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by Mike Zazaian October 11, 2006 - 12:37pm, 2 Comments >>

One Laptop Per Child, a US non-profit aimed at providing dirt-cheap laptops to children around the world, made an agreement with Libya today that would put 1.2 million computers into the country’s schools by 2008.

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by Mike Zazaian October 9, 2006 - 5:46pm, 5 Comments >>

In a move that was all but inevitable, Google snatched up YouTube after the Stock Market’s close today for a tidy $1.65 billion in stock.

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by Mike Zazaian October 6, 2006 - 3:51pm, 2 Comments >>

Google and YouTube are allegedly involved in talks over a $1.6 billion purchase agreement.

According to an article in the Wall Street Journal on Friday, Google and YouTube are discussing a purchase agreement that would bring the world’s largest video-sharing site to the world’s largest search engine for a sum of $1.6 billion US. The WSJ’s source for the subject was cited as a person familiar with the matter. The reports are unconfirmed, however, as both Google and YouTube have declined to acknowledge whether such discussions are taking place at all.

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by Mike Zazaian October 5, 2006 - 11:36am, No Comments

Rumors that processor behemoth Intel is looking to acquire graphics company Nvidia made their way through Wall Street today, with Nvidia shares jumping 8 percent in a matter of hours.

Notions of the acquisition have been flying around since July, when Intel’s key competitor AMD purchased ATI, Nvidia’s primary competition. It’s unclear as to exactly how the speculation started, but whatever the cause it seems to have been enough to stir up Nvidia’s stock to the tune of 8 percent, up $2.32 to $30.62 US. Bill Lefkowitz, an options strategist at New-York-based vFinance Investments commented, There is speculation that Intel will make an acquisition announcement tonight.

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by Mike Zazaian October 2, 2006 - 5:23pm, No Comments

After initiating the largest PC-related recall in history with more than 7.7 million laptop batteries, Sony may continue the effort by recalling various consumer electronics sometime in October

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by Mike Zazaian September 29, 2006 - 4:38pm, 2 Comments >>

Despite entrenchment in an ongoing lawsuit Intel, AMD has partnered up with Founder Technology, the second-largest PC maker in China.

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by Mike Zazaian September 29, 2006 - 11:10am, No Comments

After blackballing Apple’s attempts to woo Hollywood studios into its iTunes movie download service, Wal-Mart seeks appeasement in the situation by claiming a [unwarranted] piece of the pie.

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by Mike Zazaian September 28, 2006 - 11:00pm, 2 Comments >>

HP announced today the integration of VoodooPC, a leading enthusiast PC company in the US. And while it may seem that Voodoo will lose its identity under HP’s corporate umbrella, (former) Voodoo CEO Rahul Sood insists that he’s not selling the company’s soul.

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by Mike Zazaian September 28, 2006 - 6:22pm, 1 Comment >>

Due to an investigation resulting from an exploding IBM Lenovo laptop battery at LAX, IBM has initiated a recall of over 520,000 Sony batteries used in ThinkPad notebooks.

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by Mike Zazaian September 27, 2006 - 1:33pm, 1 Comment >>

General Electric announced today that a company laptop containing some 50,000 names and social security numbers of current and former employees was stolen from a locked hotel room.

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