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Why Windows Tablets of Yesteryear Failed 10 Reasons
Why Windows Tablets of Yesteryear Failed 10 Reasons 1. It Was the Wrong SoftwareThe vast majority of those who owned tablet PCs throughout the years were running Windows XP Tablet PC Edition. Although the software performed relatively well for simple tasks, it wasn’t as viable for tablets as it could have been. And most quickly…
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Samsung Galaxy Tab Gets Video Chat App Via Samsung, Polycom Partnership
Unified communications software vendor Polycom has entered into a deal with Samsung to develop standards-based video applications for the Android-based Samsung Galaxy tablet PC. The applications will be embedded on the tablet PC and will allow users to participate in video conversations from the mobile devices, combining directory and chat capabilities. “Polycom’s differentiated strategy is…
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Microsoft CEO Sells $1.3B in Shares
(Reuters) – Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer sold $1.3 billion worth of shares in the company, cutting his stake by about 12 percent, but said his first stock sale in seven years should not be taken as a lack of confidence in the world’s largest software firm. Ballmer said he will sell more shares…
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Oracle’s Ellison to Take the Stand in SAP, Oracle Trial
(Reuters) – SAP AG will get its chance to take on Oracle Corp CEO Larry Ellison on Monday when he takes the stand as the U.S. software maker’s star witness in a high-profile software theft trial. SAP, Europe’s largest software firm, has admitted to liability for theft of Oracle software files by a now-defunct subsidiary,…
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Dell Dumps BlackBerry for Dell Windows Phone 7 Smartphones
(Reuters) – Dell Inc will shift thousands of its employees off Research in Motion Ltd’s BlackBerry and over to Dell’s smartphones, the company said on Thursday. The money-saving switch affects the roughly 25,000 Dell employees who carry a company-issued BlackBerry. Dell employs around 100,000 people worldwide. Dell is also launching an effort to convince its…
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iPhone Infiltrating BlackBerry’s Strongholds: Banks
(Reuters) – Shares in Research In Motion slipped more than 3 percent on Friday morning as investors fretted the BlackBerry smartphone’s stranglehold on corporate communications was being eroded by rival devices. Bank of America and Citigroup have joined a growing throng of financial institutions eyeing alternatives to the BlackBerry for corporate email. The banks are…
