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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: The Hoarders Will Hate the Next MacBook Pros	5	Macaholic	2012-02-29 11:00:33
		Re: OS X Mountain Lion: 7 Out of 10 Ain't Bad	3	CMaxcer	2012-02-23 19:47:50
		Re: iPad Rumble in China: Apple Slaps Amazon, Grapples With Proview	2	hembreeder	2012-02-17 07:27:02
		Re: China and Labor: Apple's Not the Only Problem, But Is It the Only Solution?	2	farmerbob	2012-02-10 00:07:34
		Re: Apple's Dynamic Tension	2	erann	2012-02-01 11:07:09
		Re: Apple's Textbooks Improve Everything but the Text	2	GarySRennie	2012-01-30 15:30:35
		Re: Moving Apple's Moolah Mountain	3	vanax	2012-01-28 18:13:56
		Re: Apple's Cook Steamed Over Labor Practices Report	2	CharlesLiu	2012-01-27 16:07:17
		Re: iOS and OS X: Time for Some Real Convergence	3	MitchH	2012-01-26 16:38:57
		Re: The iBooks Profitability Puzzle	3	Hugmup	2012-01-25 06:07:09
		Re: Numberlys: A Top-Shelf App for Kids, Though a Bit Overhyped	2	CMaxcer	2012-01-23 19:53:37
		Re: Kindle Fire Makes Apple Sweat E-Books	4	Thad_McIlroy	2012-01-03 22:10:39
		Re: Apple's Juicy 2012 Hardware Harvest	2	akcoyote	2011-12-23 04:21:29
		Re: An iPad Lover Plays With Fire, Part 3	2	gn33101	2011-12-08 09:06:11
		Re: An iPad Lover Plays With Fire, Part 2	3	CMaxcer	2011-12-04 18:37:22
		Re: Fire in the Sky: iPhone Ignites on Australian Flight	2	akcoyote	2011-11-29 13:43:28
		Re: Gmail for iOS: Bugs Fixed, Shine Still Missing	2	akcoyote	2011-11-18 10:04:59
		Re: Apple Strikes Up Match	2	jescott418	2011-11-17 04:54:56
		Re: Siri's Service Stutters Spark Strife	2	jescott418	2011-11-05 06:13:52
		Re: What's the Holdup on iTunes Match?	2	hembreeder	2011-11-04 17:56:05