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Dell: Only Real iPad Competition Comes From Android, Windows 8
Microsoft’s upcoming Windows 8 and Google’s Android OS will emerge as the only real alternatives to Apple’s dominant iPad in the tablet market, according to Dell CEO Michael Dell. Speaking to analysts and journalists Aug. 16 in a conference call to announce the company’s second-quarter financial numbers, Dell said that Google’s Android platform will benefit…
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HP Could Acquire Autonomy for $10B, Spin Off PC Business
When Hewlett-Packard’s board of directors selected former SAP CEO Leo Apotheker as its new leader to replace Mark Hurd in September 2010, they knew exactly what they were doing; they hand-picked a career software veteran to transform their longtime hardware maker into a software and services company for the 21st century. They have moved aggressively…
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Cisco Launches Wireless-Only Version of Its ISE
Cisco Systems officials in April introduced their Identity Services Engine, designed to help enterprises track visitors coming onto their corporate networks. Cisco s ISE was created to manage not only visitors such as freelancers, customers or contract workers who need access to the corporate network, but also in response to the growing trend of employees…
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HP TouchPad Not Selling Well at Best Buy: Report
Sales of Hewlett-Packard’s TouchPad are flagging at Best Buy stores, according to a new report. If accurate, that’s a potential sign of wider trouble for HP’s tablet. “According to one source who’s seen internal HP reports,” read an Aug. 16 piece by Arik Hesseldahl on AllThingsD, “Best Buy has taken delivery of 270,000 TouchPads and…
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Intel Won’t Cut CPU Prices for Ultrabooks: Reports
The issue of price for Intel’s ultrabook concept is being raised again, this time in regard to how much the chip maker is charging OEMs for its processors. According to the Taiwan news site DigiTimes, system makers asked Intel to cut the price of its CPUs by half in hopes of giving them a better…