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After Spurning Android, HP May Offer Windows 8 Tablets
For Hewlett-Packard's TouchPad tablet, which heads to market on Friday, the company avoided using Android at all costs . Well, actually, at a very specific cost: HP spent $1.2 billion last year to acquire Palm, which helped develop the TouchPad's slick software, WebOS. HP's tablet strategy --to...- News
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Microsoft, RIM Rumors Intensify as Stock Plummets
As Research in Motion (RIM) stock continues its free-fall, speculation about a possible acquisition of the Canadian company by Microsoft persists. RIM says it's profitable, others say they squandered opportunities. Read Full Story: Microsoft, RIM Rumors Intensify as Stock Plummets /...- reghakr
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Supreme Court Decision, 'Windows 8' Rumors Marked Microsoft's Week
Microsoft's week involved losing a major Supreme Court case and siding with AT&T's acquisition plans for T-Mobile. 'Windows 8' rumors also abounded. Link Removed- News
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Windows 7 Microsoft purchases Skype
Skype buy was a Microsoft tax dodge Ballmer gets a win win scenario says analyst A financial analyst has said that Microsoft's $8.5 billion buy of Skype is a tax dodge and the US taxpayer will end up paying for half the bill. Larry Elkin, of Palisades Hudson, said that Microsoft's...- reghakr
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It's Official - Microsoft to Acquire Skype for $8.5 Billion
Microsoft announced Tuesday that it will acquire VoIP service Skype for $8.5 billion in cash. Microsoft will purchase the company from investor group Silver Lake, which—along with Index Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz Ventures, and the Canada Pension Plan (CPP)—acquired a majority stake in Skype...- reghakr
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Rumor: Microsoft entering into Skype deal talks?
Last week rumors hit the Internet that the VoIP based telephone company Skype was in talks to either be acquired or join in a huge deal with a major Internet company. Now yet another company has supposedly entered the fray, at least according to a new story at GigOm. Using unnamed sources, the...- reghakr
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YouTube founders ready for 'Delicious' next act
SAN FRANCISCO – YouTube founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen are cooking up another Internet company. This time, its ingredients will include the content-sharing service Delicious. The creators of the world's most popular video site acquired Delicious from Yahoo Inc., which decided late last...- cybercore
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Windows 7 Western Digital to buy Hitachi disk division for $4.3B
Western Digital announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (GST), the disk drive arm of Hitachi Ltd., in a cash and stock transaction valued at about $4.3 billion. Western Digital is the leading supplier of hard disk drive...- cybercore
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Windows 7 Intel to Buy McAfee For $7.68 Billion
Full article: Link Removed I wonder if they will change the name? Maybe, McIntel or Intelafee Link Removed due to 404 Error- Adamsappleone
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Intel to Buy Security Giant McAfee - for 7.68 billion.
Intel announced a definitive agreement to buy all of McAfee's common stock fo $7.68 billion, in a move unanimously supported by the board of directors of both companies. The deal, which is part of Intel's new strategy to focus on security as much as it does on energy efficiency, has still to...- Mitchell_A
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Windows 7 Sad news for VLC fans worldwide.
VideoLAN acquired by RealNetworks This is some sad news for thousands of VLC users who have moved from Real Player to the superior performance of VLC Player. (This $30 fee that they are going to slip in here is kinda like our garbage service that has started an area wide recycling service...- john3347
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