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"Analysts question value of HP-Autonomy deal" Computerworld New Zealand 6:25 PM
"U.S. Best Buy to sell $100 HP TouchPad Sunday" CNET News 8:10 AM
"Best Buy reconsiders, sells HP TouchPad in US again" Electronista 8:10 AM
"HP TouchPad Fire Sale Could Hurt Low-Volume Competitors" PCWorld 10:31 AM
"HP's PC unit could be a tough sell: analysts" Computerworld New Zealand 6:25 PM
"HP's TouchPad Fire Sale: Many Losers in the Tablet Flameout" International Business Times 10:38 AM
"HP's TouchPad fire sale: The fallout" ZDNet 8:53 AM
"TouchPad's Lesson: Tablets Cost Too Much" PCWorld 2:52 PM
"Key HP Executives Had No Idea What Was About to Happen with WebOS" Gizmodo 2:43 PM
"All Things D: HP kept executives in the dark about webOS decision" Engadget 8:11 AM
"Should HP sell its PC group?" think digit 8:39 AM
"HP Exits Tablets, Smartphones, Is Cisco Next?" International Business Times 8:39 AM
"Switched On: The webOS triangle" Engadget 6:51 PM
"Microsoft begins courting webOS developers" Gadgetell 6:52 PM
"Why did Google pay $12.5bn for Motorola Mobile? Search me... The increasingly fierce battle for intellectual property rights is causing many large corporations to make questionable decisions" The Guardian 8:15 AM
"Google Goes Hardware Shopping" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 8:10 AM
"WebOS developers mourn HP's move but aren't surprised" Computerworld New Zealand 6:24 PM
"Google's Purchase of Motorola Mobility Is a Response to Apple, Microsoft" Seeking Alpha 8:16 AM
"Google TV May Benefit from Google-Motorola Merger" eWeek 8:40 AM
"Google expanding Wash. operations, could hire 840" Associated Press 8:54 AM
"IBM develops electronic brain: Microprocessor is capable of re-wiring connections, could begin to learn like human brain" ITP Technology 8:53 AM
"Portland, IBM team up to solve carbon issues" TG Daily 2:39 PM
"Michael Dell Snipes at HP Social Media Intern In Epic Twitter Battle" Gizmodo 2:43 PM
"Michael Dell(!) mixes it up with HP" CNET News 2:42 PM
"What is Intel's 'The Tomorrow Project'? [Video and Podcast]" International Business Times 8:53 AM
"Tech-savvy dreamer runs Microsoft's social-media lab" Seattle Times 8:53 AM
"Microsoft tackles location with 'We're In' Windows Phone app" think digit 8:54 AM
"Oracle defends copyrightability of APIs -- implications go way beyond Android and Java" Foss Patents 2:33 PM
"Investors Rebel Against H-P Plan" WSJ.com 8/20
"HP begins TouchPad clearance with $99 fire sale" AppleInsider 8/20
"HP clears out, brings TouchPad down to as little as $100" Electronista 8/20
"HP Issues TouchPad Liquidation Order – Get Yours Now For $100" Washington Post 8/20
"HP TouchPad $99 and $149 Firesale Pricing Entices" TechWeb News 8/20
"HP's Latest Fiasco: The Vanishing $99 TouchPad" TechWeb News 8/20
"Retailers will heavily discount HP TouchPad August 20" Gadgetell 8/20
"HP TouchPad sells out, exits Best Buy; will get Android hack" Electronista 8/20
"HP TouchPad fire sale spurs online sell out, brick-and-mortars may still carry stock (updated)" Engadget 8/20
"Without PCs, HP must capitalize on the cloud" GigaOM 8/20
"HP Or No HP: The PC Lives" Computerworld 8/20
"Where did webOS go wrong?" Yahoo! News 8/20
"No, HP, you're off the mark" BGR 8/20
"Who Should Buy WebOS?" PC Magazine 8/20
"Unsold TouchPad stock to cost HP more than $100 million" BGR 8/20
"HP to keep running webOS App Catalog despite no hardware" Electronista 8/20
"As HP Tries to 'Reinvent' Company, Investors Turn Away" International Business Times 8/20
"Losing the HP Way" I, Cringely 8/20
"HP: Grow Up, Already" The Big Picture 8/20
"HP seeking new direction for business" Associated Press 8/20
"Microsoft gives free Windows Phones to jilted webOS coders" Electronista 8/20
"Microsoft courting webOS developers with free phones" AppleInsider 8/20
"Microsoft: Windows tablets are catching up, PC still young" Electronista 8/20
"This Day in Tech: Microsoft plans to press Android patent case" CNET News 8/20
"'A sort of PC': how Windows 8 will invade tablets (and why it might work)" Ars Technica 8/20
"How big a player will Microsoft's Windows be in the future?" WSJ.com 8/20
"IBM pursues chips that behave like brains" Associated Press 8/20
"Dell shares up after HP signals exit from PCs" Associated Press 8/20
"Google's Motorola move undermines Samsung-led handset makers" Chicago Daily Herald 8/20
"Google+ introduces identity-verification badges" Computerworld 8/20
"Google Could Generate $10.5B in Profit by Aping Apple" eWeek 8/20
"Intel gets sci-fi writers to imagine the future in 'The Tomorrow Project'" Geek 8/20

General Interest

"Facebook, Twitter, RIM called to meet UK govt over riots" Computerworld New Zealand 6:26 PM
"Nintendo launches serial number checker for 3DS Ambassador Program" DigitalTrends 2:42 PM
"Dip in Mobile Shipments to Western Europe Causes Concern" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 10:11 AM
"Hazards Lurk Between TV and Sofa" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 10:10 AM
"Android Tablets: A Timeline of Failure" Yahoo! News 8:15 AM
"RIM to unleash redesigned BlackBerry App World 3.0 on August 22nd" Engadget 8:09 AM
"Patents the weapon of choice in fight for mobile computing market" The Scotsman 8/20
"Report: PETA to launch porn site" CNET News 8/20
"Woman attempts to avoid her image for a year" CNET News 8/20
"High-Tech Product, Low-Tech Pitch" New York Times 8/20
"RIM's BlackBerry music service to cost $5 a month for 50 songs" AppleInsider 8/20
"Facebook's Spam Program Catches Innocent Users" Associated Press 8/20
"Free games boost gaming industry revenue" Yahoo! News 8/20
"As PCs Wane, Companies Look to Tablets" New York Times 8/20
"RIM may be holding core updates for BlackBerry PlayBook 2.0" Electronista 8/20
"HTC unlocks its phones, but probably not just to irk Google" Computerworld 8/20
"Sony says the Vita has plenty of RAM" TG Daily 8/19
"Scientists devise 260GB CD-size glass disc storage tech" Register Hardware 8/19
"The TV That Watches You: A television due out soon can tell websites and online advertisers which shows you're watching, making Web pages more intelligent." Technology Review 8/19
"The InfoWorld news quiz: Aug. 19, 2011" InfoWorld 8/19
"Computer hackers can force cars to unlock doors, start engines" Associated Press 8/19
"HP acquisition of Autonomy could see early exit for Mike Lynch" V3 8/19
"Lynch guides Autonomy into big tech's grasp" Reuters 8/19
"Anonymous breaches another US defense contractor: The group has posted 1GB of documents from unmanned aerial vehicle maker Vanguard Defense Industries" IDG News Service 8/19
"AntiSec hackers target Vanguard Defense" CNET News 8/19
"Texas-Based Defense Contractor Hacked By Anonymous" Associated Press 8/19
"In Silicon Valley, a retail store as product laboratory" CNET News 8/19
"Google+ Hangouts Now Triggered Via YouTube" eWeek 8/19
"Google Adds More Sitelinks, Like Them or Not" eWeek 8/19
"Google Maps Comes to 40+ New Country Domains" ReadWriteWeb 8/19
"Google begins Amazon river Street View project" BBC 8/19
"Google Reports How Web Attackers Evade Malware Detection" InformationWeek 8/19
"Google Sites pages get fine-tuned visibility control" CNET News 8/19
"HTC CEO Embraces Google Despite Motorola Deal" WSJ.com 8/19

Press Releases

"Dell Recognized for Outstanding Achievement with Four Partner of the Year Awards at Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference" Business Wire 8/19
"Report: IBM Ranked Number One in Application Management Services Market Share" PRNewswire 8/19

Microsoft

"Kinect and Move: One Year Later" Goozer Nation 8:54 AM
"We're In ushers Bing into the location-based social networking game" Engadget 8/20
"H-P's woes a mixed bag for Microsoft" MarketWatch 8/19
"Microsoft pays out again for cloud services failure" ZDNet UK 8/19
"Microsoft: Here's what caused our cloud outage this week" ZDNet 8/19
"Microsoft: Windows Phone Mango Is Done, Manufacturers Just Need To Release It" TechCrunch 8/19
"Meanwhile, Microsoft's Motorola lawsuits move forward" Seattle Post-Intelligencer 8/19
"Microsoft Tackles Location With 'We're In' Windows Phone App" PC Magazine 8/19
"Five freeware gems for Windows" CNET News 8/19

Government/Law/Politics

"Mo. teachers union sues over social networking law" Associated Press 8/19
"F.T.C. Says It Will Not Investigate Ashton Kutcher" New York Times 8/19
"MPs: Poor supply-chain IT puts troops at risk" ZDNet UK 8/19
"Tiny Pocketbots Prepped for Combat" Wired 8/19
"Critics label cybercrime bill 'invasion of privacy'" Sydney Morning Herald 8/19
"After joining Foursquare, what's next for Obama?" Associated Press 8/19
"Probe finds insider hacking at immigration agency" Federal Computer Week 8/19
"German official says Facebook's 'Like' button against data-protection laws" Associated Press 8/19
"MyLife.com: People-Search Website Sued as a 'Scam'" ABCNews 8/19
"Defense Agency Plans Platform-As-A-Service Offering" InformationWeek 8/19

Analysis/Editorial/Help/Opinion

"Just Give Me the Right to Be Forgotten" New York Times 8/20
"Elgan: Mobile in chaos -- Has the industry gone nuts?" Computerworld 8/20
"Which streaming media device is right for you?" CNET News 8/19
"You Know You're From IT In 1990s If ..." InformationWeek 8/19
"Ten tenets the Linux world needs to rethink" [Slideshow] ZDNet UK 8/19
"WordPress powers 14.7 percent of top million sites worldwide" ZDNet 8/19
"DIY USB Charger With Minty Boost" Wired 8/19
"Infographic: Which States Have the Best (and Worst) Internet Speeds?" Techland 8/19
"How U.S. Wireless Rates Compare to the Rest of the World" Techland 8/19
"Who the hell cares about five nines anymore?" The Register 8/19
"TechCrunched: The Week's Top Tech News In 90 Seconds" [Video Report] TechCrunch 8/19
"10 gadgets you won't believe actually exist" MSNBC 8/19
"The 10 scariest hacks from Black Hat and Defcon" [Slideshow] Network World 8/19
"Should Google Have Dropped Android Instead of Buying Motorola?" Forbes 8/19
"Facebook Envy Could Trip Up LinkedIn" E-Commerce Times 8/19
"Tablet keyboard cases turn Android devices into netbooks" Dallas Morning News 8/19
"Discrete Or Obsolete: Will Integrated Chips Phase Out Graphics Cards?" CRN 8/19
"Gamescom 2011: Five upcoming games that stand out" CNN 8/19
"32: HotHardware's Two and A Half Geeks Webcast - Aug. 19, 2011" [Podcast] HotHardware 8/19
"Enterprise Social Networking: What's The Worst Case Scenario?" InformationWeek 8/19
"HP's Happy Talk: Enough Already/The next two to five years will be difficult for HP, as it tries to transform itself into a consulting and high-end services business like IBM." InformationWeek 8/19
"HP: Please refund my TouchPad investment" ZDNet 8/19
"HP VDI Moves to Center Stage" ZDNet 8/19
"HP does a 180 -- Now it's Apotheker's company" ZDNet 8/19
"Why HP's latest move was more ballsy than moronic" ZDNet 8/19
"Hardware-happy HP has swallowed a Sun death pill" The Register 8/19
"Top 10 takeaways from the HP announcements" V3 8/19
"10 Questions for HP about WebOS" PCWorld 8/19
"HP is Too Big to Build Stuff" PC Magazine 8/19
"6 Ways to Get Rid of Your HP TouchPad" PC Magazine 8/19
"3 things we learned from HP's PC implosion" Houston Chronicle 8/19
"The web reacts to HP's bombshell" Washington Post 8/19
"HP Bombshell Has Big Data Written All Over It" eWeek 8/19
"Wild Day Leaves HP With Much To Prove" InformationWeek 8/19
"7 innovative features that couldn't save WebOS" [Slideshow] Fortune 8/19
"R.I.P. HP WebOS and Palm: An Obituary" InformationWeek 8/19
"German gaming industry shrugs off economic worries" Reuters 8/19
"Morning Tech Wrap: Hewlett-Packard, AT&T, RIM" Forbes 8/19
"Is This The Swedish Data Center Of The Future?" Forbes 8/19
"Twitter is like high school — only better" MarketWatch 8/19
"Facebook Posting Techniques that Really Work" TheStreet 8/19

Acquisitions/Deals/Investments/Mergers

"Skype to buy group-messaging company GroupMe" CNET News 8:26 PM
"Google's Motorola Deal May Boost Android Ecosystem" NewsFactor 8/19
"Why Google's Motorola Deal Is Like the Book-Search Settlement" Wired 8/19
"Google goes wild for deals" New York Post 8/19
"Bain Capital outbids Sage for MYOB" Financial Times 8/19
"Sage Group Said to Be Near Acquisition of Australian Software Maker MYOB" Bloomberg 8/19
"A Cable Company May Soon Supply Your Wireless Service" PCWorld 8/19
"Everybody Covets That Clearwire Spectrum" Forbes 8/19
"Clearwire Spikes On Report Sprint Could Buy The Rest" Forbes 8/19
"Sprint Said to Hold Talks With Cable Companies About Clearwire Buyout Plan" Bloomberg 8/19
"Sprint reportedly in talks for Clearwire takeover" CNET News 8/19
"Nokia and RIM: Ripe Patent War Takeover Targets" Seeking Alpha 8/19
"6 Miconceptions Around the Google, Motorola Mobility Merger" Minyanville 8/19
"Autonomy Shares Soar After H-P Offer" WSJ.com 8/19

Tech Stocks

"Big H-P losses lead widespread tech slide: Marvell and Intuit rise on results; Dell gains on upgrade" MarketWatch 8/19
"U.S. stocks extend weekly losing streak to four: Dow industrials, S&P 500 finish above prior week's closing lows" MarketWatch 8/19
"Another Brutal Day for Wall Street: Heightened Economic Fears Send Stocks Sliding" FOXBusiness 8/19
"U.S. Stocks Sink to Cap Fourth Week of Slump" Bloomberg 8/19
"Stocks Log Worst 4-Week Drop Since Mar. 2009" CNBC 8/19
"Stocks Retreat as Investors Seek Clarity on Europe" TheStreet 8/19
"Another nasty week for Wall Street" CNNMoney 8/19
"Dow Falls 172.93 Points, Led Lower by H-P" WSJ.com 8/19
"Stocks headed for more losses" CNNMoney 8/19
"Asia ends lower, Europe starts in the red" CNNMoney 8/19
"Asia Markets: Seoul stocks plunge to lead Asian tumble" MarketWatch 8/19
"Europe Markets: Europe stocks slump; Autonomy soars/Banks still under heavy pressure across the Continent" MarketWatch 8/19
"European software stocks leap on HP's Autonomy bid" Reuters 8/19
"Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks: Nasdaq's 10 most active stocks at 1 p.m." Associated Press 8/19
"Telecom Beats Utilities as Stocks Tank" TheStreet 8/19
"5 Best of Breed Tech Stocks" Seeking Alpha 8/19
"Dell Rallies On HP News; But Maybe You Should Sell" Forbes 8/19
"Don't buy Dell stock on the H-P news" MarketWatch 8/19

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Communications Services

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Telecom Equipment

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Associated Press (Checked 8:25 AM CDT; no changes since Saturday)

"Verizon Workers Return To Work, Without A Deal"
"Facebook's Spam Program Catches Innocent Users"
"Hewlett-Packard Overhaul Exposes Underdog Status"
"Texting, Grand Theft Auto Style; Alarms Pose Risk"
"In Nod To IBM, HP Overhaul Minimizes Consumers"
"Palm Largely Dead As HP Shuts Phone, Tablet Unit"
"German Privacy Watchdog Dislikes Facebook's 'Like'"
"Texas-Based Defense Contractor Hacked By Anonymous"
"HP To Pay $10B For Autonomy As It Exits Mobile"
"Review: New BlackBerrys Improved, But Lackluster"

CNET News (Updated 8:25 AM CDT)

"A beginner's guide to telecom jargon, part 6"
"U.S. Best Buy to sell $100 HP TouchPad Sunday"
"SF subway sets public debate on cell shutdown"
"Post-HP: Dell or Apple?"
"Woman attempts to avoid her image for a year"
"Report: PETA to launch porn site"
"Verizon workers soon to be back on duty"
"This week in Crave: The 'woot' edition"
"New energy lab searches for next biofuel breakthrough (photos)"
"Apple Talk Weekly: Altered landscape" ...

New York Times (Checked 8:25 AM CDT; no changes since Saturday)

"In Silicon Valley, the Night Is Still Young"
"Star Analysts Are Back (No Autographs, Please)"
"Verizon Workers Plan to End Strike, Agreeing to Revive Talks Toward a Contract"
"High-Tech Product, Low-Tech Pitch"
"Just Give Me the Right to Be Forgotten"
"In a Race to Out-Rave, 5-Star Web Reviews Go for $5"
"As PCs Wane, Companies Look to Tablets"
"Customers Feel Some Ripples From the Verizon Strike"
"RIM Reported to Be in Talks for Music Deal"
"F.T.C. Says It Will Not Investigate Ashton Kutcher"

Reuters (Updated 8:25 AM CDT)

"With HP tablet dead, who can challenge Apple?"

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