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Amazon just split the tablet market with Apple. The Kindle Fire is subsidized because you'll shop more. Apple will stay high-end. Every tablet maker in the middle is screwed.

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Debating HP: Fixed or doomed?

September 27, 2011 9:17am PDT

In this week's Great Debate, TechRepublic's Jason Hiner and ZDNet's Larry Dignan will debate HP's latest CEO change and the future of the company.

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Executives aren't putting the brakes on IT spending, yet

August 12, 2011 10:36am PDT

Technology executives indicated this week that the recent stock market volatility could impact tech spending. But, they also noted that customers are better off than in 2008.

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Market meltdown likely to impact IT spending

August 9, 2011 10:51am PDT

The folks who control IT budgets -- chief financial officers -- are not going to be very enthusiastic about spending on tech projects amid the current market volatility.

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Apple's B2B App Store: Why it's a big enterprise deal

July 25, 2011 12:20pm PDT

Larry Dignan lists four reasons why it's a big deal that Apple's B2B App Store went live last week and that the company is taking the enterprise seriously.

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The economics of Apple's App Store

July 11, 2011 8:55am PDT

Apple's App Store average paid app price is $1.44, of which it's reported the company gets an average of 26 cents per download. Larry Dignan offers more details.

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NASA's last Shuttle mission: What does this mean for the future of manned flight?

July 7, 2011 11:12am PDT

As NASA preps for its final Space Shuttle mission, people are wondering whether the Atlantis lift-off is a time to celebrate or mourn. Read what NASA's Charles Bolden says about outsourcing...

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Epsilon data breach: What's the value of an email address?

April 5, 2011 11:27am PDT

Epsilon, an email marketing service provider, suffered a data breach last week and the apologies from its big-name customers keep belatedly pouring in. This breach will show what an email breach...

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Why IDC's 2015 Nokia-Microsoft predictions are bunk

March 29, 2011 10:49am PDT

Larry Dignan lists four reasons why IDC's crystal ball for the smartphone industry in 2015 may be a bit cracked. Windows Phone 7 is the no. 2 OS behind Android, courtesy of the Nokia deal.

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Apple's App Store and a little trademark history

March 22, 2011 8:03am PDT

Apple is suing Amazon.com over use of the App Store trademark. Apple was granted the App Store trademark by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, but Microsoft is opposing the registration. This...

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Apple puts chips on TSMC from Samsung: It's just good business

March 9, 2011 1:04pm PST

Apple partners with TSMC on chip production, hurts rival Samsung and has a relationship with a manufacturer that has no skin in the tablet game. The Apple-TSMC partnership is just good business.

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CIO talk: A look at the Wells Fargo-Wachovia integration

March 7, 2011 7:13am PST

Wells Fargo is entering the final leg of the integration of Wachovia -- a big, but largely complementary bank combination forged in the market meltdown of 2008. The head IT people at Wells Fargo...

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Smartphones like Motorola Atrix can replace corporate desktops

March 4, 2011 10:27am PST

AT&T's Ralph de la Vega says he is heartened by the early enterprise interest in Motorola's Atrix phone, which doubles as a laptop. Larry Dignan discusses why de la Vega's argument is notable.

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Mobile app boom will tax enterprise IT

March 1, 2011 12:39pm PST

The mobile app market is booming and enterprises have plans to better target employees, partners and customers. The rub is that few information technology departments have the skills and resources...

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Windows Phone 7: Perfection needed to counter ecosystem worries

February 25, 2011 11:19pm PST

The Windows Phone 7 update this week had a rough patch. Larry Dignan offers the short version of what happens, and says that Microsoft needs to stick the landing on its next Windows Phone 7 update.

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IBM's Watson victorious in Jeopardy

February 18, 2011 7:25am PST

Ken Jennings foreshadowed the inevitable with his final Jeopardy answer. The answer: Bram Stoker. The subtext: "I for one welcome our new computer overlords."

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