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Marwaha to Merge High-Volume Process with IBM’s High-Value Channel
On paper the two channels are contrasts. IBM’s practice of deep integration and customization for high-end products; Lenovo Group’s fast and furious pace to mass market PCs to the world. But IBM, partners and analysts claim both methods have a place in the same family and that Ravindra “Ravi” Marwaha, who has been chosen to…
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OpenApple: Apple Takes on Office, Gently
Apple will step on yet another of Microsoft’s toes early next year when the Mac maker unveils the next version of its iWork productivity suite, complete with a new spreadsheet application. Sources report that iWork ’07 will gain this new third component, code-named Lasso, which will go to bat against Microsoft Excel in the consumer…
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Goodbye Eudora, Hello Thunderbird
Eudora, once one of the most popular e-mail clients, is finally being retired. Instead of simply abandoning Eudora’s customers, however, Qualcomm is partnering with Mozilla Corp. to create “Penelope,” a customized version of Mozilla’s Thunderbird e-mail client that will be optimized for Eudora customers. Penelope is being developed by half a dozen of Eudora’s most…
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Palm Targets Consumers with New Treo
NEW YORK—Palm announced on Oct. 12 the Treo 680, the first of the company’s smart phones to specifically target the consumer market. While Palm’s smart phones are widely used within enterprises, this is the first Treo designed for a general audience. The Treo 680, released at the Digital Life trade show, also is the first…
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Libya to Buy 1.2M Linux Laptops?
Libya reportedly plans to purchase 1.2 million low-cost laptops, after signing a deal recently. Nicholas Negroponte, founder and chairman of the OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) nonprofit association, told the New York Times that the deal had been reached in Libya on Oct. 10. Libya will pay the OLPC $250 million, according to the Times.…
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Wireless Wire: News from T-Mobile, Cisco, Novatel, Trapeze, Sprint
The post-CTIA doldrums have finally dissipated, so once again we have wireless news to pass along. No doubt you’re not surprised to know that manufacturers and service providers save up their Good Stuff to wow us with all at once. If they didn’t, we wouldn’t go to those shows and their controlled-message environments, and then…
