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Nexus 7 Android Tablets for Christmas At DoubleDutch

Comments | Boonsri Dickinson, BYTE | December 25, 2012 08:35 AM
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Why did the founder of Mobile CRM company DoubleDutch give his employees Android Nexus 7 Tablets for XMas? He wanted to inspire them to develop for the platform — not just for the iPad — and explained how enterprise app development is fundamentally changing the way enterprise business is done. Read More >>

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BYTE's BYOD Holiday Gift Guide

Comments | BYTE Staff & Contributors | November 26, 2012 06:40 AM
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This year, get friends and family a gift they can really use: A bring-your-own-device -- BYOD -- gadget, something that makes it easier to use their favorite mobile device. They'll thank you every time they use it. Read More >>

Category: Tablets
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Skype For Android 3.0 Excels At Voice, Transfers

Comments | Serdar Yegulalp, BYTE | November 21, 2012 08:02 AM
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Skype for Android 3.0 improves voice quality and adds new tablet-specific features -- but requires the latest hardware and Android platform for the best results. Read More >>

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Evernote 5: Don't Rush To Upgrade

Comments | Dino Londis, InformationWeek | November 09, 2012 04:35 PM
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Evernote 5 for iPad and iPhone looks new but it isn't functionally better, except for one or two new features. Evernote should have spent its time overhauling the desktop version instead. Read More >>

Commentary

Crapware Lives On Windows 8

Comments | Serdar Yegulalp, BYTE | November 02, 2012 09:02 AM
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Windows 8 is a clean slate in many ways. But one scourge that is not gone is crapware, a.k.a. bloatware, junkware, trialware, and stupid games that drag down the performance and experience of so many Windows PCs. We asked Acer, Toshiba, Dell, Samsung and Lenovo what they preload on their Windows 8 systems. Some PCs are cleaner than others. The surprise? A Microsoft store might be the best place to buy. Read More >>

Category: Operating systems
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Google Acquires Security Service VirusTotal

Comments | Boonsri Dickinson, BYTE | September 10, 2012 04:30 PM
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Google has acquired free malware scanner VirusTotal for an undisclosed sum. The site runs submitted files through 44 different malware scanners and reports new findings to anti-virus software companies. Read More >>

Commentary

Company Policy Be Damned: Employees Love Dropbox

Comments | Dino Londis, BYTE | July 27, 2012 04:58 PM
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Thirty-one percent of IT pros say their users frequently use Dropbox, according to a new survey. Half the respondents think it's led to loss or theft of confidential documents. Forbidding employees from using such services isn't practical anymore. DCS--data-centric security--could be the answer. Read More >>

How-To

BYOD Warrior? Have Contingency Plans For Disaster

Comments | Dino Londis, BYTE | July 24, 2012 10:00 AM
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Smartphones fail. tablets get damaged, and Internet services go down. Knowing that you have a backup plan and that it works brings peace-of-mind. In this article we tell you how to keep yourself protected. Read More >>

Category: Smartphones
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Mobile Malware Exists To Steal Your Data

Comments | Larry Seltzer, BYTE | March 06, 2012 12:38 PM
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It's not entirely clear how big the mobile malware problem is, but it is clear that data breaches are the main threat it poses. Read More >>

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Android Anti-Malware Tests Show Big Detection Differences

Comments | Larry Seltzer, BYTE | March 06, 2012 04:00 AM
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Test lab's results show that some anti-malware packages are a lot better at detection than others. Read More >>

Reviews

Free WinZip For iOS Handles Email Attachments

Comments | Larry Seltzer, BYTE | February 22, 2012 08:00 AM
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iPhones and iPads are pretty bad at handling email Zip file attachments. WinZip for iOS fixes the problem for free but lacks features common in other file managers. Read More >>

Commentary

Apple Gatekeeper Moves Mac Into iOS's Walled Garden

Comments | Larry Seltzer, BYTE | February 17, 2012 06:09 PM
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Whitelisting is the future of desktop application security, and Apple is taking a particularly controlling approach to it in Mountain Lion. Read More >>

Reviews

iPad, Take A Note: PaperPort Notes Adds Speech Recognition

Comments | Todd Ogasawara, BYTE | February 06, 2012 01:00 AM
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Unlike other note-taking apps for iOS, PaperPort Notes allows dictation and some commands by voice. Read More >>

Category: Tablets
Commentary

It's Browser Version Madness!

Comments | Larry Seltzer, BYTE | February 03, 2012 11:56 AM
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Major versions of a major program used to be a major event. Thanks to Google and Mozilla they are downright commonplace, but still as disruptive as ever. Read More >>

Commentary

Stop SOPA And Piracy

Comments | Larry Seltzer, BYTE | January 18, 2012 06:50 AM
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It does seem as if the SOPA and PIPA bills will facilitate abuse of innocent Internet users. So what do we do about the abuse of IP holders? Read More >>

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