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Sorry, PlayBook 2.0 still isn’t worth your money

commentary The PlayBook tablet can finally access corporate e-mail. Hallelujah, right? No, don’t expect the legion of BlackBerry faithful to flock to the PlayBook, now that it has the one key feature everybody said Research In Motion should have included in its tablet in the first place. At this point, even the most ardent fan has to admit that this …

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Booth babes and burlesque: Tech’s tiresome little secret

Technology trade shows are the least sexy places on Earth. The lighting is unrelenting, the endless halls are soul-destroyingly huge, and the parade of grey suits has all the charisma of a robot army. Add to that the unflinching exhalations of dinosaur-sized air conditioning units that flay all moisture from exposed flesh, leaving a cracked and desiccated husk where your …

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