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Apple and Google to clash in music space by Christmas (Reuters) – Google Inc is in talks with music labels on plans for a download store and a digital song locker that would allow its mobile users to play songs wherever they are as it steps up its rivalry with Apple Inc, according to people familiar with the matter. Google’s Andy Rubin, the brains behind Google’s Android mobile [...]

(Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc has approached media companies with a proposal for a subscription service that gives users unlimited access to some television shows and movies over the Internet in a bid to rival Netflix Inc, two people familiar with the talks said on Tuesday. The Seattle-based online retailer has approached media companies including Time Warner Inc, CBS Corp and Viacom Inc, [...]

Intel is to buy German chipmaker Infineon’s wireless unit for $1.4 billion (Reuters) – Intel is to buy German chipmaker Infineon‘s wireless unit for $1.4 billion, enabling the U.S. chipmaker to boost its presence in the smartphone market. The cash transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2011 and the mobile unit will remain as a standalone business, the companies [...]

(Reuters) – Hewlett-Packard Co offered to pay $1.6 billion for 3PAR Inc, topping rival Dell Inc’s bid by a third in a surprise move that could spark a bidding war for the data storage company. Shares in 3PAR soared 45 percent to above HP’s $24-a-share offer, showing investors were anticipating a higher bid. Analysts said 3PAR‘s expertise in a niche area of high-end storage [...]

Intel to Buy McAfee for $7.68 Billion Intel announced a definitive agreement to buy all of McAfee’s common stock fo $7.68 billion, in a move unanimously supported by the board of directors of both companies. The deal, which is part of Intel’s new strategy to focus on security as much as it does on energy efficiency, has still to get the go ahead from McAfee’s shareholders and regulators. However, [...]

Yahoo Mail launches to the iPhone and iPod Touch, HTML5-Style Yahoo has launched a new, HTML5-based version of Yahoo Mail for the iPad. It’s similar to the recently launched version of Yahoo Mail for the iPhone and iPod Touch, Yahoo Mail product manager Lee Parry says, only optimized for iPad’s larger screen. Features include local caching, which enables you to access and search your messages [...]

Manager at Apple has been charged with taking kickbacks (Reuters) – A manager at Apple Inc has been charged in California with taking kickbacks he received after leaking corporate secrets to Asian companies that supplied iPhone and iPod accessories, court documents showed. Paul Shin Devine, a global supply manager at technology company Apple since 2005, was accused by federal authorities of [...]

Facebook Launches a Live Video Channel Facebook, which is already widely used as a platform for distributing live video, is making a play of its own with a new app called Facebook Live. However, unlike services like Ustream and Livestream that offer live video features for Facebook Pages, Facebook Live is more of a channel dedicated to the happenings of the social networking company as opposed to [...]

IE 9 Beta Will Launches on September 15 Microsoft will be launching the completely revamped Internet Explorer 9 at an event in San Francisco on September 15, but will it be enough to turn the tide in the war for web browser supremacy? The September event will mark the first time the world will have the chance to play with the beta for the entirely overhauled browser. The first details surrounding [...]

Today, the Gmail Blog announced several changes to Gmail for Mail, Contacts and Tasks. These three most used features have been moved to the top left hand panel making them easier to find. In the same vicinity, the Compose link has been replaced with a button. Another change is the move of the All, None, Read, Unread, Starred and Unstarred links to the left of the Archive button. They are now housed [...]