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By Will Kelly Takeaway: Are tablets going to replace the corporate desk phone? Will Kelly believes that the pieces are coming together to make this a sensible option for many companies.   The office desk phone is officially on notice that it might be heading to a dusty equipment closet down in the basement. It’s

By Scott Lowe Takeaway: We may not know exactly what’s going to happen in the tech world this year — but a lot of you have strong opinions about what WON’T be happening. Last week, we put out a Call for Feedback asking you, the loyal TechRepublic community, to tell us what you think are

By Justin James Takeaway: After spending a couple of months kicking the tires on the Windows 8 Developer Preview, Justin James can cite a number of promising features and positive changes. Now that the Windows 8 Developer Preview has been available for a while, it is easier to take a step back and evaluate it

By Patrick Gray   Takeaway: Patrick Gray believes that a tablet’s success relies on the content that’s available on the device, which must be compelling in that particular format. I’ve been fielding lots of questions about the technology behind tablet devices. IT staff worry about security and manageability, and everyone else — from consumers to

  Latest Media Tablet Trends Discussed Today at Gartner Symposium/ITxpo on the Gold Coast, Australia, 14-17 November 2011 GOLD COAST, Australia, November 15, 2011— Business applications for the iPad and other tablet devices are moving beyond the first wave of personal productivity tools towards manageable and secure enterprise applications that support major business initiatives, according

    Takeaway: The iPad has its limits, but it’s really good at a few basic functions. Here are 20 useful apps that play to the iPad’s strengths. I previously said that the Apple iPad is only good for two things (I later added a third), but it’s really good at those things. With that in

By Jason Hiner Takeaway: At its annual Symposium, Gartner unveiled its list of the 10 most strategic tech trends of 2012, including a controversial demotion of the cloud. Gartner analyst David Cearly peppered his audience of change-weary IT leaders with a new list of the tech trends that are going to rock their world next

Steve Jobs (1955-2011) Steve Jobs passed away Wednesday, Oct. 5 at age 56. Fortune looks back at how he changed the way we think about and use technology forever, putting his own stamp on everything from the personal computer to the music industry.   Design For Jobs, how a product looked, felt and responded trumped

Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM-T22.34—-%) is heavily discounting its PlayBook tablet, joining a growing number of companies trying to compete with Apple’s (AAPL-Q403.17—-%) ultra-popular iPad by slashing prices on their own mobile devices. Retailers from Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to Best Buy Co. Inc. have begun offering steep discounts on RIM’s tablet computer, which has suffered