Tablets

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  IEEE wants mobile devices to be more repairable

  The organization, noting the environmental impact of billions of cell phones, says users should be able to open them up and fix them so they last longer. Would that be a headache for network admins?
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  Windows 8 and the PC vs. tablet debate

  Microsoft's new OS is making headway with agencies, particularly in DOD, while catching on with consumers, too.
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  A way to lock down public-facing iPads

  Kensington's SecureBack enclosures offer a way to secure iPads used as kiosks or control panels in public settings.
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  FDNY medical crews to arrive at the scene with Armor tablets

  The rugged tablets, along with DRS Technologies' EVDO routers, will let crew establish two-way links from the scene of an emergency to a hospital.
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  RT vs. Pro: Which Surface is best for your agency?

  The natural reaction is to go with the more powerful Pro, but the choice depends on how employees will be using the tablet.
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  Government needs are redefining tablets

  Manufacturers are adding features that makes sense on the job -- such as ruggedness and two-factor authentication -- though no one tablet has it all yet.

• How to make iPads safe for government? 'Neuter' them.

• Tablet/laptop for field work combines ruggedness and security

• Mini-tablets keep getting skinnier

• Panasonic adds a mini and a Windows 8 tablet to its Toughpad line

• 4 tablets that would look good under the public-sector tree

• Will Microsoft's Surface Pro be worth the price?

• Samsung PC line built for Win 8's cross-format approach

• Too soon for a 4th generation iPad? Maybe not

• Does the iPad have the footprint for field work?

• Microsoft's tablet begins to Surface

• 5 ways Windows 8 can be great for agencies

• 802.11ac WiFi could help agencies cope with BYOD

• Can mobile devices work as ID cards, thin clients on a secure net?

• Agencies yet to 'crack the code' on mobile management, security

• Air Force opts for Samsung Slate tablets

• A post-PC world? Hold the phone.

• Keys to mobile security: Consistent controls, user common sense

• Intel’s big idea: A hefty 27-inch tablet

• 5 ways tablets disrupt the tech environment

• Ultrabooks get tough with the X1

• Scrap the app: Smart-phone users getting wary over privacy

• Magic log-in ring lets you use finger swipes for passwords

• What OS X Mountain Lion can do for the enterprise

• The death of the PC: real or exaggerated?

• With Apple deal, GPO a step closer to 'where we are going'

• App breaks through the mobile compatibility wall

• Charge, sync, ship multiple iPads

• Free app brings the database to iPhones, iPads

• One way to manage BYOD: Limit the options

• Gauss malware, Apple iPhone show what encryption can do

• NCI gets agile in developing mobile website

• Mobile debate: Adapt website or build your own app?

• Md. governor's office trades paper, printers for iPads

• NC police get smart-phone access to crime database

• iPad, iPhone's kernel-up security could be a better bet for gov

• Unified comm is the next step in 911's evolution

• With new recruiting app, the Army is going to tempt me yet

• NASA explores augmented reality with Spacecraft 3D app

• Mobile security guide catches up with smart phones, BYOD

• Apple quits green IT program, putting government sales at risk

• Managing mobile security: There's no such thing as a free app

• Android's rite of passage: Now it has a botnet

• Wireless power charging: Tesla's 19th-century idea finally catching on

• Microsoft Surface: Is this the tablet for government?

• State picks Amazon's Kindle Touch over iPad

• NIST issues guide to fixing the holes in Bluetooth

• Echograph: The return of low-bandwidth animations?

• How BlackBerry holds onto government users

• New architecture underlies OMB's 'anytime, anywhere, any device' strategy

• Siri, is this the end of all-you-can-eat bandwidth?

• Android malware growing at 'staggering' pace, report states

• Cell phones vs. toothbrushes: Sounds like an opportunity

• Medicine's mobile mania raises the threat level, DHS warns

• iPhone app programs your dreams

• 9 keys to making BYOD work

• Partnership develops encryption for federal mobile devices

• Tablets with PC power: The Microsoft vs. Apple debate

• New Android malware designed to sneak into networks

• VA looks beyond iPad pilot to 'hyper portable' era

• 9 top tablets graded for government

• New chip tracks smart-phone locations down to the inch, even indoors

• Will the iPhone 5 be made of Terminator-like liquid metal?

• Windows 8 to arrive on 32 new tablets?

• National mobile alert system goes live; now phones have to catch up

• FCC, wireless industry battle 'epidemic' of smart-phone thefts

• iPad is the new search warrant

• Employees who BYOD leave basic security behind, study finds

• The possibilities -- and limits -- of smart phones and tablets

• Organizations in dark as employees party on with BYOD

• FAA says iPad pilot program is paying off

• Marines want smart phone for classified, commercial systems

• Android to surpass Windows as top OS by 2016, report says

• Beyond rugged: Plastic 'bleeds' when damaged, then heals itself

• Smart phones for multiple networks? FCC mulls changes.

• Army opens an app store for iOS devices

• 5 reasons you'll have a personal cloud by 2014

• Lost your phone? Assume the worst, study finds

• VA beefs up smart-phone pilot program

• New Apple tool helps configure, manage iPhones and iPads

• Air Force strikes deal for 18,000 iPads

• 3 big differences with Apple's new iPad

• ATF to drop BlackBerrys and switch to iPhones

• 2012 outlook for mobile data traffic

• Tony Bennett left his heart, others leave mobile devices in San Francisco

• Mobile malware is on the march, and Android is target No. 1

• NOAA switching from BlackBerrys to Apple iPhones, iPads

• Windows Phone 8 secrets leaked

• BlackBerry 7 OS gets FIPS 140-2 certification

• Do candles hold the cure for touch-screen smudges?

• DOD's move to Android started with DARPA apps program

• DISA office to manage mobile devices, online app store

• Is it inevitable that Apple will take over the enterprise?

• House adds machine-readable docs site, iPad app

• Cyber threats easy to predict, so why do they still surprise us?

• DOD moves toward mobile device buys

• Are the Windows 8 tablet rumors just noise?

• DISA OKs secure Android mobile system for DOD

• States, cities, pursue 'any-device' mobile platforms

• Readers' choice: GCN's top 10 stories of the year

• Intel's low-power Atom chip ready for Android smart phones, tablets

• Tech projects top $7B list of 'stupid' federal spending

• 10 terrible technology blunders of 2011

• 5 mobile products that are great for government

• At Los Alamos Lab, mobile security gets picky

• Mobile conflict: What users want vs. what agency needs