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According to sources close to the situation, Index Ventures and Michelangelo Volpi are out of the deal to buy Skype–and their lawsuit-loving nemeses, the founders of the Internet telephony service, are in.
Skype founders Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis had sued Index and partner Michelangelo Volpi via tech companies they control, Joltid and Joost.
The pair had [...]

At $30,000 on eBay, the PIPE DREAMS Computer Station is “made with a Plastic Nylon Connection System isolating the heat transfer for each hardware component, from one another, promoting cooler systems over all.” Auction page. Click here for first picture in gallery.

PIPE DREAMS incorporates a Wall of Fans System. It pulls the heat from the [...]

Motorola’s wi4 WiMAX USBw 100 adaptor lets end-users connect to mobile WiMAX broadband on their laptops using the convenient USB format. This compact device easily plugs into any USB port to deliver flexible, high-speed connectivity for mobile or nomadic wireless broadband access. Now end-users are no longer limited to cable or DSL for high speed [...]

In the world of Software-as-a-Service, you can start to see how platforms will evolve into service networks – where enterprise users may subscribe and get access to applications that they pay for on a per use basis.
Today, Box.net announced a partnership with Salesforce.com CRM that shows this developing model.
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Box.net will now be available in Salesforce.com [...]

No, this isn’t some fan-made spoof, but a real Home Shopping Network host accidentally smashing the TV while playing Wii Sports. Continue reading for the video — it gets good at 5:00.
Hand it to that guy, he does not deviate from the sales pitch after such a colossally embarrassing f?kup and no doubt a [...]

IBM announced today a set of cloud services that will allow developers to develop and test cloud applications. In addition, IBM is offering free compute and storage for developers using the IBM platform.
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IBM Smart Business Development and Test on IBM Cloud is designed to remove burdens from developers who spend a lot of time setting [...]

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Geodynamics, a company that draws emissions-free power from hot fractured rocks beneath the earth’s surface, has just won $90 million from Australia’s Renewable Energy Demonstration Program.
The Hot Fractured Rock (HFR) technique is basically the extraction of the earth’s heat from broken granite over three kilometers deep in the planet’s crust. The rocks are astoundingly hot [...]

Currently at $290,100 on eBay, this Ferrari F430 GT2 “ran partially the 2008 American Le Mans season in the GT category — finished 4th in Sebring.” Auction page. Click here for first picture in gallery.
The engine in the car is the original engine #61 and had been rebuilt by Michelotto once. Since the rebuild the [...]

According to the manufacturer, the Pharox LED light bulb “costs just 88p a year to run and lasts up to 25-year — bulb is made up of frosted glass containing four white LEDs – or light-emitting diodes – and two red ones.” Video after the break.
Mr Otten said his bulbs will [...]