"Dell enables women, creates unique mobile opportunities"
CIO 8:10 AM
"What IBM wrought at RTP: the supermarket scanner"
News & Observer, NC 8:12 AM
"HP unveils powerful new line of workstations"
Malta Independent 8:11 AM
"Nilesat selects Cisco to strengthen contribution network"
Telecom Lead 8:10 AM
"CIOs see Cisco gaining, Juniper in trials"
Network World 8:10 AM
"Data Harvesting at Google Not a Rogue Act, Report Finds"
New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 7:50 AM
"CISPA, the Senate, and what should be done"
The Next Web 5:37 PM
"Yahoo escalates patent battle with Facebook"
USA Today 8:12 AM
"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 4/28
"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 4/28
"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 4/28
"Microsoft has change of heart about CISPA — drops support"
Digital Journal 4/28
"Google Drive Signaling the End of Microsoft Office? Umm No."
Decrypted Tech 4/28
"Microsoft issues swift fix for Hotmail bug: The company claims that no action is needed on the part Hotmail users"
Techworld 4/28
"Microsoft voted as most attractive employer in India"
WinBeta 4/28
"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 4/28
"Why is Silicon Valley silent on CISPA?"
GigaOM 4/28
General Interest
"Start-Ups Look to the Crowd"
New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 9:47 PM
"Interest in Pinterest Reaches a Fever Pitch [Infographic]"
Mashable 3:12 PM
"Mozilla to kill Firefox 3.6 by auto-upgrading old browser: Citing security risks, it will push 3.6 to Firefox 12 next month unless users disable updates"
Computerworld 8:18 AM
"Baffled by web code? A new course might help: Not enough people know the 'information superhighway' code, but a UK start-up in Shoreditch aims to remedy that. Monty Munford reports"
Telegraph 7:57 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
"Google Drive vs. Microsoft SkyDrive: 4 reasons Google wins out"
PCWorld 8:18 AM
"Big Data: The billable project angle"
ZDNet 8:18 AM
"The 11-inch gaming laptop lives, with the new Origin Eon 11-S: Alienware's once-popular M11x may be heading for retirement, but boutique rival Origin is keeping the ultraportable gaming laptop alive."
CNET Reviews 8:04 AM
"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 4/28
"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
"LightSquared's Falcone to step aside from role at company"
CNET News 9:43 PM
"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, Google could join Dow index: Barron's"
Reuters 5:37 PM
"Apple, Google about to join Dow Jones stock index? Barron's reports that the Dow Jones Industrial Average is due a makeover and that Apple and Google better represent the global business landscape."
CNET News 5:09 PM
"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 4/28
"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
"Deadline looms for Falcone on LightSquared control"
"Nokia in advanced talks to sell luxury Vertu unit: FT"
"Apple, Google could join Dow index: Barron's"
"Google engineer talked of personal data plan: FCC"
"Madison Avenue turns to social game advertising"
"Analysis: Even in emerging markets, Nokia's star is fading"
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