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<title><![CDATA[The Video Game Industry Is Facing a Mobile Zombie Apocalypse]]></title>
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			http://www.minyanville.com/sectors/technology/articles/The-Video-Game-Industry-Versus-the/5/20/2013/id/49901</link>
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			Mon, 20 May 2013 09:12:00EST
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<![CDATA[Conventional wisdom tells us that, in the event of a zombie apocalypse, we have two options: Collect as many weapons as possible -- the explosive kind, preferably -- and stage a futile, dramatic last stand, or, alternatively, make a run for it -- a desperate (and inevitably fruitless) search for someplace safe.

This topic is frequently explored in video games. Last year's The Walking Dead won numerous game-of-the-year awards, while Capcom's (TYO:9697) Resident Evil remains an icon of the genre, having spawned nearly two dozen game titles and four Hollywood productions, with a fifth on the way.

But while zombie ]]>
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	<![CDATA[Conventional wisdom tells us that, in the event of a zombie apocalypse, we have two options: Collect as many weapons as possible -- the explosive kind, preferably -- and stage a futile, dramatic last stand, or, alternatively, make a run for it -- a desperate (and inevitably fruitless) search for someplace safe.

This topic is frequently explored in video games. Last year's The Walking Dead won numerous game-of-the-year awards, while Capcom's (TYO:9697) Resident Evil remains an icon of the genre, having spawned nearly two dozen game titles and four Hollywood productions, with a fifth on the way.

But while zombie ]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Keeping the Start-Up Party Going: The False Promise of Crowdfunding]]></title>
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			http://www.minyanville.com/sectors/technology/articles/The-False-Promise-of-Crowdfunding-grpn/5/13/2013/id/49763</link>
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			Mon, 13 May 2013 09:45:00EST
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			http://www.minyanville.com/sectors/technology/articles/The-False-Promise-of-Crowdfunding-grpn/5/13/2013/id/49763</guid>
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<![CDATA[Last week, Donald Trump announced &ndash; with characteristic flair &ndash; his involvement with a crowdfunding startup named FundAnything. The Donald's presence would be something of an embarrassment for many companies, but then the tech sector has never been above a little shameless self-promotion. In fact, it's become something of a virtue in this age of "likes" and "thumbs-ups." Product releases have evolved into Roman spectacles, featuring rock bands -- or, in the case of Samsung's (KRX:005930) Galaxy A4, an act on Broadway. One might question the choice of Trump for corporate mascot, or make fun of it... but it's also ]]>
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	<![CDATA[Last week, Donald Trump announced &ndash; with characteristic flair &ndash; his involvement with a crowdfunding startup named FundAnything. The Donald's presence would be something of an embarrassment for many companies, but then the tech sector has never been above a little shameless self-promotion. In fact, it's become something of a virtue in this age of "likes" and "thumbs-ups." Product releases have evolved into Roman spectacles, featuring rock bands -- or, in the case of Samsung's (KRX:005930) Galaxy A4, an act on Broadway. One might question the choice of Trump for corporate mascot, or make fun of it... but it's also ]]>
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<title><![CDATA[When It Comes to Investors and Amazon, Is Love Blind?]]></title>
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			http://www.minyanville.com/sectors/technology/articles/Amazon2527s-New-Clothes253A-Kindle-and-AWS/5/6/2013/id/49632</link>
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			Mon, 6 May 2013 09:00:00EST
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<![CDATA[Of all the things that are "too good to be true," Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) may top the list. Back in the halcyon days of the dot-com boom, the company built its reputation on allowing customers to duck one of life's great certainties: taxes. Later, in the heady euphoria of the housing bubble, Amazon introduced its Prime membership program &ndash; unlimited 2-day delivery for a fixed annual cost &ndash; and made shipping costs vanish, too.

Today, the spirit of optimism is alive and well. The post-PC era is supposed to change everything we thought we knew about computing. Speculators are flipping social ]]>
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	<![CDATA[Of all the things that are "too good to be true," Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) may top the list. Back in the halcyon days of the dot-com boom, the company built its reputation on allowing customers to duck one of life's great certainties: taxes. Later, in the heady euphoria of the housing bubble, Amazon introduced its Prime membership program &ndash; unlimited 2-day delivery for a fixed annual cost &ndash; and made shipping costs vanish, too.

Today, the spirit of optimism is alive and well. The post-PC era is supposed to change everything we thought we knew about computing. Speculators are flipping social ]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Apple, Huawei, and the Trade War With China]]></title>
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			http://www.minyanville.com/sectors/technology/articles/Apple-Huawei-and-the-Trade-War/4/29/2013/id/49512</link>
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			Mon, 29 Apr 2013 09:00:00EST
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<![CDATA[A month ago, Chinese state television aired an investigation of Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) warranty policy, claiming that it discriminates against customers in China. Celebrities and public figures took to the nation's social media to denounce the company. The result, as we know, was farcical: One of these denunciations contained what appeared to be instructions for when it should be posted, leading to allegations that the network had orchestrated a smear campaign. Despite this misstep, and an apology by Apple, the attacks continued.

Xinhua ran an article blaming the company for student debt. More recently, the People's Daily &ndash; another state-owned publication ]]>
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	<![CDATA[A month ago, Chinese state television aired an investigation of Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) warranty policy, claiming that it discriminates against customers in China. Celebrities and public figures took to the nation's social media to denounce the company. The result, as we know, was farcical: One of these denunciations contained what appeared to be instructions for when it should be posted, leading to allegations that the network had orchestrated a smear campaign. Despite this misstep, and an apology by Apple, the attacks continued.

Xinhua ran an article blaming the company for student debt. More recently, the People's Daily &ndash; another state-owned publication ]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Why You Might Be Sharing a Cubicle With Your Windows Phone]]></title>
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			http://www.minyanville.com/sectors/technology/articles/Why-You-Might-Be-Sharing-a/4/22/2013/id/49378</link>
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			Mon, 22 Apr 2013 09:00:00EST
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<![CDATA[The post-PC era has taken the business world by storm. One survey suggests that nine out of 10 American employees now use their smartphones for work, and BYOD (bring-your-own-device) has become a catchword in IT departments. As moves toward new technology often do, this one has created its share of naÃ¯ve optimism. An Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) study found that managers cite increased productivity, more than any other benefit, as a reason for allowing employees to work from their personal devices. That contrasts with a report from Citrix (NASDAQ:CTXS), which says that the number of companies running a blacklist of certain mobile ]]>
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	<![CDATA[The post-PC era has taken the business world by storm. One survey suggests that nine out of 10 American employees now use their smartphones for work, and BYOD (bring-your-own-device) has become a catchword in IT departments. As moves toward new technology often do, this one has created its share of naïve optimism. An Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) study found that managers cite increased productivity, more than any other benefit, as a reason for allowing employees to work from their personal devices. That contrasts with a report from Citrix (NASDAQ:CTXS), which says that the number of companies running a blacklist of certain mobile ]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Selling-at-a-Loss: Why the Cloud Is Threatened By Unprofitability]]></title>
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			http://www.minyanville.com/sectors/technology/articles/Selling-at-a-Loss253A-Why-the/4/15/2013/id/49247</link>
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			Mon, 15 Apr 2013 09:06:00EST
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<![CDATA[2012 was a great year for the cloud. The industry grew by over 20%, hosting providers like Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) and Rackspace (NYSE:RAX) continued to build out their networks... and cloud software companies lost more money than ever. Salesforce.com (NYSE:CRM) tripled its 2011 losses, bleeding $111 million before taxes in 2012. Workday (NYSE:WDAY) was in the red by $107 million, and NetSuite (NYSE:N) was in the red by $32 million. The consumer side logged a similar performance: Pandora (NASDAQ:P) lost $38 million, or double its loss two years ago, and Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX), which actually made money in 2011, came close to ]]>
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	<![CDATA[2012 was a great year for the cloud. The industry grew by over 20%, hosting providers like Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) and Rackspace (NYSE:RAX) continued to build out their networks... and cloud software companies lost more money than ever. Salesforce.com (NYSE:CRM) tripled its 2011 losses, bleeding $111 million before taxes in 2012. Workday (NYSE:WDAY) was in the red by $107 million, and NetSuite (NYSE:N) was in the red by $32 million. The consumer side logged a similar performance: Pandora (NASDAQ:P) lost $38 million, or double its loss two years ago, and Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX), which actually made money in 2011, came close to ]]>
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<title><![CDATA[A Budget iPhone Is a Bad Idea]]></title>
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			http://www.minyanville.com/sectors/technology/articles/A-Budget-iPhone-Is-a-Bad/4/8/2013/id/49113</link>
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			Mon, 8 Apr 2013 09:00:00EST
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<![CDATA[When Dell's (NASDAQ:DELL) market share stalled in 2005, retribution came quickly.  The company's stock price began a long decline that year, despite rising revenues and income.  The message was clear:  Investors wanted growth, not profits.  In 2006, Dell cut prices, but the resulting fall in margins &ndash; a bid for achieving that growth &ndash; only drove the stock further underwater.  Michael Dell returned to the helm, and under his leadership the company closed factories, commoditized its PCs, and made every attempt to cut prices.  However, despite doing everything "right," and caving to critics on every point, Dell's troubles had only ]]>
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	<![CDATA[When Dell's (NASDAQ:DELL) market share stalled in 2005, retribution came quickly.  The company's stock price began a long decline that year, despite rising revenues and income.  The message was clear:  Investors wanted growth, not profits.  In 2006, Dell cut prices, but the resulting fall in margins &ndash; a bid for achieving that growth &ndash; only drove the stock further underwater.  Michael Dell returned to the helm, and under his leadership the company closed factories, commoditized its PCs, and made every attempt to cut prices.  However, despite doing everything "right," and caving to critics on every point, Dell's troubles had only ]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Social Networks: Building Empires, Not Businesses]]></title>
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			http://www.minyanville.com/sectors/technology/articles/Social-Networks253A-Building-Empires-Not-Businesses/4/1/2013/id/48990</link>
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			Mon, 1 Apr 2013 09:00:00EST
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<![CDATA[At first, Facebook&#39;s (NASDAQ:FB) growth was organic. In 2004 the social networking website expanded to universities across the US, quickly saturating its target market: college students. I was one at the time, and remember clearly that what made it so addictive, and so sure of early success, was the complete absence of parents, public figures, professors -- anyone in a position of authority, and everyone whose judgment we cared about. College life is the ultimate inside joke; it not only falls flat, but becomes embarrassing (or worse) when told to the wrong person. Facebook caught on because there was never ]]>
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	<![CDATA[At first, Facebook&#39;s (NASDAQ:FB) growth was organic. In 2004 the social networking website expanded to universities across the US, quickly saturating its target market: college students. I was one at the time, and remember clearly that what made it so addictive, and so sure of early success, was the complete absence of parents, public figures, professors -- anyone in a position of authority, and everyone whose judgment we cared about. College life is the ultimate inside joke; it not only falls flat, but becomes embarrassing (or worse) when told to the wrong person. Facebook caught on because there was never ]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Why the Semiconductor Industry Ecosystem Is More Fragile Than Ever]]></title>
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			http://www.minyanville.com/sectors/technology/articles/Why-the-Semiconductor-Industry-Ecosystem-Is/3/25/2013/id/48881</link>
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			Mon, 25 Mar 2013 09:00:00EST
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			http://www.minyanville.com/sectors/technology/articles/Why-the-Semiconductor-Industry-Ecosystem-Is/3/25/2013/id/48881</guid>
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<![CDATA[The fabless model -- in which semiconductor companies outsource the production of silicon chips -- was supposed to be a good thing. It would allow design firms like Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM) to save themselves the capital expense of a foundry, and have more options for managing their supply chain.  When the semiconductor industry began moving towards ARM&#39;s (NASDAQ:ARMH) architecture, it was an extension of this logic.  ARM could avoid a huge R&D burden by simply licensing its design, while clients like Qualcomm would benefit from a more competitive field, with one less barrier to entry.  Breaking up the industry in this ]]>
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	<![CDATA[The fabless model -- in which semiconductor companies outsource the production of silicon chips -- was supposed to be a good thing. It would allow design firms like Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM) to save themselves the capital expense of a foundry, and have more options for managing their supply chain.  When the semiconductor industry began moving towards ARM&#39;s (NASDAQ:ARMH) architecture, it was an extension of this logic.  ARM could avoid a huge R&D burden by simply licensing its design, while clients like Qualcomm would benefit from a more competitive field, with one less barrier to entry.  Breaking up the industry in this ]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Tizen: Meet the Asian Android-Killer From Intel and Samsung]]></title>
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			http://www.minyanville.com/sectors/technology/articles/Tizen253A-Meet-the-Asian-Android-Killer/3/18/2013/id/48748</link>
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			Mon, 18 Mar 2013 09:00:00EST
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<![CDATA[Tizen, the new mobile OS from Samsung (KRX:005930) and Intel (NASDAQ:INTC), is a lot like Android (NASDAQ:GOOG). Both operating systems are open source and Linux-based. They look and feel about the same, and smartphone users won't have any problem switching between the two. Their logos, however, suggest a difference. When Google chose a personable green robot to represent Android, it was selling the system's intelligence, with its integrated "brain" of Google Web apps and services. Tizen, on the other hand, is portrayed as a pinwheel &ndash; a toy that spins in whatever direction the wind is blowing.

In other words, ]]>
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	<![CDATA[Tizen, the new mobile OS from Samsung (KRX:005930) and Intel (NASDAQ:INTC), is a lot like Android (NASDAQ:GOOG). Both operating systems are open source and Linux-based. They look and feel about the same, and smartphone users won't have any problem switching between the two. Their logos, however, suggest a difference. When Google chose a personable green robot to represent Android, it was selling the system's intelligence, with its integrated "brain" of Google Web apps and services. Tizen, on the other hand, is portrayed as a pinwheel &ndash; a toy that spins in whatever direction the wind is blowing.

In other words, ]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Online Advertisers Are Soliciting Trouble]]></title>
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			http://www.minyanville.com/sectors/technology/articles/Online-Advertisers-Are-Soliciting-Trouble-tech/3/11/2013/id/48621</link>
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			Mon, 11 Mar 2013 09:15:00EST
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<![CDATA[Ever get the feeling you&#39;re being watched? Here's a statistic that won&#39;t help: A morning-cup visit to four websites can produce more than 300 cookies, sent to your browser by over 100 third-party domains. Some of these cookies simply make the Web experience more enjoyable while others glean personal information and track your movements. A quick check on my laptop showed me that Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) Chrome had baked enough of these things to fill 800 pages. That's just the tip of the iceberg; most information collected never leaves the Web servers, and a great deal of it is sold and ]]>
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	<![CDATA[Ever get the feeling you&#39;re being watched? Here's a statistic that won&#39;t help: A morning-cup visit to four websites can produce more than 300 cookies, sent to your browser by over 100 third-party domains. Some of these cookies simply make the Web experience more enjoyable while others glean personal information and track your movements. A quick check on my laptop showed me that Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) Chrome had baked enough of these things to fill 800 pages. That's just the tip of the iceberg; most information collected never leaves the Web servers, and a great deal of it is sold and ]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Reshoring Cash: Why the Tech Industry Should Come Home]]></title>
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			http://www.minyanville.com/sectors/technology/articles/Reshoring-Cash253A-Why-the-Tech-Industry/3/4/2013/id/48489</link>
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			Mon, 4 Mar 2013 09:00:00EST
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<![CDATA[It&#39;s called reshoring, and it's a popular thing to do. Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) announced last December that it planned to bring some of its PC production back to the United States, sparking protests from Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HPQ), who claims it never (entirely) left. Lenovo (SEHK:0992) is looking to build some Think-branded notebooks in North Carolina, while Foxconn (TWSE:2317) is mulling the expansion of its US operations.

"In general, customers want more to be done there," said a Foxconn spokesperson. Tim Cook, Apple's CEO, argues that the company has "a responsibility to create jobs." In other words, this has nothing to do with ]]>
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	<![CDATA[It&#39;s called reshoring, and it's a popular thing to do. Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) announced last December that it planned to bring some of its PC production back to the United States, sparking protests from Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HPQ), who claims it never (entirely) left. Lenovo (SEHK:0992) is looking to build some Think-branded notebooks in North Carolina, while Foxconn (TWSE:2317) is mulling the expansion of its US operations.

"In general, customers want more to be done there," said a Foxconn spokesperson. Tim Cook, Apple's CEO, argues that the company has "a responsibility to create jobs." In other words, this has nothing to do with ]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Foxconn Is Failing -- and You're About to Pay More for Your iPhone]]></title>
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			http://www.minyanville.com/sectors/technology/articles/Foxconn-Is-Failing-and-You2527re-About/2/22/2013/id/48322</link>
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			Fri, 22 Feb 2013 16:00:00EST
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<![CDATA[They make almost every PC, tablet, and smartphone that comes to market.  You won't find their names printed on the box, or their logos displayed in television advertisements, but this group of Taiwanese manufacturers is the pumping heart of the tech industry.  They operate in China, and by leveraging that country's low costs in a way that few Western companies are able &ndash; or allowed &ndash; to do, they've made possible the great wave of inexpensive consumer devices that has revolutionized tech.

They're called Original Design Manufacturers, and they're in trouble. 

These firms saw their margins tumble during the financial ]]>
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	<![CDATA[They make almost every PC, tablet, and smartphone that comes to market.  You won't find their names printed on the box, or their logos displayed in television advertisements, but this group of Taiwanese manufacturers is the pumping heart of the tech industry.  They operate in China, and by leveraging that country's low costs in a way that few Western companies are able &ndash; or allowed &ndash; to do, they've made possible the great wave of inexpensive consumer devices that has revolutionized tech.

They're called Original Design Manufacturers, and they're in trouble. 

These firms saw their margins tumble during the financial ]]>
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<title><![CDATA[The High Price of China's Fight With Corruption]]></title>
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			http://www.minyanville.com/sectors/global-markets/articles/The-High-Price-of-China2527s-Fight/2/21/2013/id/48287</link>
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			Thu, 21 Feb 2013 14:30:00EST
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<![CDATA[On the heels of several high-profile political scandals involving members of the Chinese Communist Party, incoming president Xi Jinping has pledged to fight corruption. He has little choice; graft is not only a widespread problem in China, but one that is becoming all too visible. When petty deals between local officials and real estate developers caused a riot in Wukan a year ago, it made international news. The New York Times recently sparked trouble when it revealed that Prime Minister Wen Jiabao and his family have amassed a $2.7 billion fortune. One study claims that in a single year -- ]]>
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	<![CDATA[On the heels of several high-profile political scandals involving members of the Chinese Communist Party, incoming president Xi Jinping has pledged to fight corruption. He has little choice; graft is not only a widespread problem in China, but one that is becoming all too visible. When petty deals between local officials and real estate developers caused a riot in Wukan a year ago, it made international news. The New York Times recently sparked trouble when it revealed that Prime Minister Wen Jiabao and his family have amassed a $2.7 billion fortune. One study claims that in a single year -- ]]>
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<title><![CDATA[As Lenovo Moves Into the Market, Will Things Get Worse for Dell?]]></title>
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			http://www.minyanville.com/sectors/technology/articles/As-Lenovo-Moves-Into-the-Market/2/18/2013/id/48176</link>
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			Mon, 18 Feb 2013 09:00:00EST
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<![CDATA[The moment of truth came in early 2007. After bleeding market share for two years, and losing more than a third of its shareholder value, Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL) forced out CEO Kevin Rollins and brought back the man who, two decades earlier, had founded the company. Changes followed quickly. In May, Dell announced that it would begin selling PCs at Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT), and before long other retailers were carrying the brand. Over the next three years, plants were closed in Texas, North Carolina, and Ireland, and production was outsourced to Asia. The two things that once defined Michael Dell&#39;s company ]]>
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	<![CDATA[The moment of truth came in early 2007. After bleeding market share for two years, and losing more than a third of its shareholder value, Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL) forced out CEO Kevin Rollins and brought back the man who, two decades earlier, had founded the company. Changes followed quickly. In May, Dell announced that it would begin selling PCs at Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT), and before long other retailers were carrying the brand. Over the next three years, plants were closed in Texas, North Carolina, and Ireland, and production was outsourced to Asia. The two things that once defined Michael Dell&#39;s company ]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Why Google's Cloud Is a Pandora's Box]]></title>
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			http://www.minyanville.com/sectors/technology/articles/Why-Google2527s-Cloud-is-a-Pandora2527s/2/11/2013/id/48013</link>
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			Mon, 11 Feb 2013 09:00:00EST
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<![CDATA[Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) looks at the cloud and sees the future. It envisions the growth of massive data centers, where consumers and businesses will store their information, run their programs, and develop new software. In this world, everything will be done at the center, and the PC will have dwindled down to little more than an emaciated screen. We will trust our digital lives to servers half a world away, and be rewarded with a network that knows us so intimately, it can cater to our every need.

Others look at the cloud, and at Google, and what they see is ]]>
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Others look at the cloud, and at Google, and what they see is ]]>
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<title><![CDATA[The Future Will Have Intel Inside]]></title>
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			Mon, 4 Feb 2013 09:00:00EST
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<![CDATA[Whether it&#39;s the smartphone we consult every five minutes, or the laptop that gets thinner each year, we&#39;re continuously reminded of the ways in which technology makes things smaller. What we sometimes forget is that it also allows us to build larger, and think bigger. Touchscreens have made possible both the tablet and the table PC. An iPhone will fit in your pocket, while a rumored Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) television set will not.

The growth in handheld portable devices over the last decade has created a belief that power-efficiency is what defines a successful hardware manufacturer. The truth is more complicated. ]]>
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	<![CDATA[Whether it&#39;s the smartphone we consult every five minutes, or the laptop that gets thinner each year, we&#39;re continuously reminded of the ways in which technology makes things smaller. What we sometimes forget is that it also allows us to build larger, and think bigger. Touchscreens have made possible both the tablet and the table PC. An iPhone will fit in your pocket, while a rumored Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) television set will not.

The growth in handheld portable devices over the last decade has created a belief that power-efficiency is what defines a successful hardware manufacturer. The truth is more complicated. ]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Why Microsoft Could Gain Market Share in a Post-PC World]]></title>
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			Tue, 29 Jan 2013 15:00:00EST
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<![CDATA[Windows 8 was released last October, and some of the early reviews were more memorable than fair.  One critic called it "a Christmas gift for someone you hate." Microsoft&#39;s (NASDAQ:MSFT) new product "is like this giant sadness," said gaming executive Gabe Newell, and Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) search autocomplete suggestions compared it to "a bad blind date."  The comment sections of tech blogs were similarly lacking in holiday spirit. People talk about Windows the way they talk about Congress, and for basically the same reason. No one likes a compromise.

Incidentally, not all of the reviews were negative. CNN called Windows 8 ]]>
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Incidentally, not all of the reviews were negative. CNN called Windows 8 ]]>
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<title><![CDATA[The Post-PC Era: Why Apple Is Losing Market Share]]></title>
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			Mon, 28 Jan 2013 12:05:00EST
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<![CDATA[Three years ago, Steve Jobs told an industry conference that the "post-PC" era had arrived. We were seeing a migration of technology, he said, away from personal computers, and towards smaller, more intimate devices. The PC, like the pickup truck, was becoming a luxury that few people needed. Instead, we would be seeing more products like Apple&#39;s (NASDAQ:AAPL) new iPad, which at the time was one of the fastest selling electronic devices in history.

What Jobs didn&#39;t talk about -- and what the media largely overlooked -- was Apple&#39;s failure to grow its core PC business. Despite more than 10 ]]>
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What Jobs didn&#39;t talk about -- and what the media largely overlooked -- was Apple&#39;s failure to grow its core PC business. Despite more than 10 ]]>
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<title><![CDATA[The Markets in 2013: If China Rebalances, Will the Fed, Investors Be Ready?]]></title>
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			Mon, 7 Jan 2013 12:40:00EST
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<![CDATA[MINYANVILLE ORIGINAL China&#39;s rebalancing. This may or may not be the year for it, but either way investors can&#39;t afford to be blindsided. There won&#39;t be any announcement if/when it happens, and recognition will be a process rather than an event, but the risk is getting pretty severe and it is, I think, under-appreciated by investors.

Rebalancing is a heated discussion in China, and the IMF / World Bank have weighed in, but the Street seems more concerned with Europe and politics in Washington.

Chinese purchases of Treasury bonds are a well-known phenomenon, but by depressing the price of consumer ]]>
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	<![CDATA[MINYANVILLE ORIGINAL China&#39;s rebalancing. This may or may not be the year for it, but either way investors can&#39;t afford to be blindsided. There won&#39;t be any announcement if/when it happens, and recognition will be a process rather than an event, but the risk is getting pretty severe and it is, I think, under-appreciated by investors.

Rebalancing is a heated discussion in China, and the IMF / World Bank have weighed in, but the Street seems more concerned with Europe and politics in Washington.

Chinese purchases of Treasury bonds are a well-known phenomenon, but by depressing the price of consumer ]]>
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