"Tim Armstrong Sells His 'Beachfront Property': Microsoft Buys 800 AOL Patents for $1 Billion"
AllThingsD 9:55 AM
"Microsoft trumps Amazon, others for AOL patents"
Reuters 3:23 PM
"AOL patents could help Microsoft battle Google Maps"
CNET News 10:14 AM
"Microsoft just filed its reply to a Motorola brief opposing Microsoft's motion in the Western District of Washington for a temporary restraining order"
FOSS Patents 9:40 PM
"Microsoft gives away 'free time' to promote Windows Phone: Company sets up 'free-time machines' with perks such as free meals, grocery delivery, and access to a personal shopper -- all in a bid to generate buzz for the Lumia 900."
CNET News 10:15 AM
"If an iPhone wannabe lands on Easter, does it make a splash? With the world's mobile phone market at stake, what were Nokia and Microsoft thinking?"
Fortune 10:46 AM
"Microsoft Ending Windows Vista Mainstream Support on Tuesday"
PCWorld 11:24 AM
"Microsoft phases out regular Windows Vista support"
Electronista 6:20 PM
"Microsoft's Switch From Siebel CRM To Dynamics Speaks Volumes: The 'moat' around Oracle's CRM products that once kept customers from leaving is drying up as Fusion comes up short and more viable options emerge."
InformationWeek 10:19 AM
"Microsoft Inspired by London Tube Seeks Sleeker Designs"
Bloomberg 10:09 AM
"Microsoft's Zoe Krumm on forefront of fight against piracy: Amid the engineers and programmers roaming the Microsoft campus, Zoe Krumm stands out. Instead of talking XML and HTML5, she talks FBI and ICE. Krumm is on Microsoft's worldwide anti-piracy team — a job that's not unlike a crime-scene analyst."
Seattle Times 11:31 AM
"Microsoft building new data center in Wyoming"
Network World 9:49 PM
"Cisco's Chambers: Huawei Doesn't Always Play By the Rules"
CRN 10:36 AM
"Cops can request a copy of your complete Facebook activity"
MSNBC 11:09 AM
"Immigration And Prosperity: Why Tech Needs Open Borders"
Forbes 10:02 AM
"A New Microchip Knows Just Where You Are, Indoors and Out: The chip achieves unprecedented accuracy by processing information from many different sensors."
Technology Review 12:00 PM
"Tech workers stress over skills gap: IT hiring managers are looking for perfection. After years of training cuts, IT workers are worried"
Computerworld 10:57 AM
"Help wanted: tech firms scramble for talent"
The Globe and Mail [Free Registration Required] 10:47 AM
General Interest
"Improbable PC Pioneer: Commodore's Jack Tramiel, 1928-2012"
Techland 8:07 PM
"Computer Pioneer, Commodore Founder Jack Tramiel Dies at 83"
IDG News Service 6:07 PM
"Jack Tramiel, Commodore founder, passes at 83"
SD Times 6:06 PM
"From Perth to Panama: the man who sold his life on eBay"
Sydney Morning Herald 8:13 PM
"Rumor: Nintendo Wii U estimated at $180 to manufacture"
Electronista 6:20 PM
"AT&T to spend $150M on Lumia launch, more than it did with iPhone"
AppleInsider 6:19 PM
"Senator Chuck Grassley Dishes on Why He Sucks at Twitter"
Gizmodo 5:43 PM
"Zynga Spent $1.37 Million to Protect Its CEO"
WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 5:29 PM
"Starbucks apps account for 42M mobile payments (exclusive)"
VentureBeat 4:40 PM
"RIM Moves Against Pirated Android Apps On PlayBook: RIM wants to block PlayBook owners from 'sideloading' Android applications, in a move designed to protect developers."
InformationWeek 12:38 PM
"Playbook update will cut off Android app 'side-loading'"
TG Daily 11:59 AM
"Samsung preps flexible mobile displays for 2012 launch"
TG Daily 11:58 AM
"Our future cyberdefenders set to face off: National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition challenges security-savvy college students"
Network World 11:27 AM
"Toshiba to Sell Video Servers That Use Streaming Hardware Instead of CPU, Memory"
IDG News Service 11:25 AM
"Web Attacks Use Smart Redirection to Evade URL Security Scanners"
IDG News Service 11:24 AM
"Google Augmented Reality Glasses Could Debut at I/O Event"
eWeek 10:41 AM
"Photography Pioneer Eadweard J. Muybridge Gets Google Doodle"
PC Magazine 11:27 AM
"Google Doodle celebrates Eadweard J. Muybridge, Father of the Zoopraxiscope: Eadweard Muybridge is the subject of today's Google Doodle. In the process of photographing galloping horses, Muybridge invented the Zoopraxiscope, the forerunner to the motion picture projector."
Christian Science Monitor 10:35 AM
"Game time for Mass.: 'Largest show ever' hits as cos. ramp up hiring"
Boston Herald 10:33 AM
"Nokia counting on its Collection apps to help sell Windows Phones"
ZDNet 12:15 PM
"Nokia Lumia 900: Wisdom Of Easter Launch Questioned"
InformationWeek 10:20 AM
"Red Hat Rolls Out Storage 2.0 Software"
InformationWeek 10:20 AM
"AOL shares soar after Microsoft patent deal"
MarketWatch 9:57 AM
"Sony is said planning to cut 6% of jobs"
MarketWatch 9:56 AM
"Sony to cut global workforce by 10,000"
Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 10:43 AM
"Sony to Cut an Estimated 10,000 Jobs"
WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:52 AM
"Social 'second screen' TV is all about the apps"
CNNMoney 9:47 AM
Press Releases
"Dell Clinical Service Desk Provides Expertise and Support to Advance EMR Adoption"
Business Wire 12:30 PM
"IBM and ZSE Create Virtual Green Highway for Electric Vehicles"
PRNewswire 10:01 AM
"Citi Partners with Streetline and IBM to Provide $25 Million Financing for Cities to Adopt Smart Parking Technology"
Business Wire 10:00 AM
"Oracle Is #1 in the RDBMS Market Segment for 2011"
Marketwire 12:34 PM
"Alltel Wireless Uses Oracle Retail to Support Stores: Wireless Provider Leverages Oracle Retail Stores Solutions to Support Cross-Channel Commerce"
Marketwire 10:09 AM
"Oracle's New StorageTek Tape Analytics Software Delivers Superior Security and Scalability From a Single Pane of Glass"
Marketwire 10:09 AM
"PALYJA Indonesia Implements Oracle Utilities Customer Care and Billing Solution for Faster Billing, Collections and Improved Customer Service"
Marketwire 10:09 AM
Microsoft
"Microsoft buys Netscape Web patents from AOL to attack Google"
ZDNet 4:46 PM
"Microsoft starts its marketing for the Nokia Lumia 900"
Seattle Times 11:31 AM
"First 4G LTE Windows Phones Hit Stores, Help People Do Everyday Tasks Faster"
PRNewswire 10:08 AM
Government/Law/Politics
"One Laptop per Child: Disappointing results?"
ZDNet 12:16 PM
"Pentagon wants to hack into video game consoles"
TG Daily 11:59 AM
"NYC Phone Booths to Become 'Smart Screen' Stations"
PC Magazine 11:28 AM
"RIM Says Sales to U.S. Government Are Rising"
Bloomberg 10:32 AM
"AT&T Remains in Talks With Union After Labor Contracts Expire"
Bloomberg 10:32 AM
"China calls Australia's ban on Huawei 'unjust': Australia earlier decided to ban Huawei from taking part in a broadband project because of security concerns"
IDG News Service 11:26 AM
"'Anonymous' says plans more attacks against China sites"
Reuters 10:18 AM
Analysis/Editorial/Help/Opinion
"Mark Zuckerberg Only Has 3 Public Photos Posted On His Instagram Account"
Business Insider 7:46 PM
"Zuckerberg may Have Twitter'd his Instagram"
The Next Web 4:46 PM
"Here is why Facebook bought Instagram"
GigaOM 4:45 PM
"Wii U rumored to have heavy markup"
TG Daily 11:58 AM
"Online tussle for video on demand"
Fairfax NZ News 11:36 AM
"As IT picks up the pace, can tech workers keep up?"
Computerworld 10:57 AM
"Beyond virtualization: Envisioning true cloud computing"
InfoWorld 10:57 AM
"Stupid tech support tricks: IT calls of shame/Pronoun problems, IT ghosts, the runaway mouse -- when it comes to computers, the customer isn't always right"
InfoWorld 10:56 AM
"Is texting making us more creative? Canadian researchers think so"
The Canadian Press [Free Registration Required] 10:47 AM
"Why Zynga loves the hybrid cloud"
Fortune 10:46 AM
"Why Yahoo! Should Exit the Search Business Entirely"
Forbes 10:44 AM
"ZeroMail takes on goal of ending inbox clutter"
Boston Herald 10:33 AM
"4 Tips: How To Land An IT Security Job"
InformationWeek 10:20 AM
"Facebook buys Instagram...but for what?"
CNET News 4:34 PM
"Facebook Buys Instagram For $1 Billion"
Business Insider 12:51 PM
"Facebook buys Instagram for about $1 billion: One of the world's largest photo-sharing networks buys the popular mobile photo service."
CNET News 12:36 PM
"Facebook to Buy Instagram for $1 Billion in Cash, Stock"
WSJ Blogs 12:27 PM
"Eucalyptus and Amazon work together to expand cloud adoption"
ZDNet 12:16 PM
"SEC Filing: Chris Sacca Raising $25M For New Fund, Lowercase Spur"
TechCrunch 11:54 AM
"Fujitsu Research Lab Demos Current Projects, Says Economy Shouldn't Affect Funds"
IDG News Service 11:24 AM
"AOL stuns investors with hefty patent payday"
MarketWatch 12:29 PM
"AOL CEO Tim Armstrong Made $30 Million From That Microsoft Patent Deal"
Forbes 10:44 AM
"TSMC begins building next phase of Fab 14 gigafab"
EE Times 10:40 AM
"Taiwan Semi to Boost Expenditure on Mobile Devices Demand"
Bloomberg 10:00 AM
"Taiwan Semiconductor to revise 2012 capex upward"
MarketWatch 9:56 AM
"AT&T to spend $150M to promote Lumia 900, report says"
CNET News 10:13 AM
"AT&T sheds directories, advertising business"
CNET News 10:15 AM
"AT&T To Sell Most Of Yellow Pages To Cerberus"
Associated Press 10:11 AM
"AT&T sells units to Cerberus afilliate for $950M"
MarketWatch 9:56 AM
"AT&T to Sell Yellow Pages to Cerberus"
WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:52 AM
"Wall Street sinks in wake of jobs report"
Reuters 4:32 PM
"Stocks drop, sending Dow to fourth loss in a row, in first response to weak March jobs data"
Associated Press [Free Registration Required] 4:32 PM
"Dow's Loss Is Fourth Straight: Stocks started the week with a sharp loss after Friday's worse-than-expected jobs data cast doubt on the pace of the labor market's recovery."
WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:33 PM
"Stocks set for ugly open following jobs report"
CNNMoney 9:45 AM
"Canadian stocks slide as U.S. jobs data disappoint"
MarketWatch 12:29 PM
"Asia Stocks Decline on Slower U.S. Jobs Growth, China Inflation"
Bloomberg 9:58 AM
"Asia Markets: Asia stocks drop after U.S. jobs, China inflation"
MarketWatch 9:53 AM
"Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks: Nasdaq's 10 most active stocks at 1 p.m."
Associated Press 2:52 PM
"Facebook Buys Instagram for $1 Billion in Its Biggest Deal"
"AOL Shares Soar on Patent Deal With Microsoft"
"National Database Planned to Combat Cellphone Theft"
"A Ballooning Megabyte Budget"
"Seeking Robots to Go Where First Responders Can't"
"A Lie Races Across Twitter Before the Truth Can Boot Up"
"Mobile Card-Processing Machines for Marketers on the Road"
"As Technology Evolves, AT&T Adjusts a Theme"
"German Courts at Epicenter of Global Patent Battles Among Tech Rivals"
"AT&T Workers to Stay on Job Without Deal on a Contract"
Reuters
(Checked 9:45 PM; no changes since 4:35 PM CDT)
"Microsoft trumps Amazon, others for AOL patents"
"Court revives Rosetta Stone suit vs Google"
"Facebook to buy Instagram for $1 billion"
"Global business groups press India on technology plan"
"Sony to ax 10,000 jobs in turnaround bid: Nikkei"
"Splunk sees IPO priced at $8-$10 per share"
"'Anonymous' says plans more attacks against China sites"
"New app transfers money with the tap of a phone"
TechWeb
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"Google Data Centers: How Low Can Power Go?"
"Microsoft Eyes Google Battle With AOL Patent Buy"
"Facebook Captures Instagram"
"Data Security: Who's Winning The Cyberwar?"
"9 Most Costly Financial Services Data Breaches"
"Anonymous Continues Barrage Of Government Hacks"
"How To Prevent Enterprise Data Leaks"
"3 Truths: Cloud SLAs |Should Businesses Unlock Old iPhones?"
"Exo Goes Freemium With Social Intranet Portal"
"Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Vs. Oracle: Customers Voting"
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