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Jordan Robertson

(Los Angeles Times) Steve Jobs 1955-2011

Apple co-founder Steve Jobs left global imprint

Last updated Wednesday, October 5, 2011 - 10:37pm

CUPERTINO, Calif. -- Steve Jobs, the Apple founder and former CEO who invented and masterfully marketed ever-sleeker gadgets that transformed everyday technology, from the personal computer to the iPod and iPhone, has died. He was 56.

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HP to end mobile products, may sell PC division

Jordan Robertson The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, August 18, 2011 - 5:22pm

SAN FRANCISCO -- In a dramatic reshuffling, Hewlett-Packard Co. said Thursday that it will discontinue its tablet computer and smartphone products and may sell or spin off its PC division, bowing out of the consumer businesses.

It's one of the most extreme makeovers in the company's 72-year history and signals new CEO Leo Apotheker's most transparent move to date to make HP look more like longtime rival IBM Corp., which now makes most of its money from software and services.

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