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Toshiba Tablet with Android 3.0 Gets Swappable Battery
Toshiba launched a preview Website of its forthcoming Android 3.0 Honeycomb tablet, a device geared to provide features Apple’s iPad lacks such as dual cameras, a swappable battery, several data ports and Flash support. eWEEK got a sneak peek of the tablet three weeks ago at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show, but few specs were…
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HP Neoview Data Warehousing Platform Headed into Sunset
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 24 (Reuters) – Hewlett-Packard Co (NYSE:) has decided to stop selling its Neoview data warehousing platform, after it failed to attract enough customers, according to two sources familiar with the matter. Neoview — launched in 2007 under former HP Chief Executive Mark Hurd — will no longer be offered to new customers,…
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Google’s Outgoing CEO Gets $100M Pay Day
(Reuters) – Google Inc is set to give Eric Schmidt a $100 million equity award as he hands over the chief executive officer job to co-founder Larry Page. The award, which will include stock units and options will vest over four years and is Schmidt’s first such award since joining the company in 2001, a…
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Lenovo, NEC Eyeing Joint Venture on PCs?
(Reuters) – China’s Lenovo Group is in talks with Japan’s NEC Corp for a joint venture in personal computers, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter said, in a deal that would help them take on larger global rivals. The Nikkei business daily said Lenovo planned to take a controlling interest in NEC’s PC…
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HP Shuffles Board, Adds Meg Whitman
(Reuters) – Hewlett-Packard Co is shaking up a board criticized by many as dysfunctional, bringing in five new directors including former eBay chief Meg Whitman, as new CEO Leo Apotheker remakes the company. HP’s board had for years come under fire from shareholders and business leaders such as Oracle’s Larry Ellison, most recently after it…
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Apple Puts Screws to Users, Resellers with Proprietary Lock Out
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 20 (Reuters) – Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPLE) is giving a whole new meaning to locking your phone with its new screws. In line with its infamous philosophy of maintaining absolute control over its products, sources said U.S. Apple stores are replacing screws on iPhone 4s brought for servicing with tamper-proof screws to prevent…