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2 Years Later, HP's Botched Palm Acquisition Still Stings

If the creative force behind webOS still regrets turning over his brainchild to HP, imagine how bad HP must feel over having squandered more than a billion dollars. "I agree with Rubinstein -- HP killed a very good OS and one that was very forward-looking for its time," said tech analyst Trip Chowdhry. "WebOS offered many of the features that came later in iOS and Android.
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Best Buy Clears Floor Space for New Windows Shops

Best Buy may need more than a breath of fresh air to survive, but it will at least get that much by opening a whole lot of Windows Stores inside its stuffy big boxes. The shops will show off Microsoft's own branded products, plus those of manufacturers that run Windows on their hardware. Shoppers get to see items that otherwise would be out of reach, and Best Buy gets -- it hopes -- more sales.
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		Re: High-Tech Firms Say Outsourcing Is Necessary for Survival	3	greendr1	2003-11-04 21:55:45
		Re: Novell Buys Linux Vendor SuSE for $210M	2	Corey340	2003-11-04 16:32:14
		Re: Politics and the Internet: Strange Bedfellows?	2	BTRandolph	2003-11-03 12:37:53
		Re: A Dud in Cupid's Online Quiver?	2	PaulNews	2003-11-03 09:19:57
		Re: Senate Approves Bill To Create 'Do Not Spam' Registry	2	scott_18	2003-11-02 07:56:00
		Re: Remember That Thing Called, Uh, Napster?	4	sheer	2003-11-02 07:07:55
		Re: The Hidden Costs of IT Outsourcing	2	garsid	2003-10-31 20:39:50
		Re: IBM Pounces as HP Cuts Loose Server Line	2	bobhahn	2003-10-31 18:12:57
		Re: The True Path of B2B E-Commerce	2	13monkey	2003-10-31 08:36:04
		Re: The Case for OpenOffice	7	MJong	2003-10-30 05:36:45
		Re: Ding-Dong, the Wicked Pop-Under Company Is Dead	2	jbharding	2003-10-29 18:18:14
		Re: The Future of Data Storage	2	fedrive	2003-10-27 09:47:09
		Re: IBM, GE Team Up on Enterprise Security	2	kissel	2003-10-26 09:26:30
		Re: New Service Brings eBay to Non-Wired	2	JimRice	2003-10-20 09:59:49
		Re: Advergaming Enters the I-Marketing Olympics	3	anakcerdas	2003-10-20 08:09:58
		Re: What Price Online Music?	3	aphral	2003-10-19 13:19:03
		Re: Report: Online Car Sales Will Stall	3	phusing	2003-10-18 17:17:50
		Re: SCO Girds for Battle with $50M Funding	2	Dekkard	2003-10-17 21:18:09
		Re: SCO's Brilliant Business Maneuver?	3	cvermejo	2003-10-17 13:04:03
		Re: AOL Decides To Offer Discount Internet Service	2	radha11	2003-10-16 23:15:20