TechWeb - InformationWeek - HP has been trying to grow its IT services business for years, without a lot of success. Will the acquisition of EDS let it better compete with IBM for big contracts? -- read full article
NewsFactor - Analysts are still assessing Hewlett-Packard's announcement Tuesday that it will acquire Electronic Data Systems for $13.9 billion. Together, HP and EDS will be a tech-services behemoth with 210,000 employees worldwide in 80 countries and revenues of more than $38 billion. That figure more than doubles HP's service revenues. -- read full article
TechWeb - Intelligent Enterprise - Voluntary program destined to be mandatory for all public companies within two years, speeding competitive analysis and easing regulatory oversight. -- read full article
PC World - IBM has released software that allows BlackBerry users to access more of its applications, including its Cognos business... -- read full article
PC World - Comcast will acquire social-networking company Plaxo to power upcoming community features on its TV, broadband data and phone... -- read full article
AP - Hackers often harness the combined power of thousands of virus-infected personal computers to pump out spam e-mail or disable targeted servers by overwhelming them with Internet traffic.
Reuters - Google Inc co-founder Sergey Brin
said on Thursday advertising on social networking sites such as
Facebook and MySpace was getting better, but was still not
perfect.
