Hardware 
Apple refurbs: 21.5-inch iMac, now $929 – MacNN
At Apple’s online store today save on refurbished iMacs like the 21.5-inch iMac with a 3.06GHz Intel Core i3 processor, 4GB of RAM and a 500GB hard drive, now $929 after a $170 price cut. For $1269 upgrade to a … Continue reading
Canalys: Apple topples HP in global client PC market – ZDNet
Apple has zoomed past Hewlett-Packard to be named as the … before finally gaining momentum later in the year as price points decline and Intel launches a new line of processors and embarks on an aggressive marketing campaign.
Apple Has Heart, Discounts Macs, iPads For Employees – Technorati (blog)
the employees. He’s giving them big discounts on Apple hardware, specifically $500 off the price of a Mac, and $250 off the price of an iPad. Those are discounts we wish we would see for older models any given day … Continue reading
What The Mania For Ultrabooks Means For These Companies – Seekingalpha.com
The marketing blitz will be the biggest initiative in 8 years, when Intel introduced the Centrino chip. This time, the focus will be on thin and light notebooks. The campaign will begin in April. Ultrabooks have similar characteristics to Apple … Continue reading
Textbook of the future? Not until we figure out distribution, DRM, and ecosystem – ZDNet
looking at pretty documents from Apple on expensive hardware, looking at fancy PDF versions of dead-tree books on any hardware, and hoping that startups like Kno and Inkling step in with a better way. My piece in this series? If … Continue reading
Google accused of poaching Apple staff – ITWeb
In 2010, Google, Apple, Adobe Systems, Intel, Intuit and Walt Disney’s Pixar unit agreed to a settlement of a US Justice Department probe that bars them from agreeing to refrain from poaching each other’s employees. According to an unredacted court … Continue reading
Suit claims Silicon Valley anti-poaching scheme – San Jose Mercury News
A lawsuit filed in federal court in San Jose claims senior executives at Google, Intel, Adobe, Intuit, Lucasfilm, Pixar and Apple violated antitrust laws by entering into secret anti-poaching agreements not to hire each other’s best workers.
Apple, Google Face Suit over Alleged Workers’ Salary Poaching Deal – Int’l Business Times
The company in question were Apple, Adobe, Google, Intel and Pixar, which is a subsidiary of Walt Disney. In a suit lodged by five software engineers, Reuters reported that the companies were accused of stifling free movements among their …
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Steve Jobs told Google to stop poaching workers – Reuters
In 2010, Google, Apple, Adobe Systems Inc, Intel Corp, Intuit Inc and Walt Disney Co’s Pixar unit agreed to a settlement of a U.S. Justice Department probe that bars them from agreeing to refrain from poaching each other’s employees. According … Continue reading
