"Oracle-Google trial puts ex-Sun execs on opposite sides: Former Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz and Java inventor James Gosling side with Google in its court battle with Oracle, while Sun's co-founder Scott McNealy takes Oracle's side. Who is right?"
CNET News 8:19 AM
"Oracle's Brave New World: Oracle's move into cloud-based software will enhance current offerings and drive new sales. The shares could rise 10% —and possibly much more—in a year."
Barron's [Subscription Required for Full Article] 8:12 AM
"Oracle, Google Trial: Who Wins Round One? In the first phase of the case, concerning copyrights, Google's arguments have been more compelling than Oracle's, to date. Patent testimony is still to come."
InformationWeek 10:38 AM
"Microsoft has change of heart about CISPA — drops support"
Digital Journal 7:43 PM
"Google Drive Signaling the End of Microsoft Office? Umm No."
Decrypted Tech 7:42 PM
"Microsoft issues swift fix for Hotmail bug: The company claims that no action is needed on the part Hotmail users"
Techworld 7:43 PM
"Microsoft voted as most attractive employer in India"
WinBeta 7:43 PM
"There's a thin line between ultrabook success, failure: A flood of conventional laptops won't redefine the PC. Stray too far from the ultrabook concept and it's circa 2005 all over again."
CNET News 7:46 PM
"Why is Silicon Valley silent on CISPA?"
GigaOM 2:03 PM
"Quick fix for Hotmail password bug: Microsoft has rushed out a fix for a serious bug in its Hotmail webmail services."
BBC 4/27
"Microsoft squashes Hotmail password hijack bug"
The Register 4/27
"Say Hello to Windows Azure, The World's Most Misunderstood Cloud"
Wired Magazine 4/27
"Microsoft guns for web sales biz in piracy crackdown: Microsoft reportedly has two more companies in its sight as the software giant's licensing crackdown focuses on China."
The Register 4/27
"Microsoft continues push for home-automation OS"
Electronista 4/27
"Could this be HP's Windows 8 business slate?"
ZDNet 4/27
"Oracle CFO: We didn't want this lawsuit with Google"
CNET News 4/27
"Oracle and Google rest in copyright trial; Oracle CFO says 'it's hard to compete with free'"
The Verge 4/27
"Majority of big data is 'worthless', says Oracle's Mark Hurd"
V3 4/27
"Oracle upgrades standard Java, JavaFX"
InfoWorld 4/27
"Can analytics cut rugby injuries? IBM thinks so"
ZDNet 4/27
"Intel anticipates major smartphone market share"
TG Daily 4/27
"Intel buys $75 million worth of patents from Aware Inc.: Wi-Fi, LTE technology emphasized in Intel purchase"
Network World 4/27
"Aware Up 60%; Selling WiFi, LTE Patents To Intel For $75M"
Forbes 4/27
"Aware to sell patents to Intel for $75 million, shares surge"
Reuters 4/27
"Intel seeks help from supply chain in response to changes in Acer ultrabook plans"
DigiTimes 4/27
"Intel researchers plan for a smarter, personalised cloud using sensors"
Techworld 4/27
"AMD consolidating data centers with cloud, hardware upgrades: AMD will reduce its number of data centers from 12 to three by 2014 and is also considering software licensing fees and taxes in consolidation effort"
IDG News Service 4/27
"CISPA Passes The House: What You Need to Know"
PCWorld 4/27
"How CISPA would affect you (faq): CISPA may have cleared the U.S. House of Representatives, but the fight isn't over. It's shifted to the U.S. Senate. Here's CNET's FAQ on what you need to know about this particularly controversial Internet bill."
CNET News 4/27
"U.S. turns spy agency on itself, critics of cyber bill say"
Reuters 4/27
"CISPA Cyber-Threat Bill Passes House Despite Worries Over Privacy"
eWeek 4/27
"CISPA passes the House, privacy battle moves to Senate"
Washington Post 4/27
"IT engineers ponder fix to dangerous Internet routing problem: Weakness in the Internet's routing system can cause major service outages and allow hackers to spy on communications"
IDG News Service 4/27
"Chip execs see 20 nm variants, 3-D ICs ahead"
EE Times 4/27
"How chips, PCs, services companies are faring"
Yahoo! News 4/27
General Interest
"Reveling in a Tech Life"
New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 7:39 PM
"Following the Breadcrumbs on the Data-Sharing Trail"
New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 6:03 PM
"Google Joins Battle For The Cloud With Lauch of Google Drive"
Daily Disruption 11:22 AM
"Pirate Party Makes A Raid On German Politics"
Associated Press 10:38 AM
"Panasonic touts monster 8k by 4k 'flickerless' plasma: 145in big enough for ya?"
Register Hardware 4/27
"Huawei: Touch-free smartphones and infinite cloud storage are on the way"
IDG News Service 4/27
"Acer to reenter world top-3 PC vendor rankings, says chairman"
DigiTimes 4/27
"Dropbox update hits in wake of Google Drive"
TG Daily 4/27
"Dropbox Boosts Free Storage Limit to 5GB to Match Google Drive"
PCWorld 4/27
"Google goes to Washington: The FTC looks prepared to go to trial over antitrust complaints. Meanwhile, Google is expanding its Washington presence in a big way."
Fortune 4/27
"Oz court blows away cloud PVRs: Australia's Federal Court has decided that personal video recorders in the cloud violate (PVRs) sporting groups' copyright."
The Register 4/27
"How I learned to say, 'Hi, Google Docs; bye, MS Word': Do I really need all those features? No. And so I've created my last document in Microsoft Word, a product I first began using 27 years ago."
Morningstar 8:19 AM
"Google's 'Zerg rush' Easter egg game eats up search results"
ZDNet 4/27
"These bedrooms are the stuff of nerds' dreams"
MSNBC 4/27
"Some public cloud providers have 'dirty disks', report finds: Data from other customers can still be accessed long after it was meant to be wiped"
Network World 4/27
"Cloud services and search warrants: When are users notified?"
Los Angeles Times 4/27
"Amazon outage one year later: Are we safer?"
Network World 4/27
"2 more cloud myths busted: Lock-in and locked up"
InfoWorld 4/27
"Is GPL licensing in decline? As Apache licenses proliferate, two warring camps have formed over whether the GPL is or isn't falling out of favor"
InfoWorld 4/27
"Meet the first 802.11ac router, the Netgear R6300"
Houston Chronicle 4/27
"Samsung Dethrones Nokia As World's Biggest Handset Maker"
Forbes 4/27
"Samsung bests Nokia as world's top handset vendor"
MarketWatch 4/27
"You Really Can Blame the Web for Shrinking TV Ratings — But You Have to Credit It for Boosting TV, Too"
AllThingsD 4/27
Acquisitions/Deals/Investments/Mergers
"Can RIM bounce back? Take the long view, investor says"
ZDNet 4/27
"TSMC to increase 2012 capex to US$8-8.5 billion"
DigiTimes 4/27
"YouTube co-founders' AVOS Systems scores Series A funding"
CNET News 4/27
"S&P slashes Nokia's credit rating to junk"
CNET News 4/27
"Nokia Debt Cut to Junk by S&P Days After Fitch's Downgrade"
Bloomberg 4/27
"Intuit to acquire Demandforce for $424m; SaaS for SMBs"
ZDNet 4/27
"Intuit Acquires Marketing SaaS Company Demandforce For $423.5M In Cash"
TechCrunch 4/27
"Intuit buys San Francisco cloud software company Demandforce for nearly half a billion dollars"
Silicon Valley 4/27
"Intuit paying $424 mln for Demandforce"
MarketWatch 4/27
Tech Stocks
"Apple and Amazon Help Lift Nasdaq 2.3%: The 'Teflon' market continues to rise, as investors ignore bad news in favor of good. Nine stocks that could pay special dividends, including Limited Brands, Carnival and HCA."
Barron's 8:14 AM
"Amazon, Expedia lead broad tech gains"
MarketWatch 4/27
"U.S. stocks rise on strong earnings reports: Analysts note household spending a silver lining in GDP data"
MarketWatch 4/27
"Dow Back in Black for April, S&P Tops 1400"
CNBC 4/27
"Stocks Rise as Solid Earnings Trump GDP Data"
FOXBusiness 4/27
"S&P 500 Gains as Retailers Surge to Record on Earnings"
Bloomberg 4/27
"Stocks Finish Week With Polite Gains"
TheStreet 4/27
"Following the Breadcrumbs on the Data-Sharing Trail"
"Chicken Scratches vs. Electronic Prescriptions"
"Are You Free Tonight? Bargains to Get You Out"
"In Search of Apps for Television"
"U.S. Antitrust Move Has Google Fighting on Two Fronts"
Reuters
(Checked 9:30 PM; no changes since 8:25 AM CDT)
"Nokia suffers second cut to 'junk' as S&P downgrades"
"Greed may be good, but it doesn't matter to judge"
TechWeb
(Checked 9:30 PM; no changes since 10:40 AM CDT)
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