The Channelweb.com News Quiz -- October 2009
Holy netbooks, Batman! This company's booming netbook shipments moved it into the No. 2 spot in worldwide PC shipments in the third quarter -- ahead of Dell and behind Hewlett-Packard.
Acer
ASUS
Lenovo
Toshiba
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Cisco broadened its videoconferencing offerings this month with the acquisition of which company?
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Logitech
Polycom
Radvision
Tandberg
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Nobody ever called him 'narrow.' Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer criticized which company for its 'narrowing footprint' in technology sales?
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HP
IBM
Novell
VMware
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Call it the second biggest tech launch of the month. Barnes & Noble's new e-reader goes by what name?
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Alex
Barnie
Cozy
Nook
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Robert Moffat, hardware boss at what vendor, has been placed on leave in the wake of insider trading charges?
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EMC
IBM
Microsoft
Netgear
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It's a bold new approach. Microsoft's "Signature" PCs (coming from Sony, HP, Dell, Acer and Lenovo) have what feature?
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Fingerprint authentication
Integrated IP telephony
No bloatware
Quad-core processors
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What wireless carrier is planning the launch of its 4G network (for applications such as HD TV) beginning this fall?
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Alltell
Cingular
T-Mobile
Verizon
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The Storm2, on sale in October, is the latest version of which smartphone family?
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Apple's iPhone
Microsoft's Sidekick
Nokia's N-Series
RIM's BlackBerry
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Oh, Darl. After launching disastrous lawsuits against IBM, Novell and others over their use of Linux, what indignity did SCO CEO Darl McBride suffer this month?
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An expensive divorce
An SEC Investigation
Getting fired
SCO's NASDAQ de-listing
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Yep, it was the product launch of the month. But what is the official color of Windows 7?
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Blue
Green
Pink
Red
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For more on the stories in this quiz, see the following articles:
Acer Steals No. 2 Spot From Dell In Global Q3 PC Shipments
Cisco Buys Tandberg To Broaden Videoconferencing Portfolio
Ballmer Calls Out IBM For 'Narrow' Focus
Nook? QUE? Alex? Sony Reader? Kindle? E-reader Business Heats Up
IBM's Moffat Placed On Leave After Arrest
Microsoft Shows Off New Bloatware-Free PCs
Verizon Banks On Google Android, 4G Network To Catch AT&T