Tough guys don’t need to pussyfoot around with a dainty, iOS-running iPad in hand. No, you want something rugged, something extreme … something that runs the equally wild and rugged Android OS.

Panasonic launched two Android-powered Toughpad tablets on Monday: the 10-inch A1 and 7-inch B1. Designed for “highly mobile outdoor workers,” they’re best suited to those in rough-necked folk in fields like construction, aviation, the military and field sales. And they’re fast, too — 4G fast.

The A1 has a 10.1-inch XGA capacitive-touch display that Panasonic claims is easily viewable in daylight. The...

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Alfred Hitchcock warned us about kamikaze birds taking over our lives. Turns out that's not such a bad thing.

You already own it. Maybe in more than one version. You’ve played it in elevators, bathroom stalls, meetings, and traffic. Long past the point of meme-dom, Angry Birds topped 300 million downloads in less than two years and is now available on every major mobile platform (as well as a host of desktop apps).

As ubiquitous as a Mario brother, the birds have infiltrated nearly every facet of pop culture, with...