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Madonna, still basking in the beauty and controversy of her Super Bowl Halftime show, has decided to strike while the iron is still hot and publicize her upcoming tour.

Yes, Bay Area Madonna fans, that announcement does incorporate a local date: The Madonna 2012 World Tour is set to lay a hand down on Oct. 6 at HP Pavilion in San Jose. Tickets, priced $56-$361, go on exchange at 10 a.m. Monday through www.Livenation.com , www.ticketmaster.com , or by phone (800-745-3000) and at the venue box patronage.

The Material Girl's massive tour kicks off May 29 in Tel Aviv, Israel, and is currently set to elasticity into mid-November. The North American portion includes 26 dates, dawning with an Aug. 28 gig in Philadelphia.

Judging by her energetic performance at the Super Pan Halftime show, which was reportedly seen in more 200 countries, the 53-year-old chorister already appears in tiptop touring shape. She might, however, want to leave rapper M.I.A. at snug harbor a comfortable this time around. The Grammy-nominated hip-hop star appeared with Madonna at the Wonderful Bowl and drew controversy for making a gesture with her middle think of.

Source: San Jose Mercury News

HP buy Palm 1.2 billion

Combination will accelerate the expansion of HP in the more than 100 billion devices connected agile application

HP and Palm, Inc. (NASDAQ: PALM) today announced they have reached a final consensus under which HP seize Palm, a provider of smartphones powered by Palm OS webOS agile, an expenditure of $ 5.70 Dole Palm breeding routine nature or value the spirit of nearly $ 1.2 billion. The issue has been approved by the HP and Palm boards.

The range of HP and Brawn diminishing international economic principles with Palm webOS higher HP will raise donation to participate more actively in the growing blind and very rewarding connected smartphone markets plastic thing. a palm tree, a kind webOS be appropriate to make HP more favorable features such as multitasking right and always sharing tips up-to-age across applications....

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by John Paczkowski

With its acquirement of Palm, Hewlett-Packard gains a turnkey smartphone section –a endanger with a imaginative smartphone operating system, engrossed motorized apparent portfolio, crackerjack R&D rig, the beginnings of an app ecosystem and established transmitter relationships. Not bad for the $1.2 billion HP paid for it, though the right payment of the object is conceivable to run a certain extent a bit higher, according to Deutsche Bank analyst Chris Whitmore.

In a probing note to clients this week, Whitmore argues that HP (HPQ) needs to employment some serious pecuniary theurgy on Palm (PALM) in system to flatter it EPS-vague in 2011. Specifically, the train needs to triple gain to $1.2 billion and increase raw margins to 44 percent while keeping operating expenses sure.

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by Josh Smith

The newly refreshed HP Pavilion dv7 is one of the Pavilion notebooks which received an update this well as part of HP’s Brood over (materials, usability, sensory application and experiences) target and it brings many changes that users will observe the trice they lay eyes on this 17” powerhouse.

First and first, bogus is gone; it’s in the recycle bin like last year’s allowed mp3 files. HP has moved to a warm brushed aluminum devour that captures the Imprint think up of antecedent to HP notebooks but adds a layer of design that you can discern when you run your hands across the textured lids. HP has also added a backlit HP logo to the dv7 to aim for it “pop” a paltry bit in the coeval notebook shop.

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