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Bloomberg:
HP to Pay $10.3B for Autonomy, May Spin Off PCs — Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ) is planning a sweeping overhaul of its businesses, agreeing to buy Autonomy Corp. for $10.3 billion and weighing a breakup that would unravel the much-debated Compaq Computer Corp. purchase.
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Joshua Topolsky / This is my next:
HP: ‘We are not walking away from webOS;’ exclusive details from inside — An insider has given us details from an all-hands meeting HP just held with employees in the webOS Global Business Unit in light of today's announcement that HP will no longer make webOS devices.
Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:
An inside look at HP killing webOS hardware: Here's how it really went down. — Neither Palm devices, nor the HP TouchPad were ever going to be able to showcase webOS properly. That's why yesterday's news that HP was shutting down its webOS hardware development should have been welcomed …
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MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
HP To Apple: You Win. — As I write this, I'm sitting in a cafe. Around me, there are five people on laptops — four of them are MacBooks. Four other people are using tablets — all four are iPads. Welcome to the Post-PC world. — That phrase was one of the first things that jumped …
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Colleen Taylor / GigaOM:
Why HP is betting the farm on Autonomy — Hewlett-Packard announced Thursday plans to spend some $10.25 billion in cash to acquire Autonomy, the United Kingdom-based software and services company. — Given that HP's cash reserves currently total $12.9 billion, the deal represents …
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Larry Dignan / Between the Lines Blog:
HP's WebOS conundrum: Sell the IP or try licensing? — Summary: HP's WebOS may live on—via an interested buyer in it for the patents or under a licensing scheme. — The technology industry is clearly patent happy and there's a bubble in intellectual property valuations related to anything wireless.
Bloomberg:
Apotheker Sets Biggest HP Strategic Bet in Oracle Rivalry: Tech
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Josh Ong / AppleInsider:
HP eats $100 million charge to cover unsold stockpile of TouchPads
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Nicholas Carlson / The Business Insider:
Time For Facebook To Buy WebOS From HP For A Couple Bucks
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Robert Scoble / Google+:
Windows 8 wins — AKA — Oh, HP, kills TouchPad after only a month in market
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Dieter Bohn / This is my next:
HP failed webOS; what's next for the platform?
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Arik Hesseldahl / AllThingsD:
HP's “Everything Including the Kitchen Sink” Conference Call
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Zach Epstein / BGR:
Google ‘Nexus Prime’ Android 4.0 phone could launch in October — Google's third-generation “Nexus Prime” smartphone — which will likely be the first Android 4.0 “Ice Cream Sandwich” phone to hit the market — will launch in October according to a new report from Korean-language Electronic Times.
Arnold Kim / MacRumors:
Wall Street Journal Confirms Early 2012 iPad 3 with Retina Display — In case you still had doubts, the Wall Street Journal is reporting that Apple is indeed working on its next generation iPad for early 2012. The newspaper also seems to confirm the 2048x1536 Retina display that has been long rumored.
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Robert Scoble / Scobleizer:
Help, I've fallen into a pit of steaming Google+ (what that means for tech blogging) — For the past six weeks I've been totally engrossed in Google+. Addicted is the right word. It's like those dinosaurs that fell into a pit of tar and couldn't get out. Heck, I'm not the only one.
Jessica Dye / Reuters:
Apple moves against knockoffs in New York — Apple Inc (AAPL.O) has moved swiftly and, until now, secretly to crack down on stores in the Chinatown section of Queens, New York, accused of selling knock-off Apple gear emblazoned with the company's distinctive logo, according to documents unsealed Thursday in Brooklyn federal court.
Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security:
Beware of Juice-Jacking — You're out and about, and your smartphone's battery is about to die. Maybe you're at an airport, hotel, or shopping mall. You don't have the power cable needed to charge the device, but you do have a USB cord that can supply the needed juice.
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Andreas Udo de Haes / Computerworld:
Apple seeks ban on all Galaxy smartphones, tablets in EU — COMPUTERWORLD NETHERLANDS In its case against Samsung Electronics in the Netherlands, Apple is demanding an extensive ban on all Galaxy series smartphones and tablets, including a complete recall of stock by European distributors and resellers.
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Electronista:
Apple, HTC might scale back phone orders due to economy — Apple supposedly trimming iPhone shipments — Despite talk of Apple having aggressive iPhone production plans, it and others might be throttling back overall orders based on economic worries. Chipset producers in Taiwan rumored late Thursday …
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Rebecca Lynn / Xconomy:
Are Free Motorola Phones in Our Future? A VC's Take on Why Google is Buying Motorola — I was invited to go on Bloomberg West TV on Monday when news broke of Google's plan to acquire Motorola for $12.5 billion in cash. I hadn't had much time to digest the news before going on live television …
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Rebecca Greenfield / The Atlantic Wire:
This Is How a Twitter-Based Hedge Fund Beat the Stock Market — You might think a 140 character tweet doesn't have much power, but, as one hedge fund proved, Twitter can help you win the stock market. “Derwent Capital, the hedge fund that is using Twitter sentiment to make its investments …
Sherilynn Macale / The Next Web:
With one click on YouTube you can now watch videos with your friends on Google+ — In a Google+ status update, YouTube Product Manager Brian Glick revealed that you can now watch videos on YouTube in real-time with your friends via Google+ Hangout. — It works like this: Hit the “Share” …
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CNET News:
Scoop: RIM in talks for BlackBerry music service — At a time when Research in Motion needs to sex itself up, the Canadian smartphone maker is in talks with the four largest record companies about launching a new music service to run on top of BlackBerry Messenger, the company's instant-messenger service, multiple sources told CNET.
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Foursquare Blog:
For when a place is more than just a place, we now have events — It's one of the most common check-ins on foursquare: you head off to a movie theater, check in, and type in ‘Harry Potter’ to tell people what you're seeing. Or check in to a stadium and shout 'Patriots game …
Nick Bilton / Bits:
Ashton Kutcher Could Face Questions About Disclosure — Ashton Kutcher may not have much of a future in journalism. When he served as guest editor of an online-only version of Details magazine, he failed to fully disclose his investments in Internet companies profiled in the issue.
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MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
My Old Friend, AT&T, Still Bringing The Scumbaggery After All These Years — January 19, 2011. It's a day I'll always remember. It's the day I finally got to destroy a Horcrux that had been bringing misery into my life: AT&T. — That's the day I finally cancelled my AT&T service …
