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Palm's Rocky 28-Year Path to HP (A Timeline)

Wednesday's announcement that HP would acquire Palm for $1.2 billion halts--at least for now--the dramatic rollercoaster ride that the company has been on since its birth as a gleam in Palm founder Jeff Hawkins' eye in 1982. Thank ...READ»

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Fresh Start 2002: Weird Ideas That Work

Do you need a fresh start on creativity? Stanford professor Robert Sutton is a unique voice with an urgent message about how to generate and capitalize on new ideas.READ»

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Hard Cell

The story of the Kyocera Smartphone is a case study in creativity, design, engineering -- and sheer determination. Here's what it takes to launch a hot product in a crowded market.READ»

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Face Time: Donna Dubinsky

Donna Dubinsky is half of the duo that turned the PalmPilot into the fastest-selling consumer product in history. So what's her killer app?READ»

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Redesigning the Design Business

Sure, Palo Alto Design Group designs winning products. But it's also winning the design game -- by reinventing the rules.READ»

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The Next Small Thing

What does it take to change the world? Obsession. Tenacity. And lots of mistakes. That's the untold story behind the PalmPilot - a 15-year saga that produced the kind of breakthrough that every startup dreams of.READ»

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This is Jeff Hawkins on Brains

The man -- and inspiration -- behind the PalmPilot.READ»

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The Right Way to Make Mistakes

Making mistakes, learning from them faster than the competition does, and marshaling resources to stay in the game until you're in a position to win.READ»

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PalmSpring II

We'll see how Palm's acquisition of Handspring affects their product development. In a way, it's a homecoming. Donna Dubinsky and Jeff Hawkins left Palm to start Handspring in 1998.READ»