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CES: Windows Phone, Windows 8 Likely Focus of Ballmer Keynote
When Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer takes the stage for his Jan. 9 keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show, he ll almost certainly whip the curtain back from a few company projects in development. Chief among those will be Windows 8, the long-gestating operating system due to arrive sometime in the latter half of 2012.…
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Smartphones, Tablets, Ultrabooks to Make Splash at CES: Canalys
A report from IT analytics firm Canalys predicted the key themes likely coming out of the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this week, anticipating that Intel’s ultrabook category will capture most of the mobile product announcements, with up to 50 new devices expected. Tablet devices are expected to take a back…
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Mistakes, I’ve Made a Few
I sold my MSP business. At every sale, there are always a large number of success claims about how it was built to sell, and how everyone is delighted about the sale of their company. Many go on to tell war stories about how “they did it”, assuming that the advice is useful and everyone…
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HP’s TouchPad Could Have Benefited From Tweaked webOS, Apps
The blame for the demise of Hewlett-Packard s TouchPad tablet can be placed with several parties, according to an article in The New York Times Jan. 1. The article assigns blame to several parties for the demise of Hewlett-Packard s TouchPad tablet. After that product crashed and burned in the marketplace, HP abandoned its plans…
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IBM’s New CEO Makes Key Management Changes
As IBM enters 2012, the systems giant has announced a series of management changes focused on strengthening its sales, enhancing its presence in growth markets and bolstering its services business. In her first acts as CEO of IBM, Virginia Rometty announced the changes on Jan. 3 in a letter to employees. Rometty became IBM’s first…