"A Microsoft-Facebook Swap? An idea is floating about that pictures the search engine Bing being traded for shares in the social-networking service."
Barron's 7:57 AM
"Microsoft vs.Facebook – Who got the better bang for their billion?"
The Next Web 7:59 AM
"AOL patents: What's in it for Microsoft? AOL makes a billion dollars and boosts its share price, but the benefits of the patent acquisition deal for Microsoft are less obvious."
PCWorld 11:56 AM
"Leaked Microsoft roadmap shows 2013 launch for Office 15: Microsoft needs to better communicate plans to developers, enterprises and customers, says analyst"
Computerworld 11:56 AM
"Leaked roadmap raises questions about Office 15, Windows 8 launch"
Ars Technica 11:53 AM
"Microsoft Announces Plan To Retire Windows XP"
Technorati 11:54 AM
"Clock is ticking on XP: time to start OS migration: Windows XP is an awesome operating system that has served businesses well for a decade, but it's time is coming to an end"
PCWorld 11:57 AM
"Microsoft, instead of turning the lights off on XP, make it open source"
Network World 11:56 AM
"Windows Phone App Hub causing developers to complain, Microsoft working on a fix"
WinBeta 11:54 AM
"Samsung to introduce Windows Phone 8 based handsets"
TechnoBloom 11:54 AM
"Microsoft slur boss moves to China/Gordon Frazer, one of the executives drawn into the party sex scandal which engulfed Microsoft (NasdaqGS: MSFT - news) last year, is to relocate to China."
The Telegraph 5:16 PM
"Lenovo becomes best partner for Intel, say Taiwan makers"
DigiTimes 4/13
"Windows 8 Store: with 99 Metro Apps, is it Behind Schedule?"
Forbes 4/13
"Microsoft battles delays in Windows Phone app approvals: The company is working on a new version of its Marketplace app store, which will arrive later this year"
IDG News Service 4/13
"Intel's Windows 8 tablet: Checklist goes public"
CNET News 4/13
"First Windows Tablets Will Come In Two Sizes And Have 9 Hours Battery Life"
Business Insider 4/13
"CIOs See Windows 8 as Possible iPad Alternative"
WSJ Blogs 4/13
"Microsoft Launches A Whole New Company To Deal With Open Source"
Business Insider 4/13
"Microsoft to start charging for Bing search API: Microsoft will stop offering its API for free, bringing it in line with Google's practice of charging for access"
IDG News Service 4/13
"Microsoft Hampered Zeus Botnet Investigations, Researchers Say"
InformationWeek 4/13
"Microsoft's Leung Quits as Head of China, Prompting Reshuffle"
Bloomberg 4/13
"Microsoft Shakes up Management After China Exec's Sudden Departure"
IDG News Service 4/13
"Microsoft leader in China departs: Microsoft reshuffles international management for growth in China"
Associated Press 4/13
"Microsoft UK boss Frazer takes slow boat to China HQ: Microsoft UK boss Gordon Frazier is heading east to the COO office in the Greater China Region (GCR), swapping roles with Michel van der Bel."
Channel Register 4/13
"Microsoft names new managers for Greater China"
MarketWatch 4/13
"Xbox continues to reign amidst weak video game market"
CNET News 4/13
"Microsoft asks ITC to delay decision on Motorola's claims against Xbox due to FRAND issues"
FOSS Patents 4/13
"Oracle kicks off busy trial season against Google"
Reuters 4/13
"Oracle's year of trials: First up, fight with Google"
Associated Press 4/13
"Oracle to issue 88 security patches: The latest patch batch is even larger than the last one"
IDG News Service 4/13
"Intel says to expect Retina Display quality laptops, all-in-one desktops in 2013"
ZDNet 4/13
"In Silicon Valley, designers emerge as rock stars"
Reuters 4/13
"Will Intel Beat the Street Next Week?"
The Motley Fool 4/13
General Interest
"Google Fined for Impeding Data Collection Inquiry"
New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 9:04 PM
"Social Networks, Small and Smaller"
New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 9:04 PM
"Best Buy releases list of stores to close this year: Pummeled by e-commerce giant Amazon, the big-box retailer said last month that it would shut down 50 stores in the U.S. this year. Here's the list."
CNET News 9:02 PM
"Low Android Revenues No Worry for Google"
Network World 2:19 PM
"Long-lost boy finds his mother thanks to Google Earth"
Crave @ CNET 11:34 AM
"Balsillie's Secret Plan to Save RIM: Crazy Or Smart?"
InformationWeek 11:32 AM
"Just How 'Excited' Is Larry Page?"
AllThingsD 11:23 AM
"Google Wind Visualization Lets You See the Unseen"
Wired 8:03 AM
"What Becomes of Beleaguered Legend Sony? Sony is facing revenue erosion on all its product fronts, and tough times in the stock market, with its shares down 42% in the last 12 months. It may have permanently lost its long-ago consumer electronics magic. Also in tech: an odd new class of shares at Google."
Barron's 7:58 AM
"Chrome's False Start lives up to its name: web security gets slower (but more compatible) in Chrome 20"
The Verge 7:56 AM
"Facebook plans to sync user email with Timeline"
Digital Trends 7:56 AM
"Valve goes bluesky; veteran coder Michael Abrash heading up wearable computing research"
PocketGamer 11:53 AM
"Nokia Must Not Look Back As They Shape Their Smartphone Future"
Forbes 11:53 AM
"Nokia releases software fix for Lumia 900 data bug, begs for your forgiveness"
VentureBeat 7:46 AM
"Nokia says fixed flagship smartphone software bug"
Reuters 7:46 AM
"Why Hollywood loves 3D printing"
CNET News 7:45 AM
"Coming Soon: Ad offers in your Facebook news feed"
PC World 4/13
"Sprint revamping old iDEN network for LTE: Pushing forward with its LTE 4G upgrade, Sprint will recycle iDEN push-to-talk spectrum."
CNET News 4/13
"Netflix never used its $1 million algorithm due to engineering costs"
Ars Technica 4/13
"Amazon said to be inflating streaming library size [updated]"
BGR 4/13
"Facebook advertisers lose bid for class status"
Reuters 4/13
"Facebook Now Lets You Download More of Your Account History"
Techland 4/13
"Nintendo registers Super Mario 4 website"
TG Daily 4/13
"Email snooping IT admins like 'Dracula in charge of the blood bank'"
Sydney Morning Herald 4/13
"The 'Archive Team' Rescues User Content From Doomed Sites: Jason Scott and his merry band of hacker-archivists are trying to preserve our 'digital history.'"
PCWorld 4/13
"Raspberry Pi set to begin shipping over weekend"
V3 4/13
"$35 Raspberry Pi Computers Ready for Delivery"
PC Magazine 4/13
"First Raspberry Pi computers to be delivered"
BBC 4/13
"Nook e-reader 'glows in the dark': The first e-ink-based reader that can be read in the dark without the need for a separate light has been unveiled."
BBC 4/13
"Oops! Impending Google Drive tipped off by Lucidchart slipup"
CNET News 4/13
"Little to choose from in Google share split"
Financial Times 4/13
"Google Will Be The Official Social Platform & Livestream Provider For The 2012 Republican Convention"
TechCrunch 4/13
"Google shares drop on stock-split news"
Silicon Valley 4/13
"Google CEO: Android ecosystem is about more than just tablets"
ZDNet 4/13
"Google's Larry Page: We're Focused On Cheap Android Tablets"
Techland 4/13
"Google boss points to low-end tablet for fight with Amazon"
Register Hardware 4/13
"Google Targets Budget Tablets, CEO Says"
PCWorld 4/13
"Larry Page: Google's on a mission to clean up its products"
CNET News 4/13
"Exclusive: Former RIM boss sought strategy shift before he quit"
Reuters 4/13
"Report: Ex-CEO sought to broaden BlackBerry's reach"
Chicago Tribune 4/13
"RIM's Balsillie had radical plan to save company, report says"
CNET News 4/13
"The New York Audio & AV Show starts today"
CNET News 4/13
"Fate of Megaupload data up in the air, users of indicted file sharing site may lose data"
Associated Press 4/13
"AMD and PTC(R) Team Up to Provide Advanced Graphics Performance in Creo(R) Parametric 2.0"
Marketwire 4/13
"IBM Broadens Analytics Portfolio With Acquisition of Varicent Software"
PRNewswire 4/13
"IBM and Desire2Learn Introduce New Services and Software offerings to K-12 and Higher Education"
PRNewswire 4/13
"Maxthon Labs Partners with Intel to Optimize GPU Browsing Technology for Intel's Next Generation of CPUs"
PRNewswire-Asia 4/13
Microsoft
"Why you can't print your TurboTax tax return: Microsoft botched another .Net Framework patch, leaving many TurboTax users unable to print their tax returns over this long tax weekend"
InfoWorld 2:19 PM
"Guide to Windows 8: A compilation of stories to get you updated on Microsoft's latest product"
Network World 4/13
"Microsoft Names New Leaders in Key International Markets: Appointments signal Microsoft's deep commitment to investing in Greater China."
PRNewswire 4/13
"BrightPoint and Microsoft Announce Launch of Online Store for Windows Phones in the United Arab Emirates"
Globe Newswire 4/13
Government/Law/Politics
"FCC Wants To Fine Google $25K For WiFi Investigation Delays"
TechCrunch 9:22 PM
"Court Rules Software Not Protected By Fed Crime Laws, Overturns Conviction of Goldman Engineer"
TechCrunch 5:19 PM
"Fate Of Data Held By Megaupload Up In The Air"
Associated Press 4/13
"Appeals court cracks open Google AdWords v Rosetta Stone case"
The Register 4/13
"Google India Unit Dropped from Civil Suit"
WSJ.com 4/13
"Court Drops Google India From Objectionable Content Case"
IDG News Service 4/13
"Dusseldorf Eyes Major Role in Future EU Unified Patent Court"
IDG News Service 4/13
"Fate of punters' Megaupload files to be thrashed out in court"
The Register 4/13
"U.S. tries to silence MegaUpload lawyers on issue of user data"
CNET News 4/13
"Rapporteur tells MEPs to reject ACTA"
ZDNet UK 4/13
"Say 'hello' to CISPA, it will remind you of SOPA"
CNET News 4/13
Analysis/Editorial/Help/Opinion
"Why Facebook needs to build a browser: Facebook can no longer rely on Microsoft to keep Google Chrome at bay. It needs to fight back with its own browser."
CNET News 9:03 PM
"How the Tech Parade Passed Sony By"
New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 8:54 PM
"Google ($GOOG) earnings reveal mobile pain points"
Examiner 8:35 PM
"Computer Built Using Swarms Of Soldier Crabs"
Wired Magazine 2:24 PM
"Opinion: Performance benchmarks are worthless, here's how to make them better"
Digital Trends 11:23 AM
"The open Web vs closed content: A grumpy, frustrated rant"
The Next Web 7:59 AM
"Living in the sharing economy: Is the Internet making us more honest?"
The Next Web 7:58 AM
"The Worrisome Amazon CEO Letter"
Seeking Alpha 7:56 AM
"Making a great cheap Android tablet"
CNET News 4/13
"Sony and Nokia suffer in dystopian sector"
Financial Times 4/13
"Nokia's Time Running Out, Analysts Say: Nokia Lumia 900 smartphone sales have exceeded expectations, AT&T says. But two analysts give Nokia only six months to turn itself around."
InformationWeek 4/13
"Nokia faces long, painful, uncertain recovery"
EE Times 4/13
"Samsung ends Nokia's 14-year reign as king of mobiles"
Reuters 4/13
"Has Samsung surpassed Nokia as the top mobile phone maker?"
CNET News 4/13
"Samsung Electronics' Problems Are Otherworldly"
WSJ.com 4/13
Acquisitions/Deals/Investments/Mergers
"Facebook acquires mobile loyalty reward startup Tagtile"
ZDNet 7:56 AM
"Chinese whispers point to Huawei bid for Motorola"
The Register 4/13
"Despite $889M In Revenue This Year, No IPO In Spotify's Cards, But Ek Wouldn't Say No To More Funding"
TechCrunch 4/13
"Balsillie's Secret Plan to Save RIM: Crazy Or Smart?"
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