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HP outlasts Dell in bidding war for 3PAR US computer giant Hewlett-Packard emerged the winner on Thursday in a bidding war with Dell for 3PAR after raising its offer for the data storage company to 33 US dollars per share or 2.35 billion US dollars. Read more on The Age ... Read More

Porn-viewing trucker sentenced in fatal NY crash An Ohio truck driver whose laptop computer was streaming pornography when his rig hit a disabled car on the New York State Thruway has been sentenced to three-to-nine years in prison for killing the other driver. New York - New York State Thruway - ... Read More

Former Jacksonville teacher guilty of having computer full of child porn A Jacksonville man previously charged with inappropriately touching young girls he was teaching pleaded guilty Monday on another child-pornography charge. Ripley F. Ridenour, 55, of the 800 block of South Halsema Road was arrested in July for having at least ... Read More

Computer game add-on encourages physical activity Engineers at CSIRO in Australia have developed computer software that aims to encourage children to be more active when playing computer games. Read more on the Engineer ... Read More

Intel warning over weaker sales Computer chipmaker Intel cut its profit forecast after warning that sales of computers were weaker than expected. Read more on BBC News ... Read More

Research and Markets: This Comprehensive Global Computer Hardware Industry Profile Is an Essential Resource for Top ... DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/1a12b4/global_computer_ha) has announced the addition of the "Global Computer Hardware" report to their offering. The Global Computer Hardware industry profile is an essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering ... Read More

My Linux Computer is Acting Weird Mandriva Linux Chronicles: "A few days ago, thanks to one student, I realized that something funny was happening with my Linux netbook." Read more on Linux Today ... Read More

STOCKS NEWS EUROPE-Olidata rallies as Acer rumour continues Shares in Italian computer maker Olidata rise more than 15 percent to their highest level since March 2008 as persistent talk that Taiwan's Acer may take it over. Read more on Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News ... Read More

Computer Glitch Makes Barclays Accounts Inaccessible Saturday, Thousands Unable To Withdraw Funds At a time when the UK banking system is massively underwater, and exists only due to billions in ongoing daily government support, the last thing the country (or any other) needs is a forced locked out from one's bank ... Read More

Dell Begins Selling the Aero, Its First U.S. Smartphone From now on, "a Dell" can also refer to a smartphone. On Tuesday, the computer maker started selling its first smartphone in the U.S., the Aero. Read more on NewsFactor via Yahoo! News ... Read More

'Olympic' computer whizzes vie in Waterloo Canada is expected to hold its own when gold, silver and bronze medals are awarded to the world's top high school computer whizzes Friday in Waterloo, Ont. Read more on CBC.ca ... Read More