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• 26 August 2010

• News: Bidding war as Dell tops HP's 3PAR offer

  The bidding war between Dell and HP for virtualized storage vendor 3PAR continues, with Dell increasing its bid to $24.30 per share, or about $1.6 billion.

• 25 August 2010

• News: ASA: BT 'misled' customers with broadband ad

  A BT advert that claimed the ISP offered "consistently faster broadband" has been slammed by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA).

• News: Solicitor behind file-sharing letters to be investigated

  A lawyer who sent "bullying" letters to Brits suspected of illegally file-sharing is being referred to the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT), following a complaint by Which?.

• 24 August 2010

• News: Apple exec stashed $150,000 in shoe boxes

  Federal agents found more than $150,000 in cash when they searched the house of Apple manager Paul Devine earlier this month, prosecutors said in court Monday.

• 23 August 2010

• News: HP offers $1.6bn for 3Par

  HP has submited a $1.6bn bid to buy 3Par, just a week after Dell had agreed to buy the virtualised storage maker for $1.15bn.

• News: AU Optronics CEO barred from leaving US

  The chief executive officer of one of Taiwanese's largest display makers has been barred from leaving the US due to felony charges related to an LCD price-fixing investigation.

• News: Facebook acquires Hot Potato

  Facebook has acquired Hot Potato in a move that could help further its move into location-based services.

• News: Google buys visual search firm Like.com

  Google has acquired Like.com, which offers a visual search engine for retail products, a deal aimed at boosting Google's shopping search capabilities and services like its Products engine.

• 20 August 2010

• News: Analysis: Why did Intel buy McAfee?

  Intel's acquisition of McAfee could help the chip maker make a splash in the handheld and embedded markets, in which the company has struggled to establish a presence, according to analysts.

• 19 August 2010

• Video: Intel buys security vendor McAfee for $7.7bn

  Both companies' boards have approved deal

• News: Intel acquires McAfee for $7.68 billion

  Intel has announced plans to purchase security firm McAfee for $7.68bn.

• News: HP begins search for new CEO

  HP has signed on executive search firm Spencer Stuart to lead its bid to find a replacement for former chairman, president and CEO Mark Hurd, who resigned amid a sexual harassment scandal.

• 17 August 2010

• News: Apple manager pleads not guilty to kickback charges

  The Apple manager who was arrested last week pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges of accepting kickbacks of at least $1 million from Asian suppliers.

• 16 August 2010

• News: Dell denies withholding evidence in faulty PC case

  Dell on Friday rebutted accusations that it was withholding evidence in connection with a long-running case charging the PC maker of willingly selling faulty PCs.

• News: Apple manager charged in $1m kickbacks case

  An Apple manager with responsibilities for the company's contract manufacturing in Asia is due to appear in court today after being charged with accepting kickbacks

• 14 August 2010

• News: Technology's 8 most notorious CEO scandals

  Following the announcement last week that Mark Hurd, CEO of HP, was forced to resign over a sex scandal, we look at tech's most notorious CEOs and just what they did to be given the chop.

• News: Can technology create the zero-fatality car?

  A vehicle that's so safe, nobody will die in it? New technologies are bringing us ever closer to that goal.

• 13 August 2010

• News: Bournemouth's fibre broadband through sewers plan stalls

  A plan to offer the residents of Bournemouth 100Mbps net connections using fibre cables laid in the city's sewer system has been dumped.

• News: ICO still reviewing Google Wi-Fi sampling

  The Information Commissioner's Office is still reviewing Google's accidential collection of Wi-Fi data as part of its Street View program but said it does not appear to have jeopardised people's personal information.

• News: Asus to launch Android-based Eee Pad in March 2011

  Asustek Computer plans to launch its first tablet device with Google's Android mobile operating system in March, the company's CEO said Friday.

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