HP has acquired LeftHand Networks Inc., a storage virtualization and iSCSI storage area network (SAN) solutions company for $360 million in cash. LeftHand Networks’ solutions enable midsize companies and remote offices or branches of large corporations to easily and cost-effectively protect critical business data
Founded in 1999, LeftHand Networks is privately held and headquartered in Boulder, [...]

The OpenPandora project is ready to ship the first batch of 3000 open source Pandora handheld devices starting the end of September 2008. The system will cost about $330 in the US and is for all practical purposes, a portable computer with game controls. The device boast an impressive spec, includes 3-D acceleration and a [...]

Amazon’s MP3 is preloaded as an application in T-Mobile’s G1, the first phone designed on Google’s Android platform. G1 users will be able to purchase DRM-free MP3’s from the store to listen on their phone.
The Amazon partnership is crucial for Google’s G1 to compete with the iPhone, which integrates very well with Apple’s iTunes store [...]

Samsung and Armani have launched the latest luxury mobile phone, the NIGHT LIFE. The two companies are working together as part of an alliance for creating designer portable and home consumer electronics. The goal: consumer devices with the aesthetic appeal of Giorgio Armani and the sophistication of Samsung technology.
The illuminating LED’s around the edge are [...]

Google is one of the most popular web destination among internet users. The company continues to grow it’s online search market share and currently holds top spot. According to comScore’s August search engine rankings, Google increased it market share by 1.1% at the expense of Yahoo and Microsoft, which were down by 0.9 and 0.6 [...]

Yahoo has teamed up with RealNetworks to integrate music playback to it’s search results. Beginning today, users who search for an artist with available content on Yahoo! will be able to click & play music right in the Yahoo! shortcut at the top of the search results and instantly stream full-length songs by that artist [...]

Sandisk issued a statement yesterday about rumors that Samsung may be acquiding the flash memory maker. It’s business as usual it seems
“SanDisk periodically has conversations with multiple parties, including Samsung, regarding a variety of potential business opportunities. We evaluate all of these opportunities, but maintain a policy of not commenting on market rumors or speculation.”
However, [...]

Intel has announced it’s 6 core Xeon high performance processors based on it’s 45 nm process technology. The Intel® Xeon® Processor 7400 Series, code-named Dunnington, will support up to 6 cores with 16 MB of shared cache memory. The processors come in frequencies up to 2.66 GHz and power consumption as low as 50 watts. [...]

Best Buy, the consumer technology retailer, has purchased Napster, a pioneer in digital music entertainment. Napster agreed to be acquired at $2.65 per share in cash for a purchase price of approximately $121 million.
This is good for Napster but where does it fit in within Best Buy?  Maybe Best Buy can offer Napster music solutions [...]

With Google’s Chrome browser now available in beta for Windows, Firefox is already changing it’s product roadmap. A post on the development lists has revealed renewed focus from Mike Connor, Firefox 3 development lead, on introducing private mode in the next update to Firefox in response to the incognito mode introduced in Google’s Chrome. A [...]

Google mobile has introduced the My Location feature for search. Previously My Location was only available on Google maps for mobile. What this means is, when users type for search items, the search uses the location information to return search results relevant to the current location.

E.g. if you want to find sushi nearby, just type [...]

Research in Motion, the company behind the popular blackberry line of phones, has announced that it will be partnering with Microsoft and TiVo to further enhance it’s mobile services offerings. With the iPhone taking the smartphone market by storm, RIM is rumored to be working on it’s iPhone competitor, a touch screen Blackberry. Meanwhile it’s [...]

Mpowerplayer, the mobile game trial and merchandising solutions company for the wireless industry, announced today that it has secured $2.5 million in Series A funding. The round includes investments from New Atlantic Ventures, the Center for Innovative Technology GAP Fund, and LaunchBox Digital.
The company is aiming at casual gamers through game trials using widget based [...]

comScore, a leading digital analytics company, today released latest numbers for online video usage. The results? Well Google is leading the pack and is putting the rest of the competition to shame. In the month of July, Americans viewed more than 11.4 billion videos for a total duration of 558 million hours.
Google Sites once again [...]

Mark Shuttleworth, CEO of Canonical, the company behind ubuntu linux has announced plans for Jaunty Jackalope for April of 2009.
Ubuntu is targeting a web services enabled desktop for Jaunty Jackalope. My guess is folks may see Google Chrome as the default browser on Jaunty.
Another goal is the the blurring of web services and desktop [...]

Today, Apple refreshed it’s iPod product line with the introduction of the new 4th generation iPod Nano. The 3rd generation Nano was met with much criticism for an un apple like design. The new Nano is sleek and is elongated in shape, much like the 2nd generation nano, a big hit among nano buyers.

Apple also [...]

So who would win in a fight: Pirates or Ninjas?
Now you have two ways of finding that out. The game ‘Pirates vs Ninjas Dodgeball’ is already released for XBOX Live Arcade on September 3, 2008. However, game maker Blazing Lizard and publisher Gamecock have promised a Wii version of the game for Q1, 2009. It [...]

Dell has finally unveiled it’s Ultra Mobile Personal Computer, the Inspirion Mini 9. Michael Dell was spotted carrying one of the early versions of the UMPC at the D-conference a few months back. The device is now official with Dell’s announcement today.
The Mini 9 is small and weighs just 2.28 lbs. It comes with a [...]