Your favorite movie may be available at home on YouTube sooner than you think.  Apparently talks are currently underway between major motion picture studios and Google regarding making a catalog of Hollywood favorite films available on a pay-per-view basis by the end of 2010 according to the Financial Times.    The on-demand streaming service will provide the movies for $5 per viewing based on reports from those are familiar with Google’s plans.  When a  YouTube representative was asked about possible developments the response was that, “We have nothing to announce at this time."

The 3Par acquisition saga continues as HP raised its bid to $2 billion or $30 per share.   The company was initially sought by Dell for $1.13 billion when it made its first offer on August 16^th.   The latest $2 billion offer is HP’s second bid and eclipses Dell’s second bid of $1.6 billion, which was also made this week.   3Par has become a much sought after prize as both companies try to bolster their storage portfolios as they compete in the growing cloud computing marketplace.    3Par’s thin client approach makes it easier and less expensive to store information than the traditional storage approach.   Storage products have become an essential piece of the puzzle as the data-center equipment market continues to expand.

Dell Inc. announced today that 3Par Inc. has agreed to accept its $1.6 billion second offer for the data storage company. 3Par has been in the news multiple times recently as Dell initially Dell offered $1.15 billion and then HP came into the picture with an unsolicited $1.6 billion cash bid.  Details of the accepted offer have not been disclosed so far.  3Par became an attractive target with its thin provisioning storage technology which can provide the required storage on demand. The company’s “thin” technology architecture delivers storage capacity more efficiently that a traditional or “fat” provisioning approach. 

As Android sales continue to grow the pressure on Apple to find one or more alternative carriers to AT&T builds.  Since AT&T filled a SEC10-Q which noted that they would not have an exclusive hold on certain handsets the speculation regarding iPhone expanding its horizons has grown.  Kaufman Bro.'s analyst Shaw Wu has stated his belief that Apple wants to expand through other U.S. Wireless network operator(s).  "From our checks with industry and supply chain sources and a recent SEC 10-Q filing by AT&T mentioning that exclusivity with 'a number of attractive handsets' could end, we have conviction that the iPhone could likely finally be at another carrier besides AT&T here in the U.S. in 2011 and potentially at Verizon in 2011 or 2012... We believe the argument for AAPL to pursue Verizon sooner than later is to address the growing presence of Android. What better way to do that than where Android has seen the majority of its success?"  Recent speculation by industry analysts has included not only Verizon, but also possibly T-Mobile or Sprint.