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HP buying EDS for $14 billion [news.slashdot.org]
Following yesterday's spate of heated rumors, the announcement comes this morning that HP has completed a deal to buy EDS for just under $14 billion. The acquisition has been approved by the boards of both companies, according to HP. EDS CEO Ron Rittenmeyer has issued an e-mail to his employees promising that the company brand will continue and, "We are - and will remain - EDS."
Huge F'ing Squid [wired.com] [image]
Scientists at the national museum of New Zealand, Te Papa, have recently completed dissections of several enormous squids, including pieces of a colossal squid -- the largest invertebrate ever caught. The female specimen weighs more than 1,000 pounds and measures 26 feet long.
Fisker $80k plug-in hybrid pics [blog.wired.com]
Fisker Automotive isn't wasting any time getting its Karma plug-in hybrid on the road. Five months after pulling the wraps off the car at the Detroit auto show, it's flogging a test mule in Southern California.
My Bloody Valentine on TOUR! [blog.wired.com]
Heads up, I saw them in the 90's and they were deafening.
Storms kills 23 in US [online.wsj.com]
PICHER, Okla. -- Crews and search dogs hunted Sunday for survivors or bodies in piles of debris after tornadoes and storms rumbled across the region a day earlier and killed at least 23 people in three states.
Man United win it [news.bbc.co.uk]
Manchester United pipped rivals Chelsea to clinch their 17th title triumph with victory at Wigan.
3G iPhones on the way?!?!?! [techcrunch.com]
The Apple online store has stopped selling iPhones completely, stating they are currently unavailable..... let's hope this means the 3 G versions are going to be released soon.....
Facebook has a prom for employees [valleywag.com]
Proving that they really are a bunch of kids...
Clinton not going to be VP either [cnn.com]
Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign rejected suggestions Sunday that Sen. Hillary Clinton is staying in the race in hopes of brokering some kind of agreement with the likely Democratic nominee.
Jenna Bush gets married [cnn.com]
Against the backdrop of a stunning Texas sunset, near a lake on the Bush family's 1,600-acre ranch, President Bush walked his daughter, Jenna, down the aisle to her groom, the White House said.
Myanmar death toll at 22,500 [nytimes.com]
BANGKOK - The death toll from a powerful cyclone that struck Myanmar three days ago rose to 22,500 Tuesday, with more than 40,000 people still missing, the government said, and foreign governments and aid organizations began mobilizing for a major relief operation.
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