Saturday 7 August 2010

One ex-HP guy (@richi) on another ex-HP guy (Mark Hurd)

Richi Jennings's picture   The Long View (Computerworld)

You may know that I worked for HP, in various capacities from 1987 to 2001. That was before Mark Hurd's time, but it won't stop me having an opinion, in The Long View.

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Monday 2 August 2010

Arabs ban BlackBerry? No, not exactly.

Richi Jennings's picture   The Long View (Computerworld)

You may have read that Research In Motion is in trouble with authorities in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. It's said that certain BlackBerry services, including email, will be banned unless the governments are allowed to spy on messages going back and forth. Banned? Seriously? Well, let's take a closer look, in The Long View.

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