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Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Michael Dell vs. Steve Jobs: Let’s get ready to rumble…
The best moment of Michael Dell’s appearance at D: All Things Digital might be this classic tidbit from Engadget.com.
During the audience Q&A, Engadget reports, someone asked Dell if he could take Steve Jobs in a fight. Dell’s response: “Yeah, I could take him.”
Having seen both men standing side-by-side, I can say the size advantage clearly goes to Dell. But then you never know what sort of Zen mastery Jobs might have lurking up those black-turtleneck sleeves.
I think I’d have to put my money on Dell — just can’t discount a Texas boy’s toughness.
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Michael Dell offers a sneak peak at new mini-notebook
Michael Dell showed off his latest toy to some of the folks attending the sixth annual D: All Things Digital conference near San Diego.
After a Q&A with Wall Street Journal personal technology columnist Walt Mossberg, Dell gave a sneak peak of a shiny new mini-notebook. The company has said it will release a small “netbook” this year.
Gizmodo.com posted this photo of the new PC. The site has other shots and a handful of specs on this particular machine here.
In his conversation with Mossberg, Dell said his teams were sharing an “unprecedented level of engagement” with Microsoft on the development of Windows 7, the planned replacement for Vista, which has had its share of problems. He noted the companies were hoping to create a more powerful computing ecosystem.
That could prove vital if Dell and other Windows-based PC makers hope to slow Apple’s soaring Macintosh sales, especially among home users. Apple develops both its hardware and its operating system, giving it full control over much bigger piece of the computing experience.
A summary of the Mossberg-Dell discussion can be found here, along with video highlights here.
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Websites offer grocery coupons online
If your weekly grocery tab is flying off the chart, maybe it’s time to start redeeming coupons again.
You can find a healthy assortment in the newspaper but there are several sources online as well.
There are free sites, such as Coolsavings.com and Smartsource.com, but the selection of printable coupons isn’t as varied as other sites, such as centsoff.com, that require a membership fee.
A test of other sites by the Wall Street Journal also found membership sites, such as Grocerycoupons.com and Onlinecoupons.com that ask for a fee upfront, have no better selection than the free sites or the newspaper. The Journal warns to be careful of sites that offer to mail you the coupons.
It’s probably worth checking these sites. The Consumer Reports National Research Center says people using store coupons and loyalty cards save $678 a year, or about 10 percent, off their grocery bill.