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Jobs' genius was to force the industry to innovate
On Tuesday this week the Apple faithful gathered in California to watch what they thought would be the unveiling of the much-anticipated iPhone 5. But they were to be disappointed. In the words of one famous nerd, it might have been Apple's "wor... Opinion
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Steve Jobs: the first business superstar?
If you want to gain a sense of Steve Jobs' achievements, you only need to look at the reaction to his death. I'll wager that no other technology boss - no other business leader even - would have so many eulogising him or her after their death, the Pr... Opinion
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A sad day for fans of Citizen Jingoism; Sun online forum to shut
Fans of low-brow debates like myself will be mortified. The Sun's online Forum is to close on Friday 30 September. I'm mortified. All I've got left now is the Nick Ferrari phone in on LBC. The closure of MySun raises a few questions though. If the pu... Opinion
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Amazon the latest to mount a tablet attack
One of the interesting recent developments in the tablet market is the way that, just as some of the most well known names in IT raise up their hands and pull out or express difficulties competing with Apple, other new entrants come into the market. ... Opinion
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HP keeps the strategy, replaces the man who thought it up
Farewell then, Leo Apotheker. You were the CEO at HP who introduced a software-based strategy on 18 August by simultaneously announcing plans to acquire Autonomy and (with the full authorisation of the board) to look at a strategic options for the PC... Opinion
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Strategy, schmategy: could there be more disruption at HP?
So the biggest technology story doing the rounds today (22 September) is that the board of HP have had a meeting to discuss whether they should get rid of CEO Leo Apotheker, the man they appointed to run the company less than a year ago. Apparent... Opinion
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Time to hide your number 4 as 5 is on its way
It looks as if Apple is going to take the wraps off iPhone 5 on 4 October according to sources that are desperate to reveal the launch schedule from the vendor. That is good news for anyone who sells the phones and the accessories because it means C... Opinion
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Who else thinks resellers can thrive in the cloud era?
I'm a bit confused by the Channel Transformation Alliance, the body which has been set up to promote and further the spread of cloud computing and managed services in the channel. It's not that I don't think it's a good idea. After all, who could... Opinion
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If PSG is not for sale why did Leo say it might be?
You have to wonder why the prospect of a sale of Hewlett-0Packard's Personal Systems Group was even raised if ever since it was mentioned the vendor has done all it can to quash sales talk. I have been at events where resellers have shared the view ... Opinion
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What if Samsung's Kubrick Defence had succeeded?
Samsung's attempts to use 2001: A Space Odysseyin its defence against Apple in a German court have come to naught. The Korean giant had sought to overturn an injunction against the sale of its Galaxy Tab devices in Germany by arguing a sequence in th... Opinion