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	Tablet shipments to outpace laptops in 2013, NPD says | Asus to launch Chromebook in second half of 2013
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	Amazon leaks evidence of first smaller, cheaper Windows 8 tablet Details of what could be the first smaller Windows 8 tablet leaked when Amazon briefly published a listing for an 8.1-in. Acer Iconia tablet. Read More WHITE PAPER: VMware Don't Get Stuck on your Virtualization Journey You've virtualized a significant number of server workloads and have likely experienced significant cost savings and performance improvements so, what's next? Read this trend brief to identify which phase of virtualization you are in and where you should be headed to reap even more business benefits with expansion of your virtual environment. Read Now! In this Issue Tablet shipments to outpace laptops in 2013, NPD says Asus to launch Chromebook in second half of 2013 Space shots: Android phones beam back Earth pix What I learned living abroad as a digital nomad Barbara Krasnoff: Acer's new Aspire R7 laptop: Innovation for its own sake? 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Tablet shipments to outpace laptops in 2013, NPD says New tablet shipments will outnumber laptops for the first time in 2013, as touch display capabilities drive buying patterns rather than new operating systems like Windows 8 and Windows RT, research firm NPD DisplaySearch reported on Monday. Read More Asus to launch Chromebook in second half of 2013 Taiwanese PC maker Asus plans on getting behind Google's Chrome OS and will launch a notebook running the OS in the second half of this year, said company CEO Jerry Shen. Read More Space shots: Android phones beam back Earth pix NASA released photos taken by three smartphones as they orbited Earth. Read More What I learned living abroad as a digital nomad Digital nomad Mike Elgan returns to the U.S. after 10 months of travel and shares these tips for working and living abroad. Read More Barbara Krasnoff: Acer's new Aspire R7 laptop: Innovation for its own sake? Innovation is a good thing -- unless it is innovation for its own sake. Acer's new Aspire R7 touchscreen laptop may fall into that latter category. Read More Preston Gralla: Microsoft's smartwatch: Been there, didn't do that Vendors are falling all over themselves to develop smartwatches. Will this be yet one more example of Microsoft getting to a market first and then failing to cash in? Read More WEBCAST: 8x8 7 Reasons to Choose VoIP Thinking about a new phone system for your business? Be sure to watch this informative webcast. Steve Strauss, small business columnist for USA Today and author of the Small Business Bible, shares his useful and powerful expertise. Learn more. Scot Finnie: A call for mobile innovation A lot more innovation is desperately needed for mobile hardware design and platforms. Are Apple, Google, Samsung and Microsoft up to the task? Read More BlackBerry 10 cleared for use on Defense Department networks The U.S. Department of Defense has cleared BlackBerry 10 smartphones and PlayBook tablets for use on its networks, amid reports that the department may also clear devices from Samsung Electronics and Apple. Read More Toshiba to expand tablet offerings in the US this year Toshiba plans to expand its tablet offerings in the U.S. later this year as it explores more screen sizes and price points. Read More Qualcomm defends Windows RT tablets despite lackluster sales, biting criticism A Qualcomm executive defended Windows RT tablets despite poor initial sales, saying the mobile device chip maker is 'very optimistic with the future of Win RT.' Read More Time to say goodbye to Windows RT tablets? Windows RT tablets grabbed just 0.4% of the tablet market in the first quarter, a dismal result that led some tech experts to urge Microsoft to scrap the platform that's in its six-month infancy. Read More JR Raphael: Death to the carrier exclusive The carrier exclusive is the devil of smartphone deals -- and it's causing both manufacturers and consumers to suffer. Read More Richi Jennings: Nexus 5 pictured in Google I/O buildup rumor frenzy #slownewsday ...or perhaps it's an LG Optimus G2? An infamous gadget leaker offers this tantalizing shot of a future LG smartphone. Big whoop, except that there's some evidence that it's the hotly anticipated Nexus 5. Unless it's the hotly anticipated Optimus G2, natch. Anyway, it seems to have a 5.5-inch screen. Unless it's 4.7. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers got nothing else to talk about. Read More
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