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In The News: One New E-Reader, One Cancelled, A Cavernous Library, Abe's Top 10
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| Meanwhile, Microsoft announced that it has
| dropped its "Courier" project, at least
| for now. The Courier was to be an
| electronic device to compete not only with
| the Kindle and Kobo, but more
| sophisticated devices such as the iPad.
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http://www.americanaexchange.com/NewAE/aemonthly/article.asp?f=1&page=1&id=953
Chart: Microsoft's performance under Gates vs. Ballmer
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/chart-microsofts-performance-under-gates-vs-ballmer/35415
Steve 'Ballmer's Reality Distortion Field is overheating'
http://www.betanews.com/joewilcox/article/Steve-Ballmers-Reality-Distortion-Field-is-overheating/1275273838
Microsoft (MSFT) Scrambles to Catch Up in Tablet Computers
http://www.cabot.net/News/2010/06/Tablet-Computers.aspx
Ballmer: Mea Culpas on Tablets, Smartphones
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| When asked about how Dell and other
| Microsoft partners have shown Android
| tablets, Ballmer noted that a year ago,
| many of those partners were selling Linux-
| based netbooks, but they didn't sell well.
|
| [...]
|
| Ballmer did agree that the company has a
| new class of competitors, but said that
| was nothing new--10 years ago, it faced
| Linux and OpenOffice, for instance.
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http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2364622,00.asp
Everything Wrong With The Steve Ballmer Era On Display At D8
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| Remember his quote on the $500 iPhone? On
| Android being free? Ballmer likes to laugh
| at his rivals, only to become the
| laughingstock years later.
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http://www.businessinsider.com/ray-ozzie-schools-steve-ballmer-on-stage-at-all-things-d-2010-6
Recent:
Linux software manages updates for remote embedded devices
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| Lineo Solutions, Inc. announced Linux-based
| server and client software enabling remote
| updates of embedded devices over the web. The
| SmartU2 for Linux System consists of core
| management server software called "SmartU2
| Manager," as well as a 100KB "SmartU2 Agent"
| client that runs on embedded Linux devices,
| says the company
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http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/Lineo-Smartu2/?kc=rss
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