IBM CTO heralds end of PC era

Dawinderpal Sahota
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Focus on new IT services and technologies mean desktop PCs will no longer be at cutting edge of computing

Desktop PCs are "going the way of the vacuum tube, typewriter, vinyl records, CRT and incandescent light bulbs", according to IBM's chief technology officer for Middle East and Africa, Mark Dean. ...

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