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Who do we invite to the UK's tech dinner with Obama?

...from a Cambridge University research project. There's also South Africa-born David Potter, another Cambridge man, who founded Psion in 1980 but hasn't... Read more

18 February, 2011

Eye2Eye: David Potter talks to ZDNet News, Part 3

...the final instalment of this 3 part Eye2Eye interview, Psion's chairman David Potter talks about Tuesday's SyncML announcement, the role of Symbian and... Read more

24 February, 2000 by Richard Barry

Eye2Eye: David Potter - Gates, ARM and the Crusoe

In Part 2 of Richard Barry's interview with David Potter, the Psion boss gets to grips with Microsoft, ARM and the... Read more

23 February, 2000 by Richard Barry

Mobile OS developer seeks commercially minded chief

...who can make a bigger impact in the mobile operating system space. David Potter, chairman of Psion, has taken temporary charge of Symbian, and as... Read more

18 February, 2002 by Graeme Wearden

Symbian eyes up the MIPS chips

...operating system -- doesn't have any products out yet. But Psion founder David Potter recently hinted to us that when those products arrive, they might... Read more

23 February, 2000 by Matthew Broersma

Eye2Eye: Wireless hero tunes in to the future

When David Potter walks out of the Psion offices behind London's Oxford Street... Read more

22 February, 2000 by Richard Barry

Psion wins Symbian sale vote

...city institutions apart from Pheonix supported the proposal -- as did Psion chairman David Potter. But many small investors spoke out against it at the EGM... Read more

12 March, 2004 by Graeme Wearden

Shareholder anger ahead of Symbian vote

...examine whether management's intentions will actually create shareholder value." Psion chairman David Potter, who owns 12 percent of the company's stock, has already... Read more

12 March, 2004 by Graeme Wearden

Psion shareholder seeks to stymie Symbian sale

...56 million shares, or about 13.1 percent of Psion. Psion chairman David Potter holds the second-largest stake, with 12 percent of the company... Read more

5 March, 2004 by Matthew Broersma

Nokia grabs Psion's Symbian stake

...practicality and timing of the IPO is subject to significant uncertainty," explained David Potter, chairman of Psion, in a statement on Monday. "As a result... Read more

9 February, 2004 by Graeme Wearden

Is autism inherent in IT?

...Silicon Fen' around Cambridge over the past 20 years. But according to David Potter, head of autism policy at the National Autistic Society in the... Read more

16 August, 2002 by Will Sturgeon

Slow GPRS rollout takes toll on Symbian

...disappointing in our company's twenty-one year history," said Psion chairman David Potter in a statement. "Following aggressive expansion by the company in 2000... Read more

14 March, 2002 by Matthew Broersma

Five years ago: Psion plans 32-bit products, reports profits up

...investment in 32-bit technologies will begin to be realised commercially," said David Potter, chairman, in a prepared statement. Potter added that the firm will... Read more

9 March, 2002 by Martin Veitch

Psion dips into the red

...a profit of £3.1m for the same period a year ago. David Potter, chairman of Psion, blamed the losses on the downturn in the... Read more

29 August, 2001 by Graeme Wearden

Five years ago: Psion adds up cost of failed Amstrad buy

...is appropriate not to use hick lawyers from Bognor Regis," Psion chairman David Potter told The Daily Telegraph yesterday. Among the blue-chip names involved... Read more

7 August, 2001 by Martin Veitch

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