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  • Sign of the Times: Now Hiring

    The overall unemployment rate is slowly inching downward, and an informal survey of solution providers shows that channel executives are quickly bolstering their staffs as customers gear-up to spend on long-delayed IT projects and invest in new technologies that will help their businesses save money, enhance productivity, or become more flexible. Currently, the general unemployment…

  • Android Tablets

    Android Tablets Care for some Ice Cream Sandwich on that tablet? Plenty of manufacturers will oblige when they roll out the so-called version Android 4.0 on a slew of new tablets that will offer bigger screens, lighter weights and more than enough processing power to rumble with the iPad. Ultrabooks Good bye netbook, hello ultrabook.…

  • 1. Microsoft Is Leaving

    1. Microsoft Is Leaving Microsoft was one of the Consumer Electronics Show’s biggest draws. Each year, it would kick off the event and set the tone for the rest of the week. But now that Microsoft is leaving, what can the CEA do to attract a Microsoft-like company? Chances are, very little. 2. Where’s Apple?…

  • HP Folio 13

    HP Folio 13 HP has tried to keep a balance in its first ultrabook offering, preserving the endangered Ethernet port while also including TPM and Bluetooth. There’s even a rubberized bottom to help keep the Folio off of the coffee-shop floor.WEIGHT: 3.3 lbsPROCESSOR: Intel Core i5-2467M 1.3GHzSCREEN: 13-inchCOST: $900 LG z430 The z430 ships with…

  • Cloud-Savvy IT Professionals See Abundant Opportunity

    A recent study of technology job want ads shows a 61 percent increase in demand nationwide for IT professionals with cloud computing experience. The study, which is based on ads posted by about 2,400 businesses, was performed by Wanted Analytics, a firm that provides business intelligence for the talent marketplace. “This growth spurt shows that…

  • Barnes and Noble Could Spin-Off Nook Business

    Is Barnes & Noble’s Nook losing the e-reader wars to Amazon’s Kindle franchise? In a holiday sales statement issued Jan. 5, the bookseller suggested it would absorb deeper-than-expected losses over the course of its fiscal year. “The change in guidance is due primarily to a shortfall in the expected sales of Nook Simple Touch, as…

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