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iPhone G3 Hits Walmart Shelves Sunday
Just in time for the after-Christmas bargain bonanza, Walmart will begin stocking the Apple iPhone 3G in nearly 2,500 stories across the U.S. beginning Sunday, Dec. 28. In a much anticipated deal with Apple, Walmart will carry the black 8 GB iPhone 3G for $197 and the 16 BG black or white models for…
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Change 2008: For Better and Worse
This year, 2008, was a momentous one in general and for the channel. It marked perhaps the most historic election of our lifetimes that changed the way campaigns are conducted and a financial crisis and economic downturn that many observers say looks more like the Great Depression than anything that’s happened since. These changes reverberated…
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Softchoice Receives Extension on $45M Loan Repayment
Softchoice, one of the largest software and services solution providers in North America, received an extension on its debt repayment plan, giving it an additional three months to settle the loan. A Toronto-based company, Softchoice is in the final stages of negotiating a deal in which it wouldn’t have to repay $45 million that was…
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Notebooks Sales Top Desktop PCs
Today’s notebooks are sleek, stylish and eminently portable. They allow your small business to take the company on the road in the space of a carry-on bag. Now, for the first time ever, notebook (laptop) sales have surpassed desktop sales, according to research firm iSuppli. In the third quarter of 2008, notebook PC shipments rose…
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Dimension Data: Tech Consumers Apt to Delay Big IT Projects
Nobody is saying 2009 will be a boom year for technology spending, but there are areas that experts forecast will be recession-proof, such as storage and virtualization. And then there are areas that are expected to suffer. One of those is expected to be systems integration. While services have often been vaunted as a defensive…
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IT Has Great Green Expectations for Obama
When President-Elect Barack Obama takes the oath of office Jan. 20, he will do so amid great expectations. Seldom has a new administration entered the White House with so much weight on its shoulders. The nation is counting on Obama to tackle a range of heavy issues, from health care to the Iraq war to…