Microsoft lays out Window 8 Tablet Hardware Requirements
Originally Posted By Brooke Crothers, CNET
Microsoft has issued a set of guidelines for hardware certification on Windows 8 tablets–a policy it applies to all new operating systems. While there aren’t a lot of surprises (see charts below), Microsoft does specifically address a “convertible” design, which is expected to become popular on both Intel- and ARM-based devices.
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12% of iPad Owners in the Enterprise No Longer Use Their Laptop
Originally Posted By Neil Hughes, AppleInsider
More than one in ten iPad owning business professionals have indicated that Apple’s touchscreen tablet has become their portable device of choice, completely replacing their laptop. The role of the iPad in the enterprise was explored in a new study revealed this week by IDG Connect. The “iPad for Business Survey 2012″ features interviews with IT and business professionals from around the world.
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Apple’s Textbook Plan’s Biggest Flaw is that it’s Tied to the iPad
Originally Posted By Ricardo Bilton, ZDNet
Apple may aim to reinvent the textbook market, but its efforts so far don’t show that it wants to do so openly. Revealed today, Apple’s textbook ambitions are, conceptually, air tight: The company plans to inject itself directly between textbook publishers, schools, and students, acting as a middle man for a business model in dire need of updating.
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