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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: Airlines Bite the Web That Feeds Them	7	James Dianto	2001-11-05 11:52:19
		Re: E-tailers: Globalize with Caution	3	Ultan O'Broin	2001-11-04 15:36:10
		Re: E-tailers Realize Money Can't Buy Loyalty	4	dan	2001-11-02 12:49:14
		Email attachments and consulting firms. Please help	1	Lee	2001-11-02 02:47:05
		Re: King-Size Stock Dive for Saudi Prince	5	Paul	2001-10-31 16:17:26
		Folks, think rationally....	1	Sam Beach	2001-10-30 17:04:33
		Re: Venture Capital's Biggest Losers	5	G	2001-10-30 14:02:26
		Re: Web Shopping Anxiety, Delivered to Your Door	3	Greg Gaucher	2001-10-29 14:08:37
		Re: Amazon, Barnesandnoble.com Accused Of Selling Hate Books In Germany	2	Mr. Hannajai	2001-10-28 16:34:17
		Re: BlueLight Cutting Jobs in Reorganization Under Kmart	2	jamila swain	2001-10-27 19:56:46
		Re: Make E-Commerce Take Its Medicine	3	Ashraf Kamel	2001-10-26 14:30:01
		Re: Entrepreneur Fills Niche with Hawthorne, N.J.-Based Internet Companies	5	I amTom Fouker	2001-10-25 19:07:14
		Re: Want a Piece of PayPal, Pal?	3	Tom Lowe	2001-10-25 18:10:30
		Re: The Reign of Content in E-Commerce	2	Earl	2001-10-25 12:28:57
		Re: New Yahoo Software Intended as Threat to Microsoft	2	Paul	2001-10-25 04:39:34
		Re: Catalog Retailers Hit an Online Home Run	2	Julianna Koh	2001-10-24 21:15:47
		Re: Amazon, E-tailers Approach Holidays on Thin Ice	2	todd	2001-10-24 19:08:15
		Re: Yahoo! Initiates Buyer Protection Program	3	Rick Bell	2001-10-24 15:18:16
		Re: It Never Rains in eBay Land	2	rmorawic	2001-10-24 11:11:35
		Re: I-Marketing Interview: PeopleSoft	2	Wayne	2001-10-24 10:14:43