hard drive. If your primary computer is a laptop or an all-in-one desktop, you won't be able to solve the problem by opening the case and tossing in a supplemental drive. Read More

Smartphone sales growing by 45% in 2012, IDC says
Smartphone shipments to retailers worldwide this year are expected to total 717 million, 45% more than shipped in 2011, IDC said Tuesday. Read More

Photos a casualty of Instagram feud with Twitter
witter and Instagram are feuding, and Instagram has gone so far as to disable an integration tool, leaving pictures difficult to view on Twitter. Read More

Qualcomm aims to bring quad-core phones to the masses
Qualcomm is preparing two new quad-core processors for the mainstream smartphone market, with support for several Chinese standards. Read More

Nokia launches low-end Lumia 620; brings Windows Phone to China Mobile
Nokia said its new Lumia 620 handset is its most affordable Windows Phone 8 smartphone yet, priced $249 when bought without a contract. Read More

AT&T adds six more LTE cities
AT&T said it has upped its LTE wireless network reach to 109 markets, by adding six cities in Puerto Rico as well as Albuquerque, N.M., Reading, Pa. and Salt Lake City. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Riverbed

Accelerating Cloud Performance with WAN Optimization
Today's smart CIOs are assessing their workloads against business needs and analyzing where each should run—locally or in the public cloud. Read on to learn about the benefits of cloud computing, and why its success or failure is often dependent on WAN optimization. Learn more.

Tablet sales skyrocketing, driven by iPad mini, Android demand
The latest predictions from research firm IDC show a continuing increase in tablet sales from the end of 2012 all the way through 2016, according to the company's latest Worldwide Quarterly Tablet Tracker. Read More

AT&T on track for record smartphone sales in 4th quarter
AT&T is on pace to sell a record number of smartphones in the fourth quarter, with strong sales of the iPhone 5 and Android phones such as the LG Optimus G and HTC One X, AT&T Mobile CEO Ralph de la Vega said. Read More

HP brings tablet functionality to new laptop
Hewlett-Packard is bringing a twist to its business laptop design with the new EliteBook Revolve, the company's first Windows 8 touchscreen laptop that can double up as a tablet in some circumstances. Read More

Appeals court upholds FCC's data roaming requirements
A U.S. appeals court has upheld the U.S. Federal Communications Commission's authority to require mobile carriers to enter into data roaming agreements with each other. Read More

Facebook hopes you'll trade texting for Messenger
Facebook wants to get mobile phone users to forget text messaging and switch to its updated Messenger service. Read More

JR Raphael: Android 4.2 random reboots: What's going on?
Google's Android 4.2 release introduces some interesting new features, but it also introduces some pesky new bugs, including one that causes devices to randomly reboot. So what gives? Read More

Preston Gralla: Windows 8 convertible devices: Born to fail
Microsoft and hardware makers have big hopes for "convertible" Windows 8 notebooks/tablets -- machines that do double-duty as notebooks and tablets. But "convertibles" and similar devices are bound to fail. They're a marketing concept in search of a reason to live, and there is none. Read More

 

HOW DOES YOUR SALARY COMPARE WITH YOUR IT PEERS?

Computerworld's 27th Annual Salary Survey will feature the latest IT salary trends and advice on where to find the best-paying jobs. This year's survey participants can enter a drawing to win one of 5 new Google 16GB Nexus 7 tablets with Wi-Fi! The drawing is open to legal U.S. residents, age 18 or older, until Dec. 17, 2012. Take our annual IT Salary Survey today!

BEST PLACES TO WORK -- CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

Is your IT department a great place to work? Our 20th annual Best Places to Work in IT report will honor 100 organizations that offer great benefits, salaries and opportunities for training and advancement, as well as interesting projects and a flexible and diverse work environment. Nominate an organization now through Dec. 13, 2012.

SHARK TANK OF THE DAY

They REALLY don't make 'em like that anymore

It's the pre-IBM-PC days of desktop computers, and this pilot fish sells a pair of them to a hotel accounting department. A month later, the customer calls: There's smoke coming from one of them.

CAST YOUR VOTE IN THIS WEEK'S QUICKPOLL

Asked if they'd rather receive a PC or a tablet as a holiday gift, 59% of respondents in a PriceGrabber survey opted for the tablet. Are these results a sign of things to come, or will this holiday season see a rebound in PC sales?

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