May 18, 2007 1:14 PM PDT
Podcast: What's behind Microsoft's Aquantive grab?
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Redmond is buying a global digital marketing firm for $6 million; HP adds new board members; and new hope for hydrogen fuel.
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In its largest deal ever, Microsoft announced plans Friday to acquire digital marketing and services company Aquantive for $6 billion. CNET News.com's Leslie Katz talks with reporter Ina Fried about what the buy could mean for Redmond.
Plus, Hewlett-Packard is adding two new members to its board; Advanced Micro Devices is prepping a new energy-efficient notebook chip and chip platform that could help it compete with Intel; and a professor at Purdue University is working to produce hydrogen from a reaction between water and an alloy of aluminum and gallium.
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