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• Hurd's job: Sell Oracle's Exadata vision

  The ascendancy of former Hewlett-Packard CEO Mark Hurd to a co-president slot at Oracle could give the vendor's strategy of selling integrated systems a boost, according to some industry observers.

• Cisco, Westcon settle gov't contract-pricing charges

  Cisco Systems and distributor Westcon Group North America have agreed to pay the U.S. government $US48 million to settle charges that they misrepresented prices in contracts with the U.S. General Service Administration and other agencies.

• Oracle calls HP's lawsuit against Hurd 'vindictive'

  Oracle called Hewlett-Packard's lawsuit against its former CEO "vindictive" and said it threatened the companies' close relationship.

• Report: HP sues Mark Hurd

  Hewlett-Packard is suing its former CEO, Mark Hurd, who was named co-president of rival Oracle on Monday, according to a report on the Wall Street Journal's website.

• Accenture, Cisco and Sun still face kickbacks charges

  After recent settlements by Hewlett-Packard and EMC in a long-standing government contracting fraud case, three major IT and consulting companies are still embroiled in lawsuits brought by two former insiders.

• HP buys 3Par, Apple rolls out new gear

  Hewlett-Packard swooped in with the better bid to overtake Dell and win 3Par, so now we can all sit back and wait for the next acquisition battle to roll around. Meanwhile, Apple debuted updated iPods and Apple TV to entertain us, among other IT news stories of the week.

• Mark Hurd may take job at Oracle, report says

  When Mark Hurd resigned unexpectedly from Hewlett-Packard last month he found an outspoken supporter in the form of Oracle CEO Larry Ellison. It appears now that Hurd may end up working for Ellison, according to a report Saturday in the Wall Street Journal.

• HP and 3Par sign definitive merger agreement

  Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HPQ) and 3Par (NASDAQ:PAR) have signed a definitive agreement for HP to buy the California storage vendor for US$2.35 billion, the companies said Thursday.

• HP and 3Par sign definitive merger agreement

  Hewlett-Packard and 3Par have signed a definitive agreement for HP to buy the California storage vendor for US$2.35 billion, the companies said Thursday.

• HP, Hynix to jointly bring next-gen memory to market

  Hewlett-Packard today announced that it has entered into a joint development agreement with Hynix Semiconductor to develop and bring memristor, a new circuit element first demonstrated in HP Labs, to market in future memory products.

• HP to announce 3D laptop, fastest netbook

  Hewlett-Packard on Wednesday plans to announce new laptops, including its fastest netbook and first 3D laptop, which combines cutting-edge technologies to raise the bar in performance.

• More IT managers plan to spend less, Oracle struggles with users, survey finds

  A survey of 278 IT managers found that spending on storage systems is expected to remain flat through next year due to a soft economy and new technologies that allow IT administrators to do more with what they already have.

• WebOS 2.0 beta ready for developers

  Palm's WebOS 2.0 beta is now available in limited release to developers, with a full public release planned for later this year.

• HP agrees to pay $55 million to settle gov't fraud charges

  Hewlett-Packard will pay the U.S. government US$55 million to settle allegations that it defrauded the U.S. General Service Administration and other agencies by paying kickbacks to systems integrators in exchange for recommendations that agencies purchase HP products, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Monday.

• HP unveils Cloudstart to speed private cloud deployment

  Hewlett-Packard has unveiled CloudStart, a package that includes hardware, software and consulting services, and aims to speed up the construction of private clouds, it said on Monday.