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Apple iPad’s Major Lure Is Work Related, Says Survey

The iPads major draw may be work related, according to a survey from Sybase. When asked which tasks theyd most use an iPad-type device for, the majority of respondents said work purposes which could touch an already sore spot for enterprise IT staff.
– A desire to better work on the go is the No. 1 factor piquing
interest in the Apple iPad, according to a March 23 report from
enterprise solutions provider Sybase.

In a survey of consumers, Sybase asked respondents which tasks they
would be most likely to perform if they owned a tablet dev…


IBM Cuts Power Memory Prices to Lure HP, Sun Customers

IBM is pressing what it sees as an advantage over HP and Sun by cutting prices by as much as 70 percent on memory in its Power systems. The goal is to further tempt customers of Suns SPARC systems and HPs Itanium platform to migrate to IBMs Power architecture. However, one analyst also said that the Power platform also is competing with less-expensive x86 systems, which are moving deeper into scale-up environments.
– IBM officials are sharply cutting memory prices on their Power
systems in hopes of enticing more Hewlett-Packard and Sun Microsystems
customers to migrate their RISC platform.
IBM will reduce memory prices 28 to 70 percent, believing that such
a move will lure more customers onto the Power archi…


‘Gandhi chic’ looks to lure Indian fashionistas

‘Gandhi chic’ — wearing hand-woven fabrics championed by India’s independence leader — will be on fashion’s cutting edge if the Communist government and leading designers in West Bengal get their way. The eastern state, a region famous for its traditional weaves, hosted a fashion show

Tony Scott on The Taking of Pelham 123

Tony Scott, director of Top Gun and the new Taking of Pelham 123 remake, tells Andrew Pulver about the lure of action movies, how he moved from painting to film-making, and the ‘R word’ – his brother Ridley