Done Deal: HP Gets 3PAR For $2.35 Billion In Cash

It’s officially over.

Naspers Buys 28.7% Of Facebook, Zynga Investor And ICQ Owner DST

A unit of international media group Naspers , namely its subsidiary Myriad International Holdings, is to buy a 28,7% stake in Digital Sky Technologies (DST), the Russian firm behind investments in notable Internet companies like Facebook , Groupon and Zynga . Naspers will be investing $388 million in cash, and contribute its 39,3% stake in Mail.ru into DST.

“No Excuses” For European Startups And More Videos And Photos From Plugg 2010

Last Thursday saw the third edition of Plugg , a conference I started in my home country Belgium back in 2008 that essentially aims to launch and inspire European tech entrepreneurs and advance the startup ecosystem in these parts. The event is closely tied to TechCrunch, with myself as lead organizer and TechCrunch Europe editor Mike Butcher running things on stage. We invited a host of speakers from all corners of Europe to deliver inspiring keynotes about a wide range of topics, and as every year had 20 (well actually, 19) startups vying for the top prize in an exhilarating pitching competition.

Win A Mentoring Session With Founders Of Digg, Flickr, Mint, Ning, Slide Or Zynga

Are you a budding Web entrepreneur who would like some pointers or advice from seasoned company founders? MayField Fund and First Round Capital are sponsoring a raffle to give away mentoring sessions with the founders of Digg ( Jay Adelson ), Flickr ( Caterina Fake ), Mint ( Aaron Patzer ), Ning (G ina Bianchini ), Slide ( Max Levchin ), and Zynga ( Mark Pincus ). The raffle will take place at a private event in Silicon Valley with space for 100 attendees on March 1

Fujisoft’s PALRO humanoid robot in the running to be our new best bud

Fujisoft ‘s recently taken the wraps off its latest companion bot, and they call this one PALRO. PALRO’s 39 centimeters tall (just over a foot), and boasts a 1.6GHz CPU Intel Atom CPU, 1 GB of RAM, 4 GB of flash memory, a 3 MP camera, Wi-Fi, 802.11 b/g/n, and a lithium ion battery to top it all off.

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