"Google says it didn't pay bloggers to cover Oracle lawsuit"
Bloomberg 8:36 AM
"Customer Engagement Lessons from an Oracle User Group Leader"
Business 2 Community 8:35 AM
"Oracle agrees to pay $2 million to settle allegations in India"
Moneylife 8:36 AM
"Oracle Makes More Moves To Kill Open Source MySQL"
TechCrunch 7:17 PM
"Microsoft once ruled the world. So what went wrong? Microsoft is suffering a slow death by committee as bureaucracy stifles the company's core creativity"
The Guardian 8:59 PM
"Microsoft eyes the iPad: Microsoft's Surface RT will be priced to compete with the iPad. $199 Android rivals notwithstanding."
CNET News 7:14 PM
"Acer Still Supports Windows RT"
Computerworld 7:29 PM
"Microsoft Backtracks Plan to Reject Apps with Metro in Title"
Tom's Hardware 8:33 AM
"Microsoft Surface tablet - 3 million to be built"
T3 8:34 AM
"HP Readies for Its Next Tablet Fail"
The Motley Fool 7:26 PM
"How IBM manages to pay just 7 per cent tax despite billion pound profits from government deals"
Daily Mail (UK) 8:44 AM
"IBM plans to make more storage purchases after Texas Memory"
Bloomberg 8:44 AM
"Kenya seals deal to host IBM's pioneer research hub in Africa"
The Citizen 8:44 AM
"Intel, Motorola, HP and Apple Praised for Clean Mineral Efforts"
Associated Press 8:59 PM
"Intel, Apple praised for clean mineral efforts"
Associated Press 8:47 AM
"Ultrabooks top every student's 'must-have' list: A buying guide to the latest models that offer the biggest bang for your back-to-school buck"
Vancouver Sun 8:46 AM
"IBM's Buy Of TMS Shows SSD Appeal: IBM's acquisition of flash storage developer Texas Memory Systems may fuel growth of solid state drives within IT storage products."
InformationWeek 8/17
"IBM Plans More Storage Acquisitions After Texas Memory Purchase"
Bloomberg Businessweek 8/17
"Why IBM's Flashing Its Storage Cash"
TheStreet 8/17
"Will IBM's Flash Memory Buy Be Good for Partners?"
The VAR Guy 8/17
"International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM) Acquires Texas Memory Systems; Plans More Storage Acquisitions – IBM, SAP, ORCL, INTC"
eStocks Daily 8/17
"IT security is a boardroom decision: IBM/Claims current trends are further increasing the focus on security"
ARN 8/17
"Microsoft resumes publishing Windows Phone apps: An update that will fix a problem related to the certificates used to sign apps has been implemented"
Computerworld 8/17
"Acer doesn't expect 'explosive growth' for Windows 8 later this year: Acer's CEO suggests its plans for Windows RT devices could change because of the pricing of Microsoft's Surface tablet"
Computerworld 8/17
"Lenovo not worried about Microsoft's Surface tablet, expects to beat it: The Chinese PC maker is confident it can proVide better hardware than Microsoft"
Computerworld 8/17
"Lenovo Set to Unleash Both Versions of Windows Tablets, Unfazed by Microsoft's Surface"
International Business Times 8/17
"Windows 8 tablets to be much cheaper with ARM chips, Lenovo exec claims"
ZDNet 8/17
"Windows RT Tablets Up To $300 Less Than Win 8 Tabs, Says Lenovo Exec"
TechCrunch 8/17
"Acer: Windows 8 'uncertainty' deflates Wang's big growth aim/After Surface slag-off fest, CEO risks Redmond wrath again"
Channel Register 8/17
"Bing Windows 8 app brings tiled goodness to your search results: Debuting in Windows 8 RTM this week, the new Bing app uses the familiar tile style to display your search results."
CNET News 8/17
"Skype for Windows 8 leaks out, shows tablet UI"
Electronista 8/17
"Toshiba cuts Windows RT tablets loose, slates Intel based devices with Windows 8 Pro"
News Pakistan 8/17
"Intel leads tech industry in crusade to eliminate conflict minerals"
ZDNet 8/17
"Intel gets go-ahead to construct new chip fab in Ireland"
SiliconRepublic 8/17
"Intel Gets Go-Ahead For Expansion: Kildare County Council has granted planning permission for computer chip giant Intel to build a a new fabrication plant at its site in Leixlip."
Build.ie 8/17
"Roman Coppola, Intel launch screenplay competition"
Digital Spy 8/17
"Apple, Dell and HP Avoiding Controversial Minerals From the Congo"
Chip Chick 8/17
"H-P, Dell pressured by sliding PC sales: Both stocks hit low points in August; sector awaiting Windows 8"
MarketWatch 8/17
"HP creates Mobility division to focus on consumer tablets, hires Nokia's ex-MeeGo boss Alberto Torres to run it"
The Verge 8/17
"HP Forms Mobility Global Business Unit, Proving Again HP Needs A New Business Naming Unit"
TechCrunch 8/17
"HP ready to make a new push with consumer tablets: The company is forming a new Mobility division to handle consumer tablets and other items, according to an internal memo by a top executive."
CNET News 8/17
"Resurrection: HP's new Mobility division to handle consumer tablets/A successor to the infamous TouchPad could be on the way."
Ars Technica 8/17
"Ex-Nokian hired to accelerate HP's global tablet strategy. (It has one?)"
GigaOM 8/17
"Oracle names bloggers, others it paid to comment on Google trial: A judge had directed the companies to come clean about who they were paying to comment and Report on their copyright infringement lawsuit while it was being litigated."
CNET News 8/17
"Shill count: Oracle 1, Google 0/But Oracle says Google isn't telling the whole story."
Ars Technica 8/17
"Oracle to pay $2 million to settle SEC charges over India payments: The company's improper controls in the country did not prevent unauthorized side funds, according to SEC"
CIO 8/17
"Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) Agrees to Settle SEC Charges in a $2 Million Pact – ORCL, CA, MSFT, IBM"
eStocks Daily 8/17
"Amazon adds more features to Oracle database in the cloud: Enterprises can run the their database in a private cloud and develop browser apps"
Computerworld 8/17
"Cisco makes its software defined network case: Do you buy it?"
ZDNet 8/17
"Cisco – A Tech High DiVidend Stock That's Still Undervalued"
Forexpros 8/17
"Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) Stock Soars as a Dividend Boost & Shares Buyback – CSCO, ERIC, ALU, JNPR"
eStocks Daily 8/17
"How chips, PCs, services companies are faring"
Associated Press 8/17
General Interest
"RIM To Sprinkle Android Mojo Into BlackBerry 10"
InformationWeek 7:56 PM
"New Wave of Deft Robots Is Changing Global Industry"
New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 7:26 PM
"Developers slam Twitter's new restrictions on access"
CNET News 12:06 PM
"Hashtag hijacks: When Twitter bites back"
The Next Web 8:00 AM
"Data Loss Prevention Is Better -- And Cheaper -- Than The Cure"
Forbes 7:38 AM
"Merchants and Shoppers Sour on Daily Deal Sites"
New York Times 8/17
"Forget the Web, Start-Ups Get Real: Entrepreneurs Design Appliances, Guitars as Economics of Electronics Change"
WSJ.com 8/17
"Steam introducing 'Big Picture' mode for PC gaming on TV"
Yahoo! News 8/17
"Twitter Changes Incite Online Protests"
New York Times 8/17
"PayPal could heat up mobile payments race if McDonald's test pays off"
Reuters 8/17
"Samsung wins approval to develop $822 million R&D center in Korea"
The Next Web 8/17
"Shamoon malware cripples Windows PCs to cover tracks: Targeted attacks end with erased files and unbootable computers"
Computerworld 8/17
"Penelope Cruz dons mustache to play Super Mario in ad: Nintendo is appealing to those with refined artistic taste by featuring the Oscar-winning actress in a new ad."
CNET News 8/17
"Sprint throws $400 at families who ditch Verizon and AT&T"
BGR 8/17
"Fujitsu making laptops from unwanted CDs and DVDs"
Engadget 8/17
"Google Invents 3D Video Conferencing for Notebooks & Beyond"
Patent Bolt 8/17
"Def Con XX: twenty years of hacker evolution"
The Verge 8/17
"Facebook Passed Yahoo To Become The Second Largest Video Site In The U.S. In July"
TechCrunch 8/17
"GameStop's cloud streaming will spurn consoles, hang with PCs, tabs and TVs only"
Engadget 8/17
"Facebook finally deletes the deleted: Facebook finds a fix for erasing the past, Google makes app updating easier, and Instagram maps out your photos."
CNET News 8/17
"Facebook users care more about 'looking good than intelligent'"
Metro UK 8/17
"Report: Nintendo not doing enough to rid products of conflict minerals"
Wired UK 8/17
"Nintendo slammed for conflict mineral negligence"
TG Daily 8/17
"Kickstarter projects generate millions of dollars"
Yahoo! News 8/17
"Google adding panoramic views of Mayan ruins"
Yahoo! News 8/17
"Google's anti-piracy move prompts file-sharers' reply: Two file-sharing websites claim the new way in which Google is organising its search results will drive more traffic directly to their home pages."
BBC 8/17
"Google plots first tablet television campaign"
Media Week 8/17
"Discover gets friendly with Google Wallet"
Gadgetell 8/17
"Google Wallet gets even more open, simpler"
TG Daily 8/17
"Google Plus Introduces 'Studio Mode' for Music Lovers"
Social Barrel 8/17
"Google Voice Search for Android supports 13 new languages: All the 13 languages Google added are European"
Computerworld 8/17
"Rio Ferdinand fined for 'choc ice' tweet: Rio Ferdinand has been found guilty of improper conduct and fined £45,000 by the Football Association for comments on Twitter."
BBC 8/17
"Windows 8 setup shows 'Do Not Track' options: As promised by Microsoft's top privacy exec, Windows 8 tells users that the new privacy feature will be turned on"
Computerworld 8/17
"IEEE admits its MS-DOS history revisionist is in Microsoft's pay: CP/M, QDOS diff man is Redmond 'expert witness'"
The Register 8/17
"How To enable touch pad gestures on Windows 8 laptops: The new Windows 8 RTM doesn't seem to support touch pad gestures out of the box, so you may need to download the drivers yourself."
CNET News 8/17
"Microsoft reorganizes its Server and Tools unit/Summary: Now that Windows Server 2012 and Visual Studio 2012 are starting to roll out to customers, Microsoft is making some org changes to the unit that built the products."
ZDNet 8/17
"How corporate bickering hobbled better Web audio: Microsoft helped create new technology for improving online audio and speech. Now the company's fighting against it. How'd that happen?"
CNET News 8/17
"Does Microsoft Have A Master Plan?"
Seeking Alpha 8/17
"Bill Gates kicks off search for toilet of the future"
Yahoo! News 8/17
"In Embassy Drama, Eyes of Police (and Public) Focus on Assange"
New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 7:19 PM
"The Auto Insurance Case That Blew Up on the Internet"
New York Times 8/17
"Judge rejects Facebook settlement over ad feature"
Yahoo! News 8/17
"Drug Enforcement Administration only has 40 TB of electronic storage worldwide: Two terabytes of eVidence against a defendant is burdening DEA's servers."
Ars Technica 8/17
"Riots: Anthony Gristock fails to appear for sentence: A warrant has been issued for the arrest of a man who created a Facebook page encouraging violence in Cardiff during last year's summer riots."
BBC 8/17
"Megaupload boss wins right to see US evidence"
AFP 8/17
"Australian accounts hacked in $25m splurge, says AFP"
AFP 8/17
"Belfast judge orders Facebook to identify abusive account holders"
BBC 8/17
"U.S. State Department cancels $16.5M Kindle contract: The U.S. Department of State had expected to buy the devices and systems from Amazon"
Computerworld 8/17
Analysis/Editorial/Help/Opinion
"A Printer Freezes Up, and the Maker Does, Too"
New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 7:24 PM
"Review: SaneBox a simple solution for your insane email problem"
Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 7:24 PM
"Drought in FarmVille: Zynga's destructive downturn"
The Next Web 12:07 PM
"One Thing That Could Make Facebook's Stock Surge"
24/7 Wall St. 10:38 AM
"Why the Google Play experience is about to rival iTunes"
GigaOM 8/17
"A Few Thoughts On Twitter's Fucktarded Strategy."
The Angry Drunk 8/17
"New from Twitter: crowdsourced analytics"
GigaOM 8/17
"New York artist fashions dead drop from dying hardware, mounts DVD burner in city wall"
Engadget 8/17
"App.net Envisions Ad-Free Social Network"
Social Barrel 8/17
"Friday Poll: What could Best Buy do to survive? Electronics retailing is a cutthroat world and Best Buy seems to be dropping to the bottom of the pile. What could the company do to revive itself?"
CNET News 8/17
"Review: Nintendo's 3DS XL expands the system's screen, and its appeal/The larger system offers improved form factor without sacrificing portability"
Ars Technica 8/17
"Kodak: Maybe We Won't Sell Our Digital Imaging Patents"
AllThingsD 8/17
"Yahoo on the hunt for COO with business skills, Report says: The Report claims that Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer wants to free herself up to focus on products, and leave the daily business activities to the COO."
CNET News 8/17
"Trulia Goes After Zillow's Real Estate, Files $75M IPO; Now Has 22M Monthly Users"
TechCrunch 8/17
"Former Google Policy Chief And Tumblr VP Andrew McLaughlin Joins Betaworks As EIR"
TechCrunch 8/17
Tech Stocks
"Apple and Cisco Lead the Market Higher: The summer rally has pushed stocks up 11% on low volume, but don't expect a lot for the rest of the month. The case for Deere and Pilgrim's Pride."
Barron's [Subscription Required for Full Article] 7:43 AM
"Cisco's Big Week Overshadows Apple's: Tech Recap"
TheStreet 7:43 AM
"U.S. stocks rise for sixth straight week"
MarketWatch 8/17
"Groupon stock caps off a week of lows"
Yahoo! News 8/17
"Evercore lowers Groupon rating to underweight"
MarketWatch 8/17
"Infidelity at trade shows? It's a concern, says a survey"
"The Audiophiliac's Top 13 music Blu-ray discs"
"Make your own glow-in-the-dark Kryptonite candy"
"Developers slam Twitter's new restrictions on access"
"Crawling bot glows, camouflages itself with dye"
"Real estate brokerage site Redfin suffers outage"
"This week in Crave: The toil and trouble edition" ...
New York Times
(Checked 9:05 PM; no changes since 7:55 PM CDT)
"New Wave of Deft Robots Is Changing Global Industry"
"Secret E-Scores Chart Consumers' Buying Power"
"A Printer Freezes Up, and the Maker Does, Too"
"In Embassy Drama, Eyes of Police (and Public) Focus on Assange"
"Thank You for Sharing. But Why at the Office?"
"Merchants and Shoppers Sour on Daily Deal Sites"
"Panic Seizes India as a Region's Strife Radiates"
Reuters
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TechWeb
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"RIM To Sprinkle Android Mojo Into BlackBerry 10"
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