Tablets are definitely becoming a staple in the consumer electronics world. For the longest time, the tablet PC was an expensive, clunky device that just didn't wow consumers. Some businesses had adopted tablets back in the day, but they were difficult to use, hard to support, and they simply didn't perform for the price tag. However, like many consumer electronics, Apple reinvigorated the tablet market with the original iPad, and now it would seem tablets are here to stay. The question is, are they right for businesses?
The Death of Windows XP has made its way into the forefront of IT news for the past year. We're only a week away from April 8, the last day of official support. Customers constantly ask whether their computers will stop running on April 9, afraid that Microsoft has hidden some sort of time bomb into the operating system that would render it unbootable after support ends.
No, there are no hidden time bombs (that we know about, anyway). However, once support ends, several major things will immediately happen.
1. Vendors will stop testing software, web sites, and devices with Windows XP.
Don't expect the latest version of Quickbooks or that new printer to run on an obsolete operating s...