Hurd’s $13.9B bold stroke is designed to boost margins and give HP critical mass to take on No. 1 IBM.
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Move to spread social features all over the Web could alter equation for destinations like Facebook and MySpace.
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New York cable firm outbids News Corp. and expects to exploit print/TV/online synergies in cross-media advertising and content distribution.
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Nobody wants to just sell phones, but broader ambition has its perils.
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As cable operators continue to struggle with the incorporation of mobile communications, New York-based company offers subscribers free Wi-Fi in neighborhoods.
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Highjump Software, developer of supply chain software, to be run as a standalone company.
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Irish firm swoops in after founder of 1-year-old mobile browsing firm maxes out his credit cards.
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Social network of PowerPoints closes on A round led by Venrock.
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A well-financed wireless broadband carrier with well-heeled backers motivated to innovate could jolt the WiMAX community out of its inertia.
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Media executives gathered at the Argyle Executive Forum on Leadership in Media in New York, where there was more lamenting over old media's lack of clear business model in the Internet age than forecasting at the confab.
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While making an abortive attempt to land Yahoo, Microsoft's bankers were checking out Facebook.
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Tel Aviv startup raises $20.4M for system-on-a-chip that lets digital devices see in 3D and respond to gestures and movement.
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Google, Intel, Sprint Nextel, Clearwire, Comcast, Time Warner Cable, and Bright House wager a fortune on an unproven but disruptive technology.
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Despite lessons learned online, mobile spam is a growing problem and the government is having problems fixing liability.
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Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang, stung by investors, says he would entertain new offer as company shares are buoyant.
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Buying Sprint would vault the German giant into the top U.S. mobile carrier spot, but will its backers approve?
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Analysts say Microsoft could revisit the merger, though budding Yahoo-Google partnership could present a roadblock.
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Now that a deal is off, both companies need to rethink their strategies.
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Wall Street sees better than even chance of deal at $33, analyst says; the ball is in Steve Ballmer’s court.
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‘Poison pill,’ share dilution irk eBay; Craigslist blog sees ‘conflicted shareholder’ and vows response to lawsuit.
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