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Dumbest Tech Marketing Stunts Ever

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February 23, 2011
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Dumbest Tech Marketing Stunts Ever Two Dell employees last week put the maxim "There's no such thing as bad publicity" to the test after a hostage-themed marketing stunt focused on the Dell Streak tablet went about as badly as you'd expect.
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Game On: iPad 2 Event will Disrupt Xoom Launch It is no accident that Apple sent out invitations to the iPad 2 media event the day before the Motorola Xoom tablet is set to launch.
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PC Makers Rolling out New Sandy Bridge Laptops Lenovo and Sony on Tuesday announced faster laptops based on Intel's new Sandy Bridge processors, which the PC makers said could offer longer battery life than...
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HP's New Laptops Provide Easy Self-repair Hewlett-Packard on Wednesday announced Intel-based business laptops with features that could make it easier to swap components or fix the PCs.
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Huawei Wins Preliminary Injunction in Motorola Lawsuit Chinese network equipment maker Huawei has won a preliminary injunction from a U.S. court, preventing Motorola Solutions from carrying out the transfer of trade...
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Early-warning Sensors in Focus After New Zealand Quake Authorities from Asia to California are working on computerized systems to warn people of large earthquakes, which are in focus again after the deadly temblor in...
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Google Launches Apps Certification Program for IT Pros Google has launched a program to certify that staffers at Google Apps resellers have specific expertise, knowledge and experience working with the company's...
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EU Refuses to Reveal Bank Data Transfers to US The European Commission and Europol have once again refused to reveal any information about how the Terrorist Finance Tracking Agreement is working
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Yahoo Video Dumping User Content Really like that video you posted on Yahoo Video? Well, if you want it back, you better hurry up and download it.
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Disk or Tape Backup: How About Both? Enterprises today have many more backup choices than they used to have, and they're taking advantage by pairing legacy and newer technologies.
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Did Acer Accidentally Invent the Cloud Workstation? Acer has announced an intriguing new product thats mostly a monitor with a little bit of computer added on. Devices like this could be the future of cloud computing.
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TSMC Boosts Chip Production on Demand From Apple Suppliers Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. is expanding capacity this year following recent unexpected demand from customers including Apple suppliers, it said...
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HP Reports Mixed Quarter on Weak PC Sales Hewlett-Packard on Tuesday reported strong profits for its first fiscal quarter of 2011 but the results were dampened by weakness in its PC and services...
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With Jobs on Leave, Apple Shareholders Seek Succession Plan Apple's management will be tested on Wednesday as the company faces a vote on a shareholder proposal asking the company's board to disclose its CEO succession...
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Apache Opens Content Management Space The Apache Foundation promotes Apache Chemistry to a top level project
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