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HP Newsroom:
HP to Acquire 3Com for $2.7 Billion — Will create networking industry powerhouse with a proven, edge-to-data center set of solutions and global reach — HP and 3Com Corporation (NASDAQ: COMS) ("3Com") today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which HP will purchase 3Com …
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Dan Primack / PE Hub Blog:
3Com Trades: What Is Wrong With This Picture? — Hewlett-Packard just announced that it has agreed to buy 3Com Corp. for $7.90 per share, or approximately $2.7 billion. Two thoughts: — 1. It's a good thing the SEC is off for Veteran's Day, or else it would be busy trying to sort through the slew of inside traders.
Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Facebook iPhone Dev Quits Project Over Apple Tyranny — “My decision to stop iPhone development has had everything to do with Apple's policies.” - Joe Hewitt — Facebook developer Joe Hewitt, the man behind the immensely popular Facebook application for iPhone, has just tweeted that he's done with the project:
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Brian X. Chen / Gadget Lab:
Apple App Store Takes Tiny Step Toward Transparency — Taking a small step toward openness, Apple rolls out a brand new way for iPhone developers to track the status of apps they've submitted to the App Store. — While it may not sound like much, the move gives iPhone developers reason to celebrate.
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Bing / Search Blog:
How Many Calories in a Burger? What's 2^2^2^2^2? Bing and Wolfram|Alpha Have the Answers — One of the things we've tried to do with Bing is to bring customers the information they are looking for, presented in a useful way. If we can adequately infer a user's intent …
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Damiano Beltrami / The Local:
His Facebook Status Now? ‘Charges Dropped’ — Where's my pancakes, read Rodney Bradford's Facebook page, in a message typed on Saturday, Oct. 17, at 11:49 a.m., from a computer in his father's apartment in Harlem. — At the time, the sentence, written in indecipherable street slang …
Michael French / mcvuk.com:
Natal launch details leak from secret Microsoft tour — November 2010 release, 5m units global ship, 14 games, and super-low sub-£50 price — MCV can this week reveal first details regarding the launch of Microsoft's Project Natal. — Our sources say the innovative controller-free 360 camera …
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Jonny Evans / 9 to 5 Mac:
Windows 7 was “inspired by Mac”, Microsoft admits — We reckon a lot of Mac users will be dashing across to read PCR's interview with Microsoft's partner group manager, Simon Aldous, today, if only to look in black and white at his admission that Windows 7 was “inspired” by Apple's Mac OS X.
Chung Wu / The Official Google Blog:
World Bank public data, now in search — When we first launched public data on Google.com, we wanted to make statistics easier to find and to encourage debate based on facts rather than intuition. The day after we launched, a friend who worked at the World Bank called me …
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Pete Lidwell / The Official Google Blog:
Locking SafeSearch — When you're searching on Google, we think you should have the choice to keep adult content out of your search results. That's why we developed SafeSearch, a feature that lets you filter sexually explicit web sites and images from your search results.
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Exclusive: Playdom Raises A Huge Round At A Huge Valuation — It's only a day after one of the big three social game developers, Playfish, announced a $400 million acquisition. — And today we've confirmed that another one, Playdom, has done its own massive deal: $43 million on a $260 million pre-money valuation.
Walter S. Mossberg / Personal Technology:
Price Is Heavier, but These Laptops Are Very Sleek — PC makers this fall are trying to get consumers who want small laptops to move up from low-profit netbooks to larger, costlier models called “ultrathin” or “thin and light.” These models are lighter and thinner than many regular laptops …
Brian Womack / Bloomberg:
Google's AdMob Purchase Will Expand Sales of IPhone Ads, CEO Schmidt Says — Nov. 11 (Bloomberg) — Google Inc. Chief Executive Officer Eric Schmidt said his company's $750 million purchase of AdMob Inc. will expand sales of ads that appear in applications on smart phones such as the iPhone.
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Eric Savitz / Tech Trader Daily:Google Plans $750M Buyback To Offset AdMob Dilution
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Colin Gibbs / GigaOM:
Verizon to Launch an iPhone Next Year? — The mobile space has long buzzed with rumors of a Verizon Wireless version of the iPhone, and according to Northeast Securities, the device may finally arrive next year. Citing its supply-chain checks, the financial services firm …
Tim Conneally / BetaNews:
Universities reject Kindle DX as a textbook replacement — Two universities running Kindle DX pilot programs have rejected the device as a potential textbook replacement, citing a poor feature set and the controversial accessibility issues. Primary among these is the text-to-speech capability.
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Free Streaming May Soon Be History: Spotify Delays U.S. Launch, MySpace May Move To Pay Model — 2008 was the year of free streaming music. When MySpace Music entered the fray a little over a year ago, it seemed like the music labels had finally relented, and were willing to experiment with free streaming music to users.
Sal / SCRAWL:
Rumor: Facebook, Gamercard colors in next PS3 FW update [Update: Real] — Update: Looks like these shots were taken directly from the PlayStation website itself. Link here, here and here. It's real. — Original: Facebook integration, the ability to change your gamercard colors …
Galen Gruman / InfoWorld:
Vista users are jumping fast to Windows 7, but XP users aren't — InfoWorld's tracking service shows that Windows 7 uptake is surging, and Vista switchers account for the lion's share — Windows 7 is surging. After an insanely popular beta cycle, Microsoft's latest and greatest has exploded …
Jonathan Fildes / BBC:
Microsoft disconnects Xbox gamers — Thousands of gamers may have been cut off from Microsoft's online gaming service Xbox Live for modifying their consoles to play pirated games. — Online reports suggest that as many as 600,000 gamers may have been affected.
Stephen Shankland / CNET News:
Google plans Chrome Mac beta for December — Google plans to release a Mac beta of Chrome in early December, judging by some chatter on a mailing list for the browser. — Chrome 4. is available today as a beta version for Windows but only as a rougher developer-preview version on Linux …
Gartner:
Gartner Says Worldwide SaaS Revenue to Grow 18 Percent in 2009 — Worldwide software as a service (SaaS) revenue is forecast to reach $7.5 billion in 2009, a 17.7 percent increase from 2008 revenue of $6.4 billion, according to Gartner, Inc. The market will show consistent growth through 2013 …
Zee / The Next Web:
Twitter pulls new retweet feature until bugs are fixed. — Where have retweets disappeared to you ask? — Well we were wondering the same thing, but after a little digging, we've got an answer. — After phase 2 of the release yesterday, it seems Twitter has pulled the plug on the feature temporarily.
Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Current TV Staff Suffer A “Major Bloodbath” As 80 Employees Lose Their Jobs — Today is another sobering day for the tech and media world. Current TV has confirmed that 80 people are being let go, leaving the company with 300 employees worldwide. We heard multiple reports of significant layoffs at Current TV earlier in the day.
Cgaylord / Christian Science Monitor:
PS3: Modern Warfare 2 servers down, debunked on Twitter — Modern Warfare 2 - those three words are arguably the biggest in gaming this year, but it took just two days for problems with the game's servers to bring the thriving multiplayer community to its knees.
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Josh Lowensohn / CNET News:
Vimeo's videos get iPhone, Android-friendly — Video host Vimeo on Wednesday is launching support for users on iPhone/iPod Touch and Google Android devices. The company has re-encoded the entirety of its staff picks and HD video showcase, both of which are the most heavily trafficked areas …
Todd Bishop / TechFlash:
$35,000 to tour Bill Gates' house — The latest sign of the economic recovery: Bill Gates' house. — Each fall as part of Microsoft's charitable giving campaign, people at the company donate products, services and experiences for their fellow employees to bid on.
Andru Edwards / Gear Live:
How to fix the Motorola DROID MMS bug — We recently reported an issue regarding the Howard Forums from a user who seemed to identify this issue. We have tested it successfully, both purposefully breaking and then fixing our ability to send MMS. — The culprit: parentheses around your contact's area code.
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