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HP’s Slate 500 product

July 22, 2010
EMC ups outlook, rides data center upgrade wave
ZD Net
Larry Dignan shares details about EMC’s second quarter financial earnings results.

“EMC delivered a better-than-expected second quarter on Wednesday and raised its outlook amid strong demand for storage as data centres are upgraded. EMC expects IT spending to be up three per cent to five per cent in 2010.”

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Toshiba reveals Smart Pad tablet computer prototype
ZD Net
Rachel King writes that Toshiba is yet another company to get onto the tablet bandwagon.

“First Lenovo announces plans for the LePad, and now Toshiba has unveiled a prototype tablet named the ‘Smart Pad.’ Toshiba is looking towards a late September/early October time frame for launch”

HP confirms that Slate is still kicking, ‘next steps’ being determined
Engadget
Joanna Stern writes about HP’s Slate 500 product.

“HP officially confirmed … that the (HP Slate 500) is still very much in the works. The outfit’s not sharing much, but a spokesperson from its Personal Systems group did tell us that they’re ‘in customer evaluations now and will make a determination soon on the next steps.’”

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