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Friday, April 5, 2013
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Computer Industry

"HP's board changes leave Wall Street puzzled" Fierce Enterprise Communications 12:11 PM
"Shake-Up at Hewlett Packard: Chairman Steps Down" NewsFactor 12:11 PM
"HP Chairman Quits After Surviving Near-Ouster" InvestorPlace 12:10 PM
"CalPERS: 'Welcomes' Resignation of HP's Lane" Bloomberg 11:52 AM
"Meg Whitman Owns HP Now" Seeking Alpha 9:05 AM
"HP Board Shakeup Gives Meg Whitman Chance to Shake Off Past" San Francisco Chronicle 12:11 PM
"The Breakup Of HP Just Got A Lot More Plausible" Business Insider 9:34 AM
"Hewlett-Packard Chairman Ray Lane Resigns" InformationWeek 8:48 AM
"H.P. Chairman Steps Down as 2 Resign From Board" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 8:24 AM
"HP Chairman Lane resigns, Whitworth takes over for now" The Street 8:25 AM
"HP in $210M Deal to Create UK 'e-Hospital'" eWeek 7:51 PM
"Intel confirms USB bug in 'Haswell' chipset: The chipmaker says a USB bug in the chipset that accompanies the 'Haswell' processor exists and will be fixed." CNET News 7:31 PM
"Should Intel Sell Its Own Phones?" Seeking Alpha 3:30 PM
"AMD and Adobe Collaborate on Upcoming Version of Adobe Premiere Pro Software to Enable Breakthrough Video Editing Performance Through Open Standards" The Street 8:22 AM
"Dell to Reimburse Icahn If He Drops Fight" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:04 PM
"Dell buyout bank fees may top $400M" Austin Business Journal 12:09 PM
"Dell takeover battle set to generate $400m fees bonanza for banks" The Guardian 12:09 PM
"Blackstone to Kick Off Due Diligence at Dell's Texas Headquarters" FOXBusiness 9:06 AM
"Blackstone heading to Texas to firm up Dell strategy" Reuters 8:23 AM
"Dell Buyout Is a Fee-for-All" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:00 AM
"Microsoft's Influence Fading Fast: Gartner" InformationWeek 12:13 PM
"Former Windows 8 Bull Changes Tune, Says Platform Is 'Challenging Our Optimism'" BGR 7:46 PM
"Microsoft Is On Citigroup's Dividend List, But Not Mine" Seeking Alpha 2:26 PM
"Microsoft Execs Flock To Amazon And Red Hat" ReadWrite 9:17 AM
"Oracle Unveils Data Center Fabric Based on Xsigo Technology" eWeek 4:29 PM
"Up to 1 million Scribd user passwords may have been compromised" ZDNet 9:04 AM

General Interest

"Sony's PS Vita comeback continues as Wii U flails" BGR News 7:41 PM
"Facebook's Sprawling New HQ Designed by Frank Gehry" eWeek 4:30 PM
"Google Opens Compute Engine To Cloud Customers" TechWeb News 4:13 PM
"Facebook 'Home' Is 'Groundbreaking': David Kirkpatrick" Daily Ticker 12:35 PM
"You're Not Supposed To Want Facebook Home...Yet" TechCrunch 12:35 PM
"Mark Zuckerberg Lays Out His Vision For The Future And How The Next 5 Billion People Will Use Computers" Business Insider 9:33 AM
"Facebook Home: A Bigger Deal Than You Think" BGR 9:32 AM
"The Facebook Phone Strategy Explained" Business Insider 9:34 AM
"New 'Facebook phone' could be dangerous for social media addicts" Silicon Valley 8:52 AM
"Facebook Home: Not For Control Freaks" InformationWeek 8:48 AM
"Facebook's release of 'home' spurs privacy worries" BBC 8:32 AM
"Facebook Home goes after mobile market with 'ferocity'" Computerworld 8:41 AM
"Facebook enters smartphone war with plan to fight Google with Google" The Globe and Mail [Free Registration Required] 8:47 AM
"Facebook Home: The Winners And Losers" TechCrunch 8:58 AM
"5 questions answered about Facebook Home" CNN 8:40 AM
"Google defies FBI, asks federal judge to challenge 'national security letters'" Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 12:16 PM
"Don't Hate Google for Reader — Award It the Nobel Prize for Books" Wired 9:02 AM
"Google's Blink: In beta for everything but iOS by June - but don't expect to see any changes" ZDNet 9:05 AM
"Raspberry Pi Microcomputers Are Powering A School Computing Lab In Rural Cameroon" TechCrunch 12:35 PM
"How to control a computer with a banana" CNN 8:40 AM
"Apple, Google won't face poaching class action, for now" Reuters 11:53 AM
"No class certification yet in technology poaching lawsuit" The Street 8:27 AM
"QNX: The little-known company that controls your car" Fortune 8:26 AM
"Samsung's string of record quarterly profits ends softly at a cool $7.7 billion: But with the Galaxy S 4 just around the corner, analysts look to larger profits." Ars Technica 3:21 PM
"Samsung Primed for Record Profit as S4 Phone Sales Set to Start" Bloomberg 8:33 AM
"Samsung expects to post a massive $7.7B profit this quarter" VentureBeat 9:30 AM
"Samsung's operating profit up 53 percent in 1Q" Associated Press [Free Registration Required] 8:30 AM
"Smart bracelet protects aid workers" BBC 8:32 AM

Press Releases

"Amazon AutoRip for Vinyl Records" Zacks 12:34 PM
"AMD and Adobe Collaborate on Upcoming Version of Adobe Premiere Pro Software to Enable Breakthrough Video Editing Performance through Open Standards" Hexus 12:12 PM

Microsoft

"Windows XP will soon fade into the distance" TG Daily 12:36 PM
"Windows 8 Doubt: 4 Ways To Sway PC People" InformationWeek 12:14 PM
"Microsoft Eyes Outlook For RT, Office For iOS?" InformationWeek 12:13 PM
"Microsoft applauds Facebook's people-centric Home, but 'humbly suggests' you get the real deal" The Next Web 12:08 PM
"Microsoft: Facebook Home presentation was 'remarkably similar' to Windows Phone launch" The Verge 12:08 PM
"Microsoft slams Facebook Home as a People Hub rip off" The Inquirer 12:08 PM
"Microsoft: Facebook Home is so 'two years ago'" SlashGear 12:08 PM
"Microsoft Tells Facebook It Already Made A People-First Phone, Calling The Whole Concept Into Question" TechCrunch 12:07 PM
"Facebook Home dubbed Windows Phone People Hub rip-off" V3 12:07 PM
"Why You Want The Microsoft Surface Pro (And Why You Don't)" Forbes 9:05 AM
"Microsoft Readies 9 Security Bulletins for Patch Tuesday" eWeek 9:16 AM
"April's Patch Tuesday to fix two critical flaws in Windows, IE" ZDNet 9:04 AM
"Microsoft Corporation - 2013 SEIF Awards Support Researchers in Software Engineering" infoTECH 9:16 AM
"Another Battle In The Google Vs. Microsoft Cloud War [Infographic]" ReadWrite 9:16 AM
"Will Steve Ballmer Giggle at Apple TV?" The Street 8:28 AM
"Bill Gates helps power up green battery maker Aquion Energy" Green Biz 9:17 AM

Government/Law/Politics

"America's 'second best' law school sues online critic, and loses on appeal: Cooley Law School goes after former student who skewered it on his blog." Ars Technica 8:37 PM
"Army defends its mobile device security plan" Computerworld New Zealand 7:48 PM
"FAA funded airport towers using 30-year-old data" Boston Globe [Free Registration Required] 9:33 AM
"Gov report: Actually, evil City traders DIDN'T cause the banking crash" The Register 9:32 AM
"U.S. ITC ruling finds Android text selection to infringe two more claims of an Apple patent" MacDailyNews 9:31 AM
"Laws Can't Save Banks From DDoS Attacks" InformationWeek 8:48 AM

Analysis/Editorial/Help/Opinion

"With Help From Dropbox, Mailbox's Reinvention Of The Inbox Has Only Just Begun" Forbes 12:37 PM
"Facebook Home Is Lipstick On A Pig" Forbes 12:37 PM
"Facebook's Real Audience" Forbes 12:36 PM
"HP's Rebound: When Will Distractions End?" InformationWeek 12:11 PM
"Jobs Report: The Wonks Really Blew This One" WSJ Blogs 11:55 AM
"The Real Reason the Dow Plunged This Morning" The Motley Fool 11:55 AM
"HP shakeup points to more 'shareholder friendly' board : analysts" Reuters 11:52 AM
"What the HP board should do next" Fortune 11:52 AM
"Analyst discusses Hewlett-Packard board shake-up" Associated Press 11:52 AM
"Why Amazon Shareholders Don't Demand Profits" Bloomberg Businessweek 8:37 AM

Acquisitions/Deals/Investments/Mergers

"Media exec Peter Chernin bid $500 million for Hulu" Engadget 7:49 PM
"What's Hot Now in Clean Tech" Inc. 12:36 PM
"HP shakeup points to more 'shareholder friendly' board: analysts" Reuters 12:11 PM
"Director's exit provides an opportunity to revamp Hewlett-Packard Company" Nautilus Investment Strategies 12:10 PM
"Industry expert Richard (Rick) Belluzzo, former President & COO of Microsoft joins Savision as new shareholder and member of the Advisory Board" Yahoo! News 12:07 PM
"Blodget says 'Hell yeah!' to Bezos' investment" MarketWatch 12:15 PM
"Jeff Bezos Invests In Business Insider [Full Internal Memo]" Business Insider 9:31 AM
"Reunited! This Time, Jeff Bezos Bets on Henry Blodget" AllThingsD 9:31 AM
"Business Insider raises $5m, including 'a significant investment' from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos" The Next Web 9:30 AM
"Zynga Adds KPCB's John Doerr To Its Board Of Directors" TechCrunch 8:57 AM

Tech Stocks

"Stocks sink after 'cold slap' of jobs reality" CNNMoney 11:55 AM
"Stocks sink after dismal jobs report" CNNMoney 9:08 AM
"Dow Drops 100 After Jobs Data, Dragged by Techs; Vix Spikes 10%" CNBC 11:55 AM
"Jobs report: Hiring slows severely in March" CNNMoney 9:08 AM
"Stocks Plunge as Jobs Number Fans Fears" TheStreet 9:11 AM
"Stocks open sharply lower as job growth stalls" Associated Press 9:11 AM
"HP Options Traders Expect Volatility on Board Moves" Bloomberg 11:51 AM
"Goldman Sachs Cuts Hewlett-Packard to $16: Time To Jump Ship?" Investopedia 11:51 AM
"U.S. Stocks See Broad Selloff After Jobs Data" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:09 AM
"Apple, BlackBerry, Nokia fall on latest data/Forecast from IDC sees sharp slowdown in smartphone sales growth" MarketWatch 9:09 AM
"Asia Markets: Japan stocks jump; Hong Kong hit by bird flu fears" MarketWatch 9:13 AM
"Bloodbath for Network Stocks (FFIV, JNPR, CSCO, RVBD, FTNT, CIEN, ALU)" 24/7 Wall St. 9:31 AM
"Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks: Nasdaq's 10 most active stocks at 1 p.m." Associated Press 1:47 PM
"Final Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares down at the close of trading" Associated Press 5:25 PM
"Midday Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares down at 1 p.m." Associated Press 1:47 PM
"Early Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares down at 10 a.m." Associated Press 9:35 AM

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Associated Press (Updated 9:30 PM CDT)

"Judge Deals Blow To High-Tech Workers' Lawsuit"
"Samsung's Operating Profit Up 53 Percent In 1Q"
"Facebook Barges Into Google Turf With Home"
"Facebook Tweaks Android Phones To Build New 'Home'"
"HP's Chairman Steps Down, 2 Directors To Depart"
"Facebook Moves To Home Screens Of Android Phones"
"PC, Tablet, Phone Shipments To Hit 2.4B In 2013"
"Best Buy Stores To Feature Samsung Kiosks"
"T-Mobile USA Gains Subscribers"
"British Library Sets Out To Archive The Web"

CNET News (Updated 9:30 PM CDT)

"Harman Kardon's BT headphones deliver clean sound"
"LaCie's 5big NAS Pro has a lot to offer"
"Sticky C-Fit mount holds your phone in style"
"Former News Corp. president wants Hulu for $500 million, says report"
"Capresso brews a cup of coffee or tea in 60 seconds"
"Pebble Watch hands-on: how smart is this smartwatch?"
"Intel confirms USB bug in 'Haswell' chipset"
"Pebble Watch review: Full of potential, but waiting for its realization"
"Boeing wraps up 787 Dreamliner battery testing"
"Is Google Fiber coming to Austin?" ...

New York Times (Updated 9:30 PM CDT)

"Fake Twitter Followers Becomes Multimillion-Dollar Business"
"Little Accountability for Directors, Despite Poor Performance"
"Facebook Seeks to Be Mobile 'Home' of Android Users"
"Homegrown Efforts to Recruit Women in Silicon Valley"
"Twitter Arrives on Wall Street, Via Bloomberg"
"Essay-Grading Software Offers Professors a Break"
"H.P. Chairman Steps Down as 2 Resign From Board"
"Little Accountability for Directors, Despite Poor Performance"
"Homegrown Efforts to Recruit Women in Silicon Valley"

Reuters (Updated 9:30 PM CDT)

"Exclusive: Former News Corp President Chernin bids $500 million for Hulu"
"HP shakeup points to more 'shareholder friendly' board"
"Apple, Google won't face poaching class action suit, yet"
"ITC judge says Samsung infringes key part of Apple patent"
"Zynga names investor John Doerr to board of directors"
"Indian police investigating Google mapping contest"
"Samsung Electronics marketing blitz stirs debate over innovation"
"HP chairman resigns after shareholder vote"

TechWeb (Checked 9:30 PM; no changes since 4:15 PM CDT)

"British Worry Of Fraud With New Social Security System"
"Google Opens Compute Engine To Cloud Customers"
"Prototype British Police Car Rivals Batmobile"
"Facebook Home: You Are the Product Being Sold"
"Mobile Tech Helps NHS Reach Remote Patients"
"Samsung's Quarter Saved By Low-End Smartphones"
"Health IT In 2018: Crystal Ball Predictions"
"How Rafter Helps Colleges Cut Textbook Costs"
"HP's Rebound: When Will Distractions End?"
"Facebook Home: Visual Tour"

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