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Brier Dudley’s Blog | Amazing Xbox Slim, PC combo — only $7,669 | Seattle Times Newspaper

I think I need one of these for, er, research purposes

If you still haven’t bought your back-to-school PC, here’s an awesome option — if you have no intention of studying and just won the lottery.

It’s the Origin Big O, a liquid-cooled behemoth that has one of the new Xbox 360 "Slim" consoles stuffed inside.

Maybe this is what Microsoft needs to really get PC gaming fired up again.

In this picture you can just see the Xbox drive try on the lower right.

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Brier Dudley’s Blog | Amazing Xbox Slim, PC… Continue reading: Brier Dudley’s Blog | Amazing Xbox Slim, PC combo — only $7,669 | Seattle Times Newspaper

Microsoft aims to sharpen its CRM pitch | Beyond Binary – CNET News

A Microsoft/Salesforce competitive snapshot

Instead of aiming squarely at Salesforce, Microsoft’s Dynamics business, which includes the CRM product, tries to mimic Redmond’s companywide efforts to portray itself as "all in" when it comes to the cloud. With Microsoft spending more and more of its massive R&D budget on cloud services and data centers, Park said Salesforce will have a tough time keeping pace. In explaining the strategy, Park heads to a whiteboard and draws a nine-box chart showing how Microsoft offers a combination of platform, applications, and infrastructure across servers and private and public clouds. Salesforce, he suggests, is only dabbling in a few of those categories.

And while Salesforce is profitable… Continue reading: Microsoft aims to sharpen its CRM pitch | Beyond Binary – CNET News

Nokia Turns to Pamela Anderson to Close IPhone Gap – BusinessWeek

A Pamela Anderson video promotion for Nokia – interesting times

For Chief Executive Officer Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, the event offers a chance to show he can turn the company around amid speculation Nokia is seeking to replace him. Nokia shares have slumped 60 percent since Apple introduced the iPhone in June 2007 and the company’s market share in smartphones, the fastest- growing part of the industry, has shrunk.

Nokia will introduce new devices and services on the revamped Symbian 3 operating system, according to a person with knowledge of the plans, the N8 being the first of the new line. It’s unlikely to make major announcements on the MeeGo operating platform it’s developing with… Continue reading: Nokia Turns to Pamela Anderson to Close IPhone Gap – BusinessWeek