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Submission + - Mac Sales Up 100% in January

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Phooey42

on Thursday March 01, 2007 @04:39PM

Phooey42 writes: "Apple Insider is reporting that Apple's Mac line of computers saw a year-over-year growth rate over 100 percent during the month of January. The article refers to "market research data which implies that year-over-year growth in Mac unit sales accelerated in January to 101 percent, up from 55 percent in December." As if that weren't good enough news for Apple, it article also notes that, "January was the third-largest revenue month for Mac notebooks ever.""

Submission + - Gates-Backed High Tech High Flunks Out

Submitted by

theodp

on Monday February 26, 2007 @04:38AM

theodp writes: "On Sunday, Bill Gates' Washington Post Op-Ed on How to Keep America Competitive said the U.S. must build on the success of schools like the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation-backed High Tech High to remain competitive in the global economy and reduce the need for H-1B visas. Try telling that to High Tech High Bayshore parents and students, whose tears and desperate pleas fell on deaf ears Friday as the board of directors of the High Tech High Foundation voted unanimously to close their school. Perhaps someone at the Post — say Director Melinda French Gates — should see that a little fact-checking is done when they give Bill a bully pulpit."

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