Here Is A List Of Things Samsung Is Not Buying

1. MeeGo, the mobile platform Intel was developing jointly with Nokia until Nokia signed its deal with Microsoft and kicked MeeGo to the curb . (So they told CNET this morning.)

2. WebOS, the former Palm operating system that HP is shopping around.

3. HP's personal computer business.

In case you didn't know, Samsung already has its own mobile platform, Bada. It's selling better than Windows Phone right now.

 

 

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Now Apple Is Talking About Buying Hulu (AAPL)

Apple is the latest company rumored to be considering a bid on Hulu, joining Yahoo, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, AT&T, and a host of other technology companies.

Bloomberg reported Apple's interest a few minutes ago.

The company certainly has the cash -- more than $77 billion as of its last earnings report. And it might make sense incorporate Hulu into the iTunes store, especially if Apple can get an exclusive. It would certainly be a setback for competitors like Amazon and Google.

Also, Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer hinted that Apple would have some "neat stuff coming" to the iTunes Store this quarter.

But so many companies have been rumored to be interested in Hulu, this report might only mean that Apple took a meeting with the bankers trying to sell Hulu -- just like Google did a couple weeks ago. Google would probably face serious antitrust scrutiny if it tried to buy Hulu, since it's got YouTube, which dominates online video.

Microsoft was also in on the bidding, but apparently dropped out after the first round.

Yahoo is ready to bid $2 billion for the company, but only if it comes with exclusive streaming rights for Hulu's TV shows and movies for four or five years.

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Google Is Thinking About Buying Hulu (GOOG)

Google is among the companies thinking about buying Hulu, according to a report today in the L.A. Times.

But the talks seem VERY preliminary -- Hulu has been shopping around for a sale for a few weeks now, and has also supposedly talked to Yahoo and Microsoft.

A Google deal might set off alarm bells with antitrust regulators -- Google already owns YouTube, which is the biggest provider of online video by far, and the company is being investigated in both Europe and the U.S. for a bunch of things.

The meetings are being set up by Hulu's financial advisors, Morgan Stanley and Guggenheim.

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Here Is How The Online Art Buying Market Works

Catherine Levene is the CEO of Artspace, an internet-based start-up dedicated to selling high quality artwork at affordable prices. This is not Levene's first business venture -- she formerly managed New York Times Digital and DailyCandy.

In this interview, she maps out Artspace's place in the art sales market, and discusses features of the service that, she says, no one else has done before. What do you make of her strategy?

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