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Google joins effort to make more Web sites more sociable (AP)

AP - The effort to make it easier for Web surfers to connect with their friends is attracting a crowd.

MIT students show power of open cell phone systems (AP)

AP - What do you want your cell phone to be able to do?

HP in talks to buy EDS, for reported $12B to $13B (AP)

AP - Hewlett-Packard Co. is negotiating to buy technology services provider Electronic Data Systems Corp. in a deal that could help the world's largest personal computer maker snap up more data management and consulting contracts.

Chile probes data theft and posting by hacker (AP)
AP - A prosecutor was appointed Monday to investigate how a computer hacker accessed government data for 6 million Chileans and posted it to the Internet.

New top-of-the-line BlackBerry doubles screen resolution (AP)

AP - Research In Motion Ltd. on Monday introduced its first major new BlackBerry model in more than a year: the Bold, a high-end model that further demonstrates the company's desire to make tools for both work and play.

HBO seen selling shows on Apple's iTunes (Reuters)

Reuters - Time Warner Inc's HBO cablenetwork is expected to start selling shows on Apple Inc's iTunes digital entertainment service, with flexiblepricing, sources familiar with the discussions said on Monday.

Disney to create lab to test ads for ABC, ESPN (AP)
AP - Will people remember three-second video ads on their mobile phones? Do high-definition commercials on big screens get people's hearts racing more than other pitches? Is the sports ticker crawl distracting or does it add value to the 30-second TV spot?

RIM's 'Bold' Assault On Upgraded iPhone Adds 3G, GPS, Tunes (Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - Shares of Research In Motion hit an all-time high on Monday as the company unveiled a new cell phone it hopes will dissuade business customers from buying Apple's upgraded iPhone.

Sun to Clarify JavaFX Open-source Plan Later This Year (PC World)
PC World - While Sun executives have said that JavaFX, the company's nascent rich Internet application (RIA) development product family...

SOA Software buys LogicLibrary (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Matching up critical components in the SOA space, SOA Software, which provides SOA governance automation, said Monday it has acquired SOA repository and governance vendor LogicLibrary.

HP in talks to buy EDS to compete with IBM (Reuters)

Reuters - Hewlett-Packard Co is in talks to buy technology outsourcing companyElectronic Data Systems Corp for $12 billion to $13billion in a deal which would vault it to a close second to IBMin technology services.

'Boom Blox,''Echochrome' offer pure fun (AP)
AP - For hardcore gamers, controlling a video-game character is second nature. You use one joystick to run, use another stick to look around, press the right trigger to shoot and use various buttons to open doors, take cover or talk to other characters.