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Gizmo5 Currently Closed To New Users
12:32PM Rosa Golijan | We knew that Gizmo5 was acquired by Google, but now we’re seeing the first effect of that merger as Gizmo5 has closed its doors to new users until the Google-powered re-launch. [Cool Geex]
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HP Buys 3Com But Won’t Be Called 3CHOMP
8:53AM Jason Chen | It would be better if they were. Or if not that, then POMCH3. I’m sure they could spare some of the $US2.7 billion value of the acquisition into coming up with a name. [Business Insider]
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Google Buys AdMob, Secures Strength In Mobile Advertising
6:30PM Dan Nosowitz | Today, Google purchased AdMob for $US750 million. AdMob provides mobile advertisements in places Google doesn’t, like in apps or while web browsing, but what it really means is that Google is staking its claim in the mobile ad world. More »
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Apple Buys Their Very Own Maps Company (See Ya, Google Maps)
2:40PM Matt Buchanan | The Apple/Google divorce continues to come into focus: Apple quietly bought Placebase, a mapping service company, back in July. Apple doesn’t buy companies it’s not going to use. Meaning, Apple’s getting into making their own maps. Peace out, Google. More »
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Dell Buys Ross Perot’s IT Service Company For $US3.9 Billion
1:39AM Joanna Stern | I always love me some Texas inbreeding. Austin based Dell announced that it will buy its neighbour Perot Systems for $US3.9 billion. Perot Systems, founded by infamous presidential candidate Ross Perot, is an IT services company that provides technology infrastructure to healthcare, government and other commercial businesses. The deal should be completed by January. More »
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Intel Buys Company That Makes Multicore Parallel Programming Easier
10:17AM Matt Buchanan | Intel just picked up RapidMind, a company that specialises in making it easy for developers to optimise and program their applications for multicore processors. Their technology sounds a little bit like Apple’s GrandCentral technology built into Snow Leopard, actually. It’s an interesting move, since Intel already hires more software engineers than hardware dudes because of the difficulty of parallelism. [PC World]
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