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Hitler's TouchPad
A news event worthy of a "Downfall" parody (Warning: not safe for office viewing)
I know. I know.
Parodies of Oliver Hirschbiegel's "Downfall" are among the stalest jokes on YouTube. The film's original subtitles have been rewritten to cover everything from Kanye West's diss of Taylor Swift to Apple's (AAPL) rejection of the Fuhrer's Flash app.
But this one -- from the 3:49 scene when Hitler learns that the war is truly lost -- MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Aug 22, 2011 1:01 PM ETPosted in: Adolf Hitler, Apple, Downfall, Fuhrer, Hewlett-Packard, Hitler, HP, Kanye West, Oliver Hirschbiegel, Taylor Swift, TouchPad, YouTube -
HP's PCs: The handwriting was in Léo Apotheker's resumé
The board sealed the fate of HP's personal systems group when it hired the CEO of SAP
What the hell happened to Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) last week?
The simplest explanation is the one suggested Thursday by Techcrunch's MG Siegler and picked up Sunday by Daring Fireball's John Gruber: HP's board put an enterprise software guy in charge of a low-margin PC business and a high-risk play to outflank Apple (AAPL) in smartphones and tablets. When MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Aug 22, 2011 8:02 AM ETPosted in: Apple, Booz Allen Hamilton, Hewlett-Packard, HP, IBM, iPad, iPhone, Léo Apotheker, Mobile, Oracle Corporation, Pre, SAP, SAP AG, Smartphones, Tablets, TouchPad -
Today in Tech: How the TouchPad fire sale hurts HP
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* How HP's (HPQ) $100 TouchPad fire sale could affect the company's reputation and retail partnerships moving forward. (ZDNet)
* Meanwhile, Robert X. Cringely on why the HP he knew died many years ago, starting with the spin-off of Agilent Technologies in 1999. (I, Cringely)
* Skype is acquiring group-messaging startup GroupMe for MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Aug 22, 2011 3:30 AM ET -
Hewlett-Packard's abdication: What hath Apple wrought?
"The tablet effect is real," said HP's CEO, as he killed the TouchPad & orphaned his PCs
You don't have to look very hard to find the Apple (AAPL) angle in Hewlett-Packard's (HPQ) August surprise: The announcement Thursday that it is pulling the plug on its tablets and smartphones and preparing to abandon the personal computer market altogether.
This is Steve Jobs' post-PC era writ large.
"I'm trying to think of a good MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Aug 19, 2011 6:06 AM ETPosted in: Apple, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, iPad, iPhone, Léo Apotheker, Mobile, Palm, PCs, Personal computer, SAP AG, Steve Jobs, Tablets, TouchPad, WebOS -
Today in Tech: AT&T kills cheaper texting plan
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* HP (HPQ) dropped a double-whammy yesterday when it announced that it's ceasing production of hardware based on the webOS operating system, including the recently-launched TouchPad tablet, and thinking about spinning off its PC business. (CNNMoney)
* At its first annual developers conference, cloud-based note-taking startup Evernote announced it had acquired Skitch, MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Aug 19, 2011 3:30 AM ET -
HP's tablet woes don't bode well for results
It didn't help that Best Buy asked it to take back its tablet which was a dud with consumers. But its core businesses aren't doing well either.
FORTUNE -- A report that Best Buy wants Hewlett-Packard to buy back all the TouchPad tablet computers that the retailer is storing, unsold, couldn't have been timed worse. HP is slated to announce its third-quarter results on Thursday, and while the TouchPad makes up only MORE
Aug 18, 2011 11:18 AM ET -
Today in Tech: Amazon launches Cloud Reader
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* Smartphone maker HTC is investing $300 million in Beats Electronics, the same company that releases various Beats by Dr. Dre audio products. HTC reportedly plans to incorporate the technology into future handsets. (All Things D)
* Twitter is updating the social network with two new features. Replacing the "@Mentions" MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Aug 11, 2011 7:00 AM ET -
Today in Tech: Netflix changes plans and pricing
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* Netflix announced changes to the low end of its pricing scheme. The "all-you-can-eat" DVD and streaming plan for $9.99 was split into two separate plans: $7.99 for unlimited streaming (no DVDs) and $7.99 for unlimited DVDs, one disc at a time (no streaming). That means if you MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Jul 13, 2011 3:30 AM ET -
Today in Tech: Google + has millions of users already
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"On the general question of bubble, in the first place you don't know it's a bubble until the bubble ends, by definition. The rule I set for myself 10 years ago was that if the press calls it a bubble then I'd pay attention." -- Eric Schmidt, Google MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Jul 11, 2011 3:30 AM ETPosted in: Eric Schmidt, Google, Jean-Louis Gassée, Marc Andreessen, Paul Allen, ReadWriteWeb, TechCrunch, TouchPad, WebOS, YouTube -
HP's new (Russell) Brand: The TouchPad gets skeevy.
FORTUNE -- Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) apparently believes that putting Russell Brand's name and the word "touch" in close proximity won't make too many potential buyers of its TouchPad tablet wince or grimace.
In a set of short commercial spots for the TouchPad, Russell alludes several times to the skeevy image that has helped make him a star. "The only barrier is the barrier of my conscience," he says in one. "And let MORE
Dan Mitchell, contributor - Jul 5, 2011 4:58 PM ET
