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A team of developers at RootzWiki are working on the Touchdroid project, which will enable the Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) TouchPad to run on Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) operating system. Over the weekend HP slashed prices of its discontinued TouchPad models; $99 for the 16GB model; $149 for the 32GB...

NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR) today announced the successful completion of the cash tender offer through its wholly owned subsidiary, Ranger Acquisition Corporation, for all of the outstanding shares of common stock of Radiant Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: RADS) for $28.00 per share, net to the seller in...

Auriga has published a research report on Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HPQ) lowering the price target. In the report, Auriga wrote, "Friday's sharp sell-off in HPQ shares inspired us to take a further look at the value that might be embedded in the current mess that is HP. We conducted a three-...

But isn't that chump change compared to what Hulu is or will be worth? The Wall Street Journal (via Business Insider) reports that Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is still aggressively seeking ownership of Hulu. With a price tag ranging from a paltry $500 million to a questionably low $2 billion, Google...

This is your Benzinga news summary and traders' outlook for Monday, August 22, 2011, covering headlines from overnight and Monday's pre-market session. Today in domestic pre-market trading, U.S equity futures are trading higher. Also, the price of gold hit a new record high, as investors around...

HP Enterprise Services today announced that NHIC Corp., a subsidiary of HP (NYSE: HPQ), has been awarded a $72.3 million, five-year contract renewal by the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to continue servicing Durable Medical Equipment suppliers in 11 northeastern U.S. states and...

Analysts at Auriga upgraded Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HPQ) from “hold” to “buy.” HPQ's shares closed at $23.60 on Friday. Hewlett-Packard's PEG ratio is 0.70. Analysts at Credit Suisse upgraded SLM Corporation (NYSE: SLM) from “neutral” to “outperform.” SLM's shares closed at $12.73 on Friday...

Pre-open movers US stock futures are higher this morning. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average surged 102 points to 10,922.00 and futures on the S&P 500 stock index rose 12.70 points to 1,136.20. Nasdaq 100 futures gained 27.75 points to 2,068.75. A Peek Into Global Markets Asian...

HP's (NYSE: HPQ) decision to shutter its WebOS line of portable gadgets inspired a weekend scramble to buy the deeply-discounted TouchPad tablet, as consumers flooded online retailers and waited in lines outside brick and mortar stores. At $99 for the 16GB version, which was previously priced at $...

US stock futures are higher this morning. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average surged 73 points to 10,893.00 and futures on the S&P 500 stock index rose 9.30 points to 1,132.80. Nasdaq 100 futures gained 22.00 points to 2,063.00. US stocks closed lower on Friday, with the Dow Jones...

Auriga has upgraded Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) from Hold to Buy and has established a $32 price target.

Will Hewlett-Packard's (NYSE: HPQ) slashing of the price of the discontinued TouchPad to $99 be the death blow for lower-volume tablet makers and in the long-run increase Apple's dominance with the iPad? Certainly it will put tablets in the hands of possibly a million consumers who would never have...

Just a day after announcing they were killing off the TouchPad, Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) put the entire stock of the tablets on clearance; $99 for the 16GB model and $149 for the 32GB version. Retailers and the HP website were sold out of the two models in just a few hours.

ProShares UltraShort Silver (ETF) (NYSE: ZSL) traded 9.86% lower on Friday as silver continued its uptrend. ZSL closed at $11.33, and it had a volume of 15.64M traded shares. Direxion Daily Technology Bull 3x Shares (ETF) (NYSE: TYH) fell 8.13% as Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HPQ) slipped 20.03...

VelocityShares Daily 2x VIX Short Term ETN (NYSE: TVIX) closed its fourth consecutive trading session higher on Friday. TVIX gained 10.90%, and closed at $59.94. ProShares Ultra Silver (ETF) (NYSE: AGQ) gained 10.18% today as silver continued to move higher. AGQ closed at $241.57, and it had a...