The Wall Street Journal Tech Dell said it will pull out of the bidding war for 3PAR after rival Hewlett-Packard raised its offer for the data-storage company yet again to $33 a share, or roughly $2.1 billion.
Apple is making another push to bring Internet-delivered television to the living room, but CEO Steve Jobs's plan to offer 99-cent TV-show rentals is getting limited support from media companies.
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Sony announced a new digital-music service that would work on Internet-connected Sony TVs, Blu-ray disc players, and PlayStation 3's, entering a competitive space dominated by Apple.
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Google and AOL have reached a five-year global partnership pact, extending their cooperation into video and mobile search.
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Amazon.com cut the price on some downloaded TV shows to 99 cents from $2.99 in the wake of Apple's announcement it will begin streaming some shows for 99 cents.
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The FCC is still considering a proposal to re-regulate broadband access under rules designed for telephone service, contrary to speculation that the agency had abandoned the effort in the face of industry opposition.
Deutsche Telekom will lose exclusivity for Apple's iPhone in Germany ahead of the crucial Christmas holiday shopping season.
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China started requiring cellphone subscribers to register their identities when setting up an account, prompting concerns over privacy in the world's largest mobile market.
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India is expanding its effort to monitor Internet and telecommunications networks by requiring all communications companies, including Google and Skype, to open their data within two months.
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Capgemini has reached an agreement to buy a majority stake in Brazilian information-technology business CPM Braxis for $298.3 million, as the French IT consultancy looks to expand its presence in emerging markets.
Apple's decision to include a streaming video service from Netflix is another sign the DVD rental company may be able to weather a shift to Internet video that is challenging others.
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IBM unveiled details of its new advanced mainframe chips that it said can process information at record-breaking speeds, more than 17,000 times the rate of the company's high-end system in 1970.
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Samsung introduced its Galaxy Tab to rival Apple's iPad tablet. The device could help the company make up for lost ground in its smartphone business.
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Amazon.com is working on a new subscription service that would deliver TV shows and movies over the Internet.
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In H-P's and Dell's bidding war for storage maker 3PAR, some of the key decisions are being made by two executives named Dave seeking to make their marks at the companies.
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Sprint's board is debating whether to let rival cellphone operator T-Mobile USA invest in Clearwire, as the carrier decides how to fund its 4G network expansion.
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Conglomerate 3M plans to buy Attenti Holdings, an Israeli maker of remote monitoring technology used to track people.
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Samsung Introduces Its iPad RivalSamsung Electronics unveiled its take on the iPad Thursday. The Galaxy Tab runs on version 2.2 of Google's Android software, comes with a cellular connection and features a 7-inch screen.
Foursquare Among World Economic Forum's 'Tech Pioneers'The World Economic Forum included Foursquare among a class of 31 companies deemed pioneers in technology, the same honor it once bestowed on Twitter and a young Google.
In Japan, Walkman Outruns iPodMore than 30 years on, sales of Sony's MP3-playing version of the Walkman topped Apple's ubiquitous iPod in Japan in August for the first time since BCN began compiling the survey in November 2001.
Apple's Ping: Who Has Time For Another Social Network?With a new social network called Ping, Apple plans to add a way for its customers to discover new music inside iTunes. Now the question is: Will anyone bother?
What's in a Name? For Apple, a LotApple avoided any problems with the name of its Ping social network for music -- by making sure that it had an agreement with the golf company that holds the Ping trademark beforehand.
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Nick Wingfield tests three iPhone apps that claim to help runners go farther and faster.
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More than 1,500 male fans of the Japanese dating-simulation game LovePlus+ have flocked to resort town Atami for a date with their videogame character girlfriends.
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev publicly scolded a regional governor for posting on Twitter during a government session.
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Katherine Boehret reviews AOL SafeSocial, a tool for parents that scans sites where kids are social networking for inappropriate language or friendships.
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With its purchase of Infineon's wireless business, Intel's push on mobile comes not a minute too soon.
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A confidential, Google "vision statement" shows the company in a deep round of soul-searching: How far should it go in profiting from the vast trove of data it possesses about people's activities? Fifth in a series.
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Apple has transformed digital music and mobile phones. Steve Jobs hopes the iPad is the next revolution. He spoke about the tablet, where it's headed and more.
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NPR chief Vivian Schiller came talked about the rise of Internet radio, getting programs on the iPad and how public radio can thrive in the digital age.
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FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski talked about increasing broadband speeds, unleashing mobile broadband and unlocking innovation in cable set-top boxes.
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Mark Zuckerberg has been feeling the heat lately over the issue of privacy. The Facebook founder doffed his famous hoodie and talked with Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher about what information people should share -- and who decides.
In this morning's Web roundup, Match.com founder Will Bunker launches a video chat company. Web entrepreneurs score top spots on Vanity Fair's 100 most influential. And Silicon Alley rebounds, but the name doesn't.
The jury is still out whether Foursquare can figure out a way to monetize its hot location-based mobile service, but that hasn't stopped the World Economic Forum from including it among a class of 31 companies deemed pioneers in technology.
Proton therapy, an emerging form of radiation treatment for cancer, is available at only 28 centers worldwide. A new company is looking to raise $250 million to expand access to the treatment.
With Dell (DELL) conceding defeat to Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) in the bidding war for 3Par (PAR), the Street has returned to the business of trying to find the company something else to buy.The Street's suggested shopping list:Compellent (CML) is up 99 cents, or 6.6%, to $16.CommVault (CVLT) is up $1.11, or [...]
Back on August 27, the Wall Street Journal reported that intrusion detection software provider ArcSight (ARST) had put itself up for sale, asserting that the company could be sold for as much as $1.5 billion, and listing Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), EMC (EMC), IBM (IBM), Oracle (ORCL) and CA (CA) as possible [...]
The 3Par (PAR) bidding war is over at last.Dell (DELL) this morning said it will not top Hewlett-Packard's (HPQ) latest $33-a-share offer for the company; Dell said it is entitled to receive a $72 million break-up fee after 3Par terminated a previous merger agreement.“We took a measured approach throughout the [...]
Aspen Technology (AZPN) shares are trading lower this morning after reporting FY Q4 results that missed Street estimates.For the quarter, a provider of software to process industries, posted revenue for its fiscal fourth quarter ended June 30 of $38.2 million, with a loss of 37 cents a share. The Street [...]