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Is Motorola next in line to be acquired?

Though it has plenty more customers, Motorola’s struggling handset business may not be as juicy an acquisition target as Palm turned out to be. Wednesday, Hewlett-Packard announced it is buying Palm for $1.2 billion, bringing to an end what was once a pioneer in the mobile-computing space. HP executives made it clear why they found Palm so appealing: the well-reviewed …

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‘Desktop’ app turns iPad into split

I’ve now been an iPad owner for exactly four hours. First impressions? It’s heavier than I thought, and I’m furious with iTunes for hanging–repeatedly–during my initial sync attempts. (Weird workaround: After successfully syncing my iPhone, the iPad started syncing normally.) Newspaper apps? Fantastic. JamPad? Dazzling. Netflix? I think a tear escaped my eye. But you know which app I’ll probably …

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