HP mates blades with VMware vSphere

VMworld It’s the VMworld virtualization extravaganza this week, and that means everyone wants to show that they are best buddies with VMware and enthusiastically supporting its virty and cloudy tools. And so it is that Hewlett-Packard is trying to change the subject about its own software aspirations and PC business spinoff and wants to talk about putting the vSphere 5.0 stack on its VirtualSystem preconfigured virtualized servers.

Just in case you can’t keep the HP product names straight, Blade System is the name of the company’s blade chassis and related x64-based server blades.

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Modders Slap Popular Android Hack on HP’s TouchPad

It was only a matter of time before the hacks for HPs now defunct tablet started to roll in.

Android-modding group CyanogenMod released a video of its popular aftermarket software running on HPs TouchPad tablet, a product which normally runs webOS not Android as its primary operating system.

Our ultimate vision is to create a multiboot solution where the end user will be able to boot into WebOS, Cyanogenmod, and/or other OSes, the CyanogenMod team said in a statement to Android-enthusiast blog RootzWiki.

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First look at Hunger Games

During the MTV Video Music Awards this past weekend, the few people who still watch the network caught quick a glimpse of the first teaser trailer for Hunger Games.

It was screened with a quick, pre-recorded introduction from the film’s star, Jennifer Lawrence.

 

 

Hunger Games is based off of a bestselling young-adult fantasy novel by Suzanne Colins. The

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Breaking News : Google will acquire Motorola Mobility for $40.00 per share in cash, or a total of about $12.5 billion

Google Inc. and Motorola Mobility Holdings, Inc. announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Google will acquire Motorola Mobility for $40.00 per share in cash, or a total of about $12.5 billion, a premium of 63% to the closing price of Motorola Mobility shares on August 12, 2011. The transaction was unanimously approved by the Boards of Directors of both companies. The acquisition of Motorola Mobility, a dedicated Android partner, will enable Google to supercharge the Android ecosystem and will enhance competition in mobile computing. Motorola Mobility will remain a licensee of Android and Android will remain open. Google will run Motorola Mobility as a separate business.

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Tech Today: LivingSocial CEO on Groupon’s IPO

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LivingSocial CEO Tim O’Shaughnessy

Interview: LivingSocial’s CEO on Groupon’s IPO: The Wall Street Journal catches up with Tim O’Shaugnhessy, CEO of Groupon competitor LivingSocial, who spoke about his company’s growth and offered his take on the Groupon IPO filing. [WSJ]

GameStop Apologizes for Stealing Coupons From Customers: GameStop is offering a $50 gift card and a two-games-for-one deal to all customers who bought Deus Ex: Human Revolution after the vendor was caught removing in-game coupons that offered a free online version of the game on a competitor’s cloud gaming platform. [PCWorld]

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