Bloomberg:
RIM Said to Plan PlayBook Software to Run Google’s Android Apps — Feb. 10 (Bloomberg) — Research In Motion Ltd., looking to score a hit with its PlayBook tablet computer, is working on software to allow the device to run applications for Google Inc.’s Android, three people familiar with the matter said.
DealBook:
Qualcomm Is Said to Be Near $3.5 Billion Deal for Atheros — Qualcomm is near a deal to buy Atheros Communications, a semiconductor manufacturing company, for about $45 per share, or $3.5 billion, according to two people with direct knowledge of the talks. — A deal could be announced …
Brad Stone / New York Times:
Wal-Mart Is Said to Be Buying Vudu Movie Service — SAN FRANCISCO — Wal-Mart is making a major move into the business of selling movies over the Internet. — The retail giant has agreed to buy Vudu, a three-year-old Silicon Valley startup whose online movie service is built …
Ryan Tate / Gawker:
What Steve Jobs Said During His Wall Street Journal iPad Demo — We know that Apple’s CEO is no fan of Flash, the Web animation software. But it sounds like Steve Jobs really unleashed on the Adobe system to try and convince the Wall Street Journal to ditch it for the iPad.