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"Windows 7 finally overtakes Windows XP's desktop OS market share"
UberGizmo 6:49 AM
"No More Microsoft Stores, Thanks: 5 reasons why Microsoft shouldn't copy Apple's retail model with (more of) its own brick-and-mortar outlets."
PC World 9:09 PM
"Putting Cisco on the Road to Recovery"
Barron's 7:17 AM
"Gigabyte Slide reveals AMD Bulldozer Launch Date, Will be launched on 7th June at Computex 2011."
WCCF Tech 7:16 AM
"After Cisco's mea culpa, an uncertain path"
MarketWatch 9:18 PM
"pril 9, 2011 5:47 PM PDT: Google nabs Canadian mobile music syncing firm"
CNET News 9:19 PM
"Microsoft's cash haul dwarfed by $500 billion partner revenue: IDC study outlines Microsoft's impact on tech industry"
Network World 4/8
"Microsoft makes last-ditch move in i4i patent fight"
CNET News 4/8
"Microsoft reportedly at odds over retail store push"
CNET News 4/8
"Microsoft wants more retail stores to compete against Apple"
TG Daily 4/8
"New screenshots reveal more Windows 8 features"
CNET News 4/8
"Record Patch Tuesday Addresses 64 Vulnerabilities: Another record Patch Tuesday is coming up, with Microsoft issuing 17 security bulletins covering 64 vulnerabilities."
CIO Today 4/8
"Patch Tuesday focus: Big bunch of Windows kernel bugs? Microsoft may address 'kernel pool' exploits revealed at Black Hat"
Computerworld 4/8
"HP Says Holistic Approach Busts Information Glut: Services and upgrades are aimed at managing, securing, retaining and retiring information. But is HP's approach too dependent on partner software?"
InformationWeek 4/8
"HP Backs Intel Westmere EX and Itanium"
ServerWatch 4/8
"IBM Takes Leading Role in Cloud Standards Group"
eWeek 4/8
"IBM jumps into cloud, customers tip-toe behind"
IDG News Service 4/8
"IBM SmartCloud Early Adopters Explain How It Works for Them"
eWeek 4/8
"IBM makes like Amazon with 'SmartClouds'"
The Register 4/8
"Seven More Questions for Ric Telford, VP of IBM Web Services"
AllThingsD 4/8
"NXP in takeover talks with Intel, others -report"
Reuters 4/8
"NXP Is in Takeover Talks With Intel, Broadcom, Telegraaf Says"
Bloomberg 4/8
"Intel: New Xeon Chip Won't Kill Itanium/Chipmaker says Xeon and Itanium are on different upgrade cycles and will continue to leapfrog each other in performance."
InformationWeek 4/8
"Intel Said to Lead $30 Million Funding of Education Startup Kno"
Bloomberg 4/8
"Intel Gets in the Kno: Intel's venture capital arm is apparently betting that there's room in the classroom for an e-reader and tablet not made by Apple, Amazon.com, or any of the other big players."
Portfolio 4/8
"HTTPS Is Under Attack Again: The Electronic Frontier Foundation has published research showing that the SSL certificate system that underpins Web security is far from trustworthy."
PCWorld 4/8
"Government Shutdown Won't Stop All IT Functions"
eWeek 4/8
"Privacy dispute tests Obama's earlier promises: An emerging dispute over electronic privacy is testing whether President Obama will live up to his promise to protect Americans' online rights."
CNET News 4/8
"House gives final approval to nix Net neutrality"
CNET News 4/8
"House Votes Against 'Net Neutrality'"
New York Times 4/8
"House rejects FCC's 'open' Internet rules"
Reuters 4/8
"House Passes Measure to Overturn FCC Net-Neutrality Rules"
WSJ.com 4/8
"House votes to repeal regs on Internet access: House Republicans adamant that the government keep its hands off the Internet passed a bill Friday to repeal federal rules barring Internet service providers from blocking or interfering with traffic on their networks."
Associated Press 4/8
"Tech Giants Challenge French Data Retention Law: Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, and others are appealing a legal decree that would require companies to store and share usernames, passwords, and other personal details with authorities."
InformationWeek 4/8
"Big Tech Firms Fatten Dividends: Technology spending has rebounded from the recession. But some industry leaders are signaling—by sharing more of their cash with investors—that they may not return to the rocket-like growth of years past."
WSJ.com 4/8
General Interest
"Gaming tops tablet activity, says Google study"
Digital Trends 9:11 PM
"Feel Like a Wallflower? Maybe It's Your Facebook Wall"
New York Times [Free Registration Required] 7:51 PM
"Supercomputers crucial to predicting future natural disasters, claims tech researcher"
Computerworld New Zealand 10:11 AM
"Verizon to drop new one-year contracts starting April 17: Two-year and prepaid month-to-month contracts to continue, Verizon confirms"
Computerworld 4/8
"Japan's NTT aims to fix quake-hit undersea cables by May"
IDG News Service 4/8
"Japanese Earthquake Shelters Getting PCs, WiMax"
IDG News Service 4/8
"BlackBerry Mobile Conferencing App Connects With One Click"
CIO 4/8
"RIM Launches BlackBerry Mobile Conferencing"
PCWorld 4/8
"Verizon Galaxy Tab Updated, But Not To Honeycomb: Verizon Wireless is pushing a large system update to the Samsung Galaxy Tab, but Google's Android 3.0 is nowhere to be found."
InformationWeek 4/8
"Verizon updates Galaxy Tab, but sans Honeycomb"
CNET News 4/8
"Kno tablet maker ditches hardware for software"
CNET News 4/8
"Google Places Swallows The Awkwardly Named 'Hotpot'"
TechCrunch 4/8
"Google's Driverless Car project is personal for engineer Sebastian Thrun"
Sydney Morning Herald 4/8
"Google Latitude Check-Ins Expand Nationwide"
PC Magazine 4/8
"Google rolls out checkin deals for Latitude nationwide"
Mashable 4/8
"Google Links Bonuses To Social Strategy"
InformationWeek 4/8
"Google CEO Promotes Engineers in Management Shuffle"
WSJ.com 4/8
"New Google CEO sweeps in with company reorg: Page wastes no time in shaking up management"
Computerworld 4/8
"Google's Page makes first changes to management"
Reuters 4/8
"Larry Page Shakes Up Google With Major Reorg, Bonuses Tied to Social Success"
VentureBeat 4/8
"New Google CEO Larry Page reshuffles exec team"
Associated Press 4/8
"Samsung to launch Galaxy S sequel in South Korea in late April"
Reuters 4/8
"Delkin offers USB 3.0 flash card reader"
CNET News 4/8
"Sony brings Music Unlimited to PlayStation Portable"
ZDNet 4/8
"Sony brings Music Unlimited to PSP"
CNET News 4/8
"Sony Cuts PlayStation Portable Prices by 24% in Europe to Boost Adoption"
Bloomberg 4/8
"Sony Ericsson Slows Phone Rollout Due to Quake"
WSJ.com 4/8
Press Releases
Microsoft
"How Microsoft can beat the iPhone with Windows Phone 7"
Network World 7:05 AM
"Quiz: How well do you know your Microsoft Empire?"
ZDNet 4/8
"New Microsoft Stores? Not With the Same Old Products"
Techland 4/8
"Is Internet Explorer 9 energy friendly?"
TG Daily 4/8
"Developer Pulled WP7 Update Tool at Microsoft Request"
IDG News Service 4/8
"Prepare for Microsoft's Mammoth Patch Tuesday"
PCWorld 4/8
"Microsoft readies Silverlight 5 beta: The proprietary multimedia plug-in platform and rival to HTML5 will offer 64-bit capabilities, digital rights management"
InfoWorld 4/8
"Microsoft and thePlatform Enable Delivery of Protected, High-Quality, Premium Online Video: thePlatform's video management system, mpx, now integrates Microsoft PlayReady DRM and adaptive streaming technologies; first joint deployment with Xfinity TV Online"
PRNewswire 4/8
Government/Law/Politics
"AT&T/T-Mobile merger to get Senate hearing: Hearing will focus on whether AT&T is becoming 'Humpty Dumpty'"
Network World 4/8
"Government shutdown may disrupt business travel, H-1B visas"
Computerworld 4/8
"CPS declines to prosecute BT over Phorm trials"
ZDNet UK 4/8
"BT escapes prosecution over web snooping"
BBC 4/8
"Medvedev demands probe into cyberattack"
Financial Times 4/8
"Russia's President Medvedev denounces cyber-attack"
BBC 4/8
"Russian spy agency complains about Gmail, Skype"
Reuters 4/8
"EU says Google anti-trust complaints likely to increase"
V3 4/8
"Google Will Trigger More Antitrust Complaints to EU Agency, Almunia Says"
Bloomberg 4/8
"US to adopt a new complaints procedure on Google"
Financial Times 4/8
"DOJ approves Google's ITA deal ... with caveats"
CNNMoney 4/8
"Google Said to Agree to Consent Decree With U.S. Over Acquisition of ITA"
Bloomberg 4/8
"Government Lets Google Buy Travel Software Company"
Associated Press 4/8
"Google and ITA deal approved with conditions"
Reuters 4/8
"U.S. Clears Google Acquisition of Travel Software"
New York Times 4/8
"Government lets Google buy travel software company"
Associated Press 4/8
"Google, ITA decision could come Friday: sources"
Reuters 4/8
"Google, U.S. Near Accord on Travel Deal"
WSJ.com 4/8
"U.S. Eyes New Stock Rules: Regulators Move Toward Relaxing Limits on Shareholders in Private Companies"
WSJ.com 4/8
"Federal Shutdown Could Delay IT Projects: Project schedules could be delayed and production shut down if the government closes for business, according to Lockheed Martin."
InformationWeek 4/8
"Mass BlackBerry confusion in looming shutdown: What happens when you apply an 1884 law to BlackBerries? Mass confusion."
CNNMoney 4/8
Analysis/Editorial/Help/Opinion
"If You Can't Name That Star, Try Asking Your Telescope"
New York Times [Free Registration Required] 7:50 PM
"Geek's guide to Route 66, part 1"
CNET News 5:23 PM
"PayPal security chief on Epsilon breach and more (Q&A)"
CNET News 7:21 AM
"How to Use the Cloud to Move Contacts Between Phones"
GigaOM 4/8
"Firefox 4 Is Faster, Cleaner, More Secure" [Slideshow]
InformationWeek 4/8
"'Hoarders' expert deletes my fears of tossing emails"
Geekwire 4/8
"You don't know tech: The InfoWorld news quiz"
InfoWorld 4/8
"Say What? Top Five IT Quotes of the Week: Google defends Android, Linux turns 20 and the U.S. Government strikes back at Verizon."
InternetNews 4/8
"Facebook's Open Compute - Good for IT?"
InternetNews 4/8
"Requiem for an era: Part of the Silicon Valley died this week when National Semiconductor got bought by Texas Instruments."
EE Times 4/8
"17: HotHardware's Two and A Half Geeks Webcast - April 8, 2011"
HotHardware 4/8
"Social Media Influences Website Traffic Indirectly: Almost 20% of visits to company sites are prompted by social media, whereas less than 1% come via direct links, according to ForeSee study."
InformationWeek 4/8
"The perils of being big: Google's reorg sounds familiar"
ZDNet 4/8
"To Figure Out Google's Priorities, Just Look At Team Larry"
TechCrunch 4/8
"What Is Google Getting at With Chrome OS for Tablets?"
ReadWriteWeb 4/8
"Android Fragmentation: FUD and Facts"
PC Magazine 4/8
"When Android upgrades go bad, users are left in the lurch: Carriers, handset makers, and Google are to blame for a splintered platform that all but guarantees incompatibilities and frustrated users"
InfoWorld 4/8
"Here comes the Android tablet price plunge: Acer's Iconia tablet looks as good as the XOOM on paper and is up for pre-order for $450."
Fortune 4/8
"Today in Tech: Apple's 'Smart Bezel,' Larry Page's employee bonus strategy"
Fortune 4/8
"Further reading: Expedia set to spin off TripAdvisor and Google considers oversight"
Financial Times 4/8
"The Morning Fix: New leadership at AMPAS! iPad fight goes to court. NBCUniversal needs to get a clue."
Los Angeles Times 4/8
"Tech stocks close out week on a rough note: Gains for Seagate Technology and online travel site Expedia highlighted trading in tech stocks Friday, but most of the rest of the sector closed with losses as the price of oil rose and concerns grew that the U.S. government could effectively shut down over a budget impasse."
MarketWatch 4/8
"US Stocks Trade In Narrow Range After Hawkish Fed Comments"
MarketWatch 4/8
"Stocks Slide as Oil Soars: The markets shed early gains and turned sharply lower after geopolitical turmoil and oil prices hitting 2-1/2 year highs spooked traders."
FOXBusiness 4/8
"Stocks Finish Lower as Oil Tops $113 a Barrel"
TheStreet 4/8
"Stocks end week mostly lower as oil prices surge: U.S. stocks fell on Friday as oil and gold prices spiked and investors awaited news about the pending government shutdown."
CNNMoney 4/8
"Markets Weigh Potential U.S. Government Shutdown: Stocks fell and the dollar was under pressure as investors exercised caution ahead of the potential shutdown of the federal government and the start of U.S. companies' first-quarter reports."
WSJ.com 4/8
"Stocks head for gains as shutdown looms: U.S. stocks were headed for a slightly higher open Friday, as oil and gold prices spiked and investors awaited news about the pending government shutdown."
CNNMoney 4/8
"Asia Markets: Tokyo rebounds as quake impact fear eases/Nikkei leads Asian stocks, as commodities, risk currencies soar"
MarketWatch 4/8
"Europe Markets: European stock markets end mildly higher/TNT shares tumble after company cuts outlook at express unit"
MarketWatch 4/8
"Lawsuits to strengthen Net traffic rules possible"
"News of the World faces rush of phone hack claims"
"Google's Page makes first changes to management"
TechWeb
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"IT And Marketing: How Digital Media's Changing The Relationship"
"Microsoft's IE9 Unlocks HTML5"
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