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Steve Jobs's Strategy? "Get Rid of the Crappy Stuff"

In this excerpt from "The Innovation Secrets of Steve Jobs," author Carmine Gallo recounts what Steve Jobs told Nike CEO Mark Parker, and how this is a glimpse into Apple's strategy of focused simplicity.READ»

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iFive: HP's Missing CEO, Facebook Cozies Up to Skype, Nintendo's 3DS Disaster, Dell's Tablets, Google's Happy Workforce

While you were busy sleeping others were busying themselves with the business of the day, so here's the early tech news, digested:READ»

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Management, Leadership, and Mark Hurd: Why Top Teams Are More Important Than Individual CEOs

A fascinating editorial by Joe Nocera in "The New York Times" about the Mark Hurd story makes the argument that perhaps HP wanted to get rid of Hurd for other reasons, and used sex/misuse of funds scandal as an excuse.READ»

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Crystal Ball: Apple's Future Product Revenues Will Blow Your Mind

Apple's recent earnings figures revealed how astonishingly well the company's been performing--if its growth continues, it'll be the biggest company in the U.S., surpassing Microsoft. From which products will all this money come? The ...READ»

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Jobs Squad: Turtle-Necked Mac Geniuses to Make Tech Support House Calls?

Apple seems to be creating its version of The Geek Squad. The Boom! disposal experts. Does this mean that we will soon be seeing squadrons of silver-colored vans, driven by bespectacled men in black polonecks zipping around the ...READ»

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Why You'll Buy Apple's iTablet

The rumors surrounding Apple's tablet/netbook PC have worked up into a storm, far more than the drips and drops we've seen before. The various details suggest that it's really coming, it'll be great, and thus you will buy ...READ»

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Arrington May Launch $300 Tablet PC by End of July

According to InformationWeek, TechCrunch blogger Michael Arrington has incorporated a company in Singapore to manufacture and sell his CrunchPad Tablet device, which may be ready for imminent arrival to market. The thin, ...READ»

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Why the Apple Tablet Rumors Still Won't Go Away

Apple's mythical tablet computer is the stuff of gadget blogger wet dreams. We've covered the rumored device many times, and Chris Dannen has even explored why they keep resurfacing. But many more rumors keep popping up. Why, why, ...READ»

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Steve Jobs Retains Control of Apple, from Afar

After taking his three months leave as CEO, Steve Jobs may still be running development of Apple's special projects from home, according to The Wall Street Journal. Chief among them: new iPhone models, the iPhone 3.0 operating ...READ»

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Palm Brushes-Off Apple's iPhone Patent, Says it Can Defend Itself

The Apple versus Palm debate is beginning to develop some heat. After Apple was awarded the so-called "iPhone patent" yesterday, in which multitouch and many other aspects of the iPhone's design were detailed, Palm has responded with ...READ»

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Apple Officially Quashes iPhone Nano and Mac Netbook Rumors

Apple has officially quashed any idea that it's planning an iPhone nano or netbook-like MacBook computer. During Tim Cook's first quarterly earnings call as stand-in Apple leader yesterday afternoon, he was asked about the ...READ»

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Steve Jobs Announces 'Medical Leave' from Apple

Apple has confirmed that CEO Steve Jobs is taking a six-month leave of absence and putting Tim Cook in charge of day-to-day operations for the company. Jobs' internal e-mail is copied below.READ»