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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: Did Shaheen Take Webvan for a Ride - or Vice-Versa?	23	ohioguy	2001-07-11 14:49:43
		Re: The Great Online Auction Listing Scam	2	Ted Renik	2001-07-10 21:54:50
		Re: Tell Uncle Sam to Leave E-Biz Alone	4	Mediador	2001-07-09 21:09:41
		Re: Why Webvan Will Win the Online Grocery War	4	B Hatchett	2001-07-09 12:29:15
		Re: Napster Suspends Service To Install Filters	17	RayRay	2001-07-08 11:02:07
		Re: Make Tech Analysts Disclose Their Track Records	7	Thomas M. Cald	2001-07-07 03:16:22
		Re: E-Banks: Learning the Hard Way	2	Whoa Canada	2001-07-06 17:38:42
		Re: Amazon Ends Free-Shipping Promotion	2	Marzipan	2001-07-06 17:34:48
		Re: Webvan To Auction $30M Atlanta Investment	3	Tartuffe	2001-07-06 17:30:06
		Re: Is Monster.com a Monster?	4	Recruiter	2001-07-06 13:44:45
		Re: As Napster Goes Vanilla, Aimster Faces Rocky Road	4	DebbySmith	2001-07-05 22:12:18
		Re: Establishing a Merchant Account for Your Web Business	2	Ked Shayer	2001-07-05 15:19:32
		Re: Who Pays When Dot-Com Partners Fail?	5	Henry	2001-07-05 07:27:26
		Re: Big Bezos Is Watching You	2	joe	2001-07-05 01:23:00
		Re: Blurring the Borders of E-Commerce	3	Josie	2001-07-04 12:15:21
		Re: Lincoln Mercury Shifts Online Sales Into Overdrive	2	Dr. Williams	2001-07-03 23:18:28
		Re: Hotwire.com Leaps into Net Travel Fray	2	Anonymous	2001-07-03 18:18:16
		Re: Monster.com Gobbles up HotJobs	2	robert	2001-07-03 13:02:47
		Re: UK Travel Site Shifts Jobs to India to Cut Costs	2	sihaque	2001-07-03 09:27:29
		Re: NetChoice: Fighting for E-Consumers	2	FrankLeibold	2001-07-02 11:33:31