"Barnes & Noble shares soar on Microsoft deal: Companies form digital-reading-technology partnership"
MarketWatch 9:52 AM
"Microsoft and B&N team up on Nook, textbook business: The two companies are teaming up to create a subsidiary for Barnes & Noble's e-book and college textbook businesses, with Microsoft paying $300 million for a minority stake."
Associated Press 10:34 AM
"Why Microsoft's Barnes & Noble Nook Nab Makes Sense: Microsoft already has strong content plays in gaming, video, and software. Now it has a foothold in books and magazines as well."
PC Magazine 11:10 AM
"Barnes & Noble's shares soar on Microsoft Nook investment"
CNNMoney 9:41 AM
"Microsoft invests $300m in Barnes & Noble's Nook; more e-books for Windows"
paidContent 10:03 AM
"Microsoft's got the hots for Nook: Microsoft joins forces with Barnes & Noble, LG competes with iCloud, and Dell says there's big demand for the XPS 13 ultrabook."
CNET News 4:43 PM
"Microsoft partners with B&N's Nook in e-book business"
Seattle Times 4:43 PM
"Microsoft + Nook: It Just Got (More) Interesting ..."
Wired 4:43 PM
"Microsoft's Nook Deal: Pushing Windows 8 Into New Realms?"
Forbes 10:03 AM
"Can Microsoft get LG excited about Windows Phone again?"
CNET News 10:10 AM
"LG: No More Windows Phones Planned"
PCWorld 11:14 AM
"Microsoft HomeOS will be home automation of the future"
TG Daily 11:45 AM
"HomeOS: Microsoft Works on Bringing Smart Homes to the Masses"
Techland 11:50 AM
"HP And IBM Need To Be Very Afraid Of Dell"
Forbes 9:57 AM
"HP and Epic 'preferred bidders' for UK eHospital plan: NHS trusts to ink 10-year deal to move to shared platform"
Channel Register 11:49 AM
"Dell Says XPS 13 Ultrabook Selling Well Above Expectations"
Forbes 9:57 AM
"Oracle v. Google: definitive copyright-related jury instructions and special verdict form"
Foss Patents 10:46 AM
"Jury begins deliberations in Oracle-Google trial"
Associated Press 4:51 PM
"Google sums up its Java case: 'There was no copying'/In closing statements, Google's counsel reasserts that Google employed Java APIs in a fair-use manner for Android, transforming them into a full smartphone stack."
CNET News 4:44 PM
"Developments in Oracle vs Google legal case"
Associated Press 4:41 PM
"IBM: Clock runs out on massive Siebel implementation, enter SugarCRM"
ZDNet 11:59 AM
"IBM Impact: A lesson in passion and creativity from Jobs and Einstein"
V3 7:24 PM
"Where to order Intel's Ivy Bridge in a laptop right now: A handful of laptops are now available to order with Intel's third-gen Core i-series CPUs, see the list here."
CNET Reviews 10:09 AM
"Inside Intel's new Ivy Bridge chips: A high-res look at the nanotransistors powering big gains in PC power and efficiency" [Slideshow]
Network World 10:54 AM
"Ivy Bridge chips run hotter than predecessors: Temperatures of Intel chips quickly spike when overclocking"
Network World 11:17 AM
"Intel's Ivy Bridge Chips Appear to Run Hotter When Overclocked"
PCWorld 4:43 PM
"Huawei to give Intel LTE development support in China"
EE Times 10:41 AM
"Here comes silicene, possible graphene replacement"
EE Times 10:42 AM
"10 GHz Optical Transistor Built Out Of Silicon: In a significant step forward for all-optical computing, physicists build a silicon transistor that works with pure light"
Technology Review 11:40 AM
"New material 'could revolutionize electronics"
TG Daily 11:44 AM
"Intel the Big Winner as Semiconductor Sales Grow in 2011: IDC"
eWeek 10:44 AM
"Worldwide Chip Sales May Grow at Faster Pace, IDC Says"
Bloomberg 9:59 AM
"How the Software Industry Is Being Reborn"
Techland 11:51 AM
General Interest
"Acorn pioneers honoured by US computing award"
ZDNet UK 12:00 PM
"NVIDIA's Dual-Core GTX 690 Will Set You Back $999"
Techland 11:50 AM
"Nvidia fires up $1,000 dual-Kepler GeForce"
TG Daily 11:45 AM
"Tech firms make poor showing in Sunday Times Rich List: Internet entrepreneurs are gaining ground, but traditional software firms are lagging"
Techworld 11:42 AM
"Laser System Paints Information on the Road Ahead: Cheaper green semiconductor lasers could bring a novel display technology to market."
Technology Review 11:40 AM
"TV in real dime: Hulu, networks to change model of free streaming"
New York Post 11:05 AM
"Azul Launches Zing 5.2 JVM With Support for Ubuntu Linux"
eWeek 10:43 AM
"Down but not out: Conficker camouflages new Windows infections/Crippled botnet still dangerous, makes PCs vulnerable to follow-up malware attacks"
Computerworld 10:36 AM
"Compal Posts Seventh Consecutive Profit as Demand Slows"
Bloomberg 10:24 AM
"Google staff 'knew of wi-fi snooping', report says"
BBC 10:22 AM
"The New Pay Phone and What It Knows About You"
New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 10:12 AM
"Skype exploit reveals user IP addresses"
CNET News 12:15 PM
"Quickflix partners with Xbox: Video streaming service, Quickflix will now be available on to the Xbox 360 in both Australia and New Zealand."
Stuff: New Zealand 11:32 AM
"Wozniak: Windows 7 Phone More Beautiful than iPhone"
eWeek 10:44 AM
"Microsoft links Metro theme to jQuery Mobile, Windows Phone: With Microsoft Open Technologies release, websites and mobile apps can use Metro style"
InfoWorld 10:55 AM
"Microsoft's Open-Source Subsidiary Releases First Deliverable/Microsoft Open Technologies, the open-source arm of Microsoft, announced its first deliverable: Redis on Windows."
eWeek 10:43 AM
"Microsoft's Open-Source Subsidiary Releases First Deliverable/Microsoft Open Technologies, the open-source arm of Microsoft, announced its first deliverable: Redis on Windows."
eWeek 10:43 AM
"Essar Group Unleashes Power of the Cloud With Windows Azure: Multinational conglomerate reduces level of IT maintenance and cuts costs by nearly 65 percent while improving scalability with Microsoft's cloud technology."
PRNewswire 10:04 AM
"Is there a Windows-based Barnes & Noble reader in the works?"
ZDNet 11:58 AM
"More on the Barnes & Noble/Microsoft partnership (updated)"
Seattle Times 11:28 AM
"Microsoft's Investment in B&N: Smart Move?" [Video Report]
FOXBusiness 10:51 AM
"Microsoft's $300M Barnes & Noble deal will alter e-reader landscape"
Boston Herald 10:25 AM
"Barnes & Noble and Microsoft Form Strategic Partnership to Advance World-Class Digital Reading Experiences for Consumers: Newly Formed Subsidiary to Include NOOK® Digital and College Businesses"
Business Wire 10:04 AM
"Should Barnes & Noble trust Microsoft?"
MarketWatch 9:52 AM
Government/Law/Politics
"Shareholder sues Google to block stock split"
Reuters 4:47 PM
"Busting Through The Federal IT Budget Ceiling: Federal agencies in lean startup mode? It's one of the ideas being floated as government CIOs look for ways to deliver new technologies and services despite flat IT spending."
InformationWeek 12:16 PM
"Anonymous calls for May Day protests over CISPA"
TG Daily 11:45 AM
"Yahoo claims Facebook bought patents to countersue it: Filing says eight of 10 patents Facebook has cited in a counterclaim patent infringement lawsuit against Yahoo were bought in the last 5 months"
IDG News Service 10:56 AM
"Google KNEW Street View cars were slurping Wi-Fi"
The Register 11:47 AM
"Google Knew Street View Collected Private Data, FCC Says"
PC Magazine 11:13 AM
"Google Staff Knew Street View Cars Were Collecting Private Data: FCC"
eWeek 10:44 AM
"High Court orders leading internet providers to block The Pirate Bay"
V3 11:52 AM
"Judge: Big Five ISPs must block The Pirate Bay"
The Register 11:48 AM
"The Pirate Bay must be blocked by UK ISPs, court rules: File-sharing site The Pirate Bay must be blocked by UK internet service providers, the High Court has ruled."
BBC 10:22 AM
"Army Seeks Gloves For Battlefield Smartphones: Special gloves must be flexible enough for touchscreens, but also tough enough to withstand the rigors of combat."
InformationWeek 10:14 AM
"ICANN bungles data security on domain applications"
Reuters [Free Registration Required] 10:51 AM
"ICANN to notify domain applicants of data breaches"
Reuters 10:13 AM
Analysis/Editorial/Help/Opinion
"Fair use or 'first excuse'? Oracle v. Google goes to the jury"
Ars Technica 7:02 PM
"Is Facebook Poised to Revolutionize Health Care?"
ReadWriteWeb 6:58 PM
"Facebook: Know what's cooler than 900M users? Saving lives"
The Next Web 4:38 PM
"Facebook Just Did Something Absolutely Brilliant On Android"
Business Insider 4:38 PM
"UK sees drop in average broadband speed"
ZDNet UK 12:00 PM
"Is Apache overextending itself as rivals devour its core HTTP server share?"
ZDNet 11:58 AM
"How To Hack The Wearable Computer On Your Head"
Wired Magazine 11:56 AM
"Thoreau's Walden: The Video Game/Get ready for some edge-of-your-seat 19th century transcendentalist action!"
Time 11:50 AM
"TV towers killing millions of birds"
TG Daily 11:44 AM
"Botnet shutdowns cause big 2011 spam drop, Symantec finds"
Techworld 11:42 AM
"The Greatest PC Mysteries--Solved! PCWorld's editors band together to solve the greatest PC mysteries!"
PCWorld 11:17 AM
"Why Linux is a desktop flop"
Network World 11:17 AM
"Open Source Coders are Fresher, Forrester Says"
Computerworld UK 11:15 AM
"The Disruptive Business Model that Could Change the Tablet Market: Unsure whether to buy a tablet? Someday soon you will likely own multiple."
PC Magazine 11:13 AM
"Pre-caffeine tech: Pug alphabet, Google surprises!"
MSNBC 11:03 AM
"Why CISPA could kill the cloud"
InfoWorld 10:54 AM
"2012 chip market to grow 7%, says analyst"
EE Times 10:42 AM
"Digitimes Research: Global tablet PC shipments to reach 21.58 million units in 2Q12"
DigiTimes 10:40 AM
"Get virtualization out of its silos: Organizations that apply virtualization in a siloed manner miss out on its high-level benefits. Here's how to develop an all-inclusive strategy."
Computerworld 10:37 AM
"Sleek MacBooks gain powerful rivals running on Windows 7"
Boston Herald 10:25 AM
"8 Reasons Conficker Malware Won't Die"
InformationWeek 10:14 AM
"What to Expect at BlackBerry World"
PC Magazine 11:11 AM
"RIM's share of smartphone market could dip below 5%: analyst"
The Globe and Mail [Free Registration Required] 10:51 AM
"It's not a BlackBerry World anymore"
Reuters 10:13 AM
Acquisitions/Deals/Investments/Mergers
"Digg rumored to be in buyout talks with the Washington Post"
CNET News 9:21 PM
"Britain's High-Speed Mobile Service to Cost $9 Billion"
Bloomberg 10:24 AM
"Nokia mulls sale of luxury Vertu brand for €200m"
ZDNet UK 12:00 PM
"Nokia Reportedly In Talks To Sell Luxury Phone Unit Vertu"
Forbes 10:48 AM
"Nokia in talks to sell luxury Vertu unit: source"
Reuters 10:13 AM
"Falcone gets extension in LightSquared creditor talks"
Reuters 10:13 AM
Tech Stocks
"Apple slips below $600, Netflix retreats: Tech stocks droop, while Barnes & Noble soars on Microsoft deal"
MarketWatch 9:52 AM
"For U.S. stocks, April worst month yet for 2012: Dow industrials extend monthly winning streak to seven"
MarketWatch 4:21 PM
"Wall Street Falls Amid Mixed Data"
FOXBusiness 10:50 AM
"Dow Ekes Out April Gain: Economic worries at home and in Spain led the Dow industrials lower Monday, but the average eked out its seventh-straight monthly gain."
WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:22 PM
"Weak economic reports to weigh on U.S. stocks"
CNNMoney 9:40 AM
"Hong Kong Leads Asia Markets Higher"
WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:51 AM
"Asian Stocks Gain on Australia Rates, Earnings, Korea Confidence"
Bloomberg 9:54 AM
"Asia Markets: Hong Kong leads Asian stocks to gain"
MarketWatch 9:46 AM
"Spain Drags Down Europe Shares"
WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 12:06 PM
"European Stocks Slide as Spain Enters Recession; AB InBev Falls"
Bloomberg 9:54 AM
"Europe Markets: Europe stocks slump after Spain, U.S. data/Spain's IBEX 35 sees 12.4% monthly decline in April"
MarketWatch 12:06 PM
"Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks: Nasdaq's 10 most active stocks at the close of trading"
Associated Press 7:09 PM
"Final Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares mixed at the close of trading"
Associated Press 7:09 PM
"Mobile Threats Are Increasing But Are Still Nothing Compared To PC Crime"
"Google Street View Pursued Wardriving By Design"
"Busting Through The Federal IT Budget Ceiling"
"ARM: Why Virtualization Belongs In Smartphone Hardware"
"3 Examples: Visual Technologies Change The Rules"
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