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HP execs charged

October 5, 2006
By invandbiznews
HP execs charged

It has been announced that ex Hewlett-Packard Chairman Patricia Dunn and four others are to be charged by California officials today, the first prosecution in an investigation of illegally obtained phone records, a clerk said. Dunn allegedly authorized the internal investigation, which involved using fake identities to obtain private phone records, a tactic called...
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Are Apple and Adobe at war over Aperture?

October 4, 2006
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Are Apple and Adobe at war over Aperture?

See additional article here In October last year Apple announced its first foray into the professional photographic marketplace with the launch of Aperture. Whilst the product was quite CPU intensive, it garnered immediate popularity from the pro/amateur market – traditionally a stronghold for Apple already with its lead in the creative marketplace. The news...
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Belgians beat Google

September 25, 2006
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Belgians beat Google

Belgium is a small country in the Europe noted mainly for its strong beers and dour men in grey suits at the bureaucratic European Parliament. But at the moment it’s newspapers are savoring a sweet success against Internet giant Google. Last week Google cut off a dozen Belgium Newspapers after a court order forced...
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Sony’s exploding problems – now it’s Lenovo’s turn

September 25, 2006
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Sony’s exploding problems – now it’s Lenovo’s turn

Lenovo announced this morning that they were investigating a series of battery caused fires. It also said that Sony was working with them to identify the causes. In a statement Sony outlined that it wasn’t 100 percent sure if the battery in question was from Sony. This is interesting, because after the Dell/Apple fiasco,...
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HP’s first Watergate fallout – chairperson dunn falls on sword

September 23, 2006
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HP’s first Watergate fallout – chairperson dunn falls on sword

In an attempt to stem the growing scandal at HP, the board of directors has forced Chairperson, Patricia Dunn to resign from her position and severe all ties with the company. The Palo Alto, Calif.-based company will turn the chairmanship over to its chief executive, Mark Hurd, who was supposed to take over that...
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