T-Mobile's G-Slate Aims to Stand Out in Android Tablet Crowd; Why the iPhone Could Eventually Hurt Apple's Business

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TOP STORIES - April 25, 2011 • T-Mobile's G-Slate Aims to Stand Out in Android Tablet Crowd • Why the iPhone Could Eventually Hurt Apple's Business • Will Amazon's Outage Change Attitudes About the Cloud? • Adobe Patches Latest Critical Flash Hole in Reader, Acrobat • More Than Half of Web Apps Fail Security Audit Prior to Deployment SPOTLIGHT iPhone 5 Rumors Spark Questions The rumor mill is heating up over the next iPhone model and there are many questions Apple needs to answer for its own good. READ MORE >> BEST OF eWEEK • Facebook Shares Data Center Secrets • What Android Tablets Need to Beat iPad • Windows 8 Rumored Features Roundup • Cloud Democratizes Smart Planet Imagery FEATURED VIDEO Stop Risky Behavior Employee education is key to help guard against exposing your business. WATCH NOW >> MOST READ STORIES • Green Cars Hit Fast Lane at NY Auto Show • Why iPhone 5 Should Be Released in 2012 • Apple Battles Google, Amazon in Cloud • Features We Expect to See in iPhone 5 IN THIS ISSUE T-Mobile's G-Slate Aims to Stand Out in Android Tablet Crowd Featuring a 1GHz Nvidia Tegra dual-core processor, a relatively light weight at 1.5 pounds, and a pair of stereoscopic cameras in the back capable of shooting 3D footage, T-Mobile's G-Slate is one of the first tablets to hit the market equipped with Android 3.0. But priced at $750 unlocked, or $529 with a two-year contract, it certainly isn't aiming for the low end of the market, which means it needs to sway consumers with its high-end hardware and 4G support. READ MORE >> Why the iPhone Could Eventually Hurt Apple's Business News Analysis: Apple's iPhone is wildly popular and easily leading the company's business. But future missteps or an unforeseen downturn in iPhone sales could dramatically alter Apple's business. READ MORE >> Sponsored by Microsoft This month's featured article takes a peek at Microsoft's WebMatrix - a Web development tool that also evaluates your site's SEO compliance and offers up suggestions on how to improve it. Read the article to find out more! ADVERTISEMENT Will Amazon's Outage Change Attitudes About the Cloud? The ongoing Amazon EC2 outage shows that no cloud-service provider is immune from major disruption problems. However, this shouldn't change attitudes toward cloud computing. The key is to make sure businesses manage their own cloud-computing service closely and provide their own backup. READ MORE >> Adobe Patches Latest Critical Flash Hole in Reader, Acrobat Adobe rolled out the latest Reader and Acrobat updates to address the latest Flash zero-day vulnerability as new exploits are discovered. READ MORE >> More Than Half of Web Apps Fail Security Audit Prior to Deployment A majority of Web applications are not being developed with security in mind, and security vendors are some of the big offenders. READ MORE >> How to Get Started with Cloud Computing View this panel discussion with IBM cloud computing leaders on how enterprises can get started with cloud computing -- reviewing which workloads make sense to move first and the right type of cloud for workloads. DOWNLOAD NOW >> Oracle Databases on VMware vSphere 4: A Guide This document will also show that the same best practices, tuning tips and tricks, and skill sets necessary to deploy Oracle databases in physical environments can be leveraged when deploying Oracle databases in virtual environments. DOWNLOAD NOW >> Demystifying the Cloud - A Conversation with Dell's CIO & CTO! May 10, 2011 at 4:00 p.m. Eastern / 1:00 p.m. Pacific (60 minutes) Join Dell's Chief Innovation Officer Jim Stikeleather and Chief Technology Officer Kris Fitzgerald as they untangle the nebulous world of cloud computing. These luminaries will explain the various types of cloud services, and they'll also show how to best utilize and customize cloud computing for your environment. REGISTER >> Embracing Business Intelligence to Keep Pace With Today's Fast Moving Market Apr 28, 2011 at 1:00 p.m Eastern / 10:00 a.m. Pacific (60 minutes) Join eWEEK for this live, interactive webcast, sponsored by SAP, and hear from industry experts regarding the importance of embracing business intelligence to better use your information. Attend this online-only event and learn how predictive analytic can help your company learn sort through the data barrage, pull out what is relevant and use it accordingly. REGISTER >>

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