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  • iPad Mini vs. Google Nexus 7 vs. Kindle Fire

    Here's how the iPad Mini's announced tech specs stack up against popular 7-inch tablets from Google and Amazon. (Of course, while the specs are important, there's more to a tablet than a data sheet. Computerworld will have a hands-on review of the iPad Mini soon.)

  • Nine Kindle Fire apps for getting work done

    The consensus of <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/240801/amazon_kindle_fire_first_impressions_solid_but_limited.html">most reviewers of the Kindle Fire</a> is that it's useful as a media consumption device, but not as an erstwhile laptop replacement like the iPad. While that may be the case, the Kindle Fire <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/240867/will_the_kindle_fire_spark_business_interest.html">is cheaper than its Apple counterpart</a>, and it still supports a wide range of productivity apps--especially when you take into account that you <a href="http://mashable.com/2011/11/14/kindle-fire-runs-nook-app/">can sideload any Android</a> application that you want.

  • Five reasons Amazon e-books are outselling hardcovers

    Are you still holding out to see what happens with this whole ebooks "fad" before deciding whether to embrace it for your business? Well, the times they are a changin' and there are a variety of reasons that ebooks are outpacing printed books.

  • Open source, Web 2.0 gain appeal as IT budgets shrink

    CPS Energy, the largest municipality-owned gas and electric company in America, needed to get a better grip on its budget and its budgeting process. Since CPS Energy was an enterprise SAP user, more SAP AG software was the obvious and lowest-risk way for CIO Christopher Barron to go.