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LucidLogix launches free trial of Virtu

IT LOOKS LIKE LucidLogix is getting close to the final version of its Virtu GPU virtualization software as the company has not only announced further refinements to Virtu today, but also a download-able trial version for those that want to get a taste of things to come.
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HP denies rumours about selling PC business

Calls it irresponsible reporting

RUMOURS ABOUT HP looking at selling its PC business have been circulating for the past few days, although the company has finally responded to the rumours and are calling them “Irresponsible reporting by Taiwan’s Commercial Times”.
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Microsoft paid Nokia over $1 billion to sway them over

Pocket change for Microsoft

NO WONDER NOKIA’S CEO Stephen Elop was so excited at the Mobile World Congress at Barcelona where he spoke about billions of dollars coming Nokia’s way from Microsoft thanks to Windows Phone 7, as it turns out that Microsoft is giving Nokia in excess of $1 billion in what is being said to be promotional and product development funds.
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Lenovo’s new ThinkPad X220 outed early

Gets larger display and plenty of Sandy Bridge CPU options

THE FIRST LOT of Sandy Bridge notebooks with dual core processors are finally starting to trickle out and Lenovo’s range of 12.5-inch ThinkPad’s has made a semi-official appearance today thanks to a couple of PDFs that Lenovo has posted on its website, despite an obvious lack of products on its website.
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Western Digital splashes out, buys Hitachi Global Storage

Another hard drive maker gone

THERE’S NO SECRET that Western Digital have been on the lookout to buy one of its competitors for quite some time and it has now happened, as the company has made an agreement to acquire Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, also known as HGST.
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Google gets some help from the US Justice Department against the MPEG LA

Antitrust probe kicked off, just in case

GOOGLE’S VP8 VIDEO codec has stirred things up quite a bit already, but it seems like the US Justice Department took a dim view to the MPEG LA snooping around in the VP8 codec to see if it’s breeching any of their patents and have now launched an antitrust probe against the MPEG LA.
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