Friday, May 18, 2007

Podcast: What's behind Microsoft's Aquantive grab?

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.