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Thursday, August 23, 2012
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Computer Industry

"HP's Historic Loss: Can Meg Whitman Save the PC Giant? Can Anyone?" Daily Ticker 10:39 AM
"H-P, Dell Struggle as Buyers Shun PCs" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:47 AM
"Dell, HP Missing Out on Mobile Computing Shift" [Video Report] Bloomberg 9:04 AM
"HP CEO: Turnaround Will Take Time/HP's third quarter results show PC, printer, server, and services revenues in decline, but Meg Whitman sees silver linings in the otherwise dark cloud." InformationWeek 9:08 AM
"Hewlett-Packard Shares Sinking As Whitman's Warnings Sink In" Forbes 9:24 AM
"HP posts mega-loss after EDS writedown" Reuters 8:14 AM
"Hewlett-Packard Sales Slump Shows CEO Whitman's Challenge" Bloomberg Businessweek 5:08 PM
"HP earnings: 6 lowlights" GigaOM 8:10 AM
"HP mirrors Dell's bleak outlook, brokerages cut price targets" Reuters 8:14 AM
"Dell, HP and the folly of the consumer PC business" ZDNet 9:51 AM
"Dell & HP together on a long road to nowhere" GigaOM 8:10 AM
"Dell Doesn't See Boost From Windows 8: PC maker says sales to consumers are likely to remain soft through the second half, despite launch of Microsoft's new operating system." InformationWeek 9:08 AM
"Dell's Virtuous Cycle Stops Spinning" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:24 PM
"Dell losses take tech's center stage" MarketWatch 9:03 AM
"Why the Reinvention of Dell Is Worth a Look" The Motley Fool 9:05 AM
"Don't Be So Hard on Microsoft/Windows 8, torrents of free cash flow and a potential dividend increase may lift the underperforming stock. Fred Hickey: 'That is the lowest I have seen the multiple in years.'" Barron's 7:53 AM
"25 Years Later, Microsoft Unveils A Revamped Corporate Logo" TechCrunch 9:14 AM
"Microsoft Unveils New Logo -- First Major Change In 25 Years" Forbes 9:23 AM
"Microsoft gets a new logo after 25 years" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 1:46 PM
"Microsoft revamps logo for 1st time in 25 years: Microsoft unveils new logo to herald makeover of Windows, entry into tablet computer market" Associated Press 4:14 PM
"Microsoft gets a new logo for the first time since 1987" Seattle Times 9:23 AM
"Microsoft has a brand new logo, its first since 1987" The Next Web 9:36 AM
"Microsoft reels in YouGov, NBC, Rock the Vote and more for Xbox US election hub" The Next Web 8:58 AM
"Prudential Center windows open on Microsoft shop" Boston Herald 8:54 AM
"Oracle, Microsoft and Samsung Paid this Little Company Tens of Millions of Dollars Upfront" The Motley Fool 3:16 PM
"Examining Intel's Guerilla Approach To The Smartphone Sector" Seeking Alpha 8:14 AM
"Cisco as a Dividend Grower: Nice Start But We Explain Potential Trouble Ahead" Forbes 8:38 AM
"Cisco Finally Joins the World in Reality" The Motley Fool 2:12 PM
"SEC to require tech companies to disclose use of minerals from conflict zones" IDG News Service 8:41 AM
"PC makers – at the margins" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 8:57 AM

General Interest

"Facebook Reorients Itself for a Small-Screen World" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 9:35 PM
"Tablet adoption could give flip phones new lease on life" CNET 4:06 PM
"Forget iPhones And Free Food, Here's The Real Big Change Marissa Mayer Is Bringing To Yahoo" Business Insider 3:50 PM
"Verizon, Sprint OK plans to let voters donate to campaigns by texting" VentureBeat 3:14 PM
"Will Amazon launch smartphone in September? New Kindle Fires expected, but don't rule out a phone" MarketWatch 4:15 PM
"Amazon set to introduce new Kindles at September 6 event" CNET Reviews 2:14 PM
"New Amazon Kindle Fire models coming Sept. 6?" Computerworld New Zealand 5:16 PM
"Amazon sets press event for Sept. 6 in California" GeekWire 2:02 PM
"Amazon Announces Sept. 6 Press Conference; Mum on Details" AllThingsD 1:48 PM
"Forbes' list of the 100 most powerful women shows technology's influence" ZDNet 9:52 AM
"New Android app eliminates driving distractions" BetaNews 9:36 AM
"WinZip, the app you've never paid for, to hit one billion downloads in the next month" The Next Web 8:58 AM
"The Deadly Tin Inside Your Smartphone" Bloomberg Businessweek 8:57 AM
"Making 'Dumb' Phones Smarter and Faster: Australian startup biNu uses cloud computing to help basic-phone users access the Web on slower networks." Technology Review 8:56 AM
"Google's giving 199%" The Motley Fool 11:10 AM
"Google seeks recruits for privacy 'red team'" CNET News 8:42 AM
"YouTube debuts 'Elections Hub,' a one-stop campaign channel" CNET News 8:42 AM
"YouTube Finally Believes in Making Money on Mobile" Wired 8:39 AM
"Carrier Start-Up Ting Will Soon Let You Use Your Old Sprint Phone" AllThingsD 8:30 AM
"Motorola's bootloader unlocking program unlikely to cover older devices" The Verge 8:16 AM
"Sony pushes patent for interactive TV ads" Register Hardware 8:35 AM
"Sony Mobile to move HQ to Tokyo, cut 1,000 workers" CNET News 9:08 AM
"Sony Mobile moves out of Sweden after break-up: Heads back home after Ericsson split, leaves 1,000 redundancies in its wake" The Register 8:34 AM
"Sony Mobile To Lay Off 1,000 People, Move HQ To Tokyo From Sweden As Part of Restructuring" TechCrunch 8:30 AM
"Sony Mobile to Cut 1,000 Jobs" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 7:52 AM
"Sony to cut 15% of mobile phone workforce" AFP 7:52 AM
"Silicon Valley Techies Fight to Save a Popular but Illegal Haven" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 8:44 AM

Press Releases

"Cisco Customers Reap Operational Benefits With a Data Center Unified Fabric" Marketwire 9:02 AM
"Microsoft To Launch 'Election 2012 Hub on Xbox LIVE'" PRNewswire 9:01 AM

Microsoft

"Microsoft's New Logo: Top Brand Designers Weigh In" Yahoo! News 9:13 PM
"Microsoft's 'Meh' New Logo: Graphic Design Expert Armin Vit Weighs In [TCTV]" TechCrunch 9:03 PM
"New Nokia WP8 phone revealed in patent application" Electronista 8:26 PM
"Yes, a Microsoft Store wows a naysayer: commentary Stylish, fun, and crowded? No, that's not an Apple Store that just opened in Boston. Microsoft is doing the brick-and-mortar thing with flair." CNET News 7:04 PM
"Microsoft's new logo: This took 25 years? Is it a surprise? Or is it not a surprise? Is it too late? Or is it never too late? In one famous designer's view, it's just dull." CNET News 2:37 PM
"Microsoft's new logo is branding fail" BetaNews 1:22 PM
"Why I'm uninstalling Windows 8" PCGamesN 11:09 AM
"Microsoft to deliver its new small-business server by end of 2012" ZDNet 9:14 AM
"Dear readers: How would you change or improve Windows 8?" ZDNet 9:13 AM
"Nokia Said To Reveal 'Arrow' And 'Phi' Windows Phone 8 Devices On September 5" TechCrunch 9:12 AM
"How To Trade A $200 Microsoft Surface Tablet" Seeking Alpha 9:03 AM
"Unity Set to Support Windows Phone Gaming" Forbes 8:52 AM
"Restore The Start Menu In Windows 8" Forbes 8:38 AM
"Password hints easily snaffled from Windows PCs" The Register 8:35 AM

Government/Law/Politics

"California Assembly OKs bill banning warrantless smartphone tracking" Computerworld New Zealand 7:28 PM
"FCC approves Verizon Wireless' cable spectrum deal" Reuters 6:54 PM
"FTC accuses Dish of violating 'Do Not Call' list" Reuters 4:06 PM
"S. Korea court rejects law banning false IDs on Internet" AFP 1:59 PM
"South Korea scraps law requiring use of real names online" The Next Web 8:58 AM
"SEC Rule Will Require Tech Companies to Disclose Use of Minerals From Conflict Zones" IDG News Service 8:46 AM

Analysis/Editorial/Help/Opinion

"Cyberlink's PowerDirector app lets you edit movies on your Windows 8 slate (hands-on)" Engadget 9:17 PM
"Your Fourth Amendment rights don't apply to Facebook" BetaNews 2:02 PM
"JavaScript Video is your density, I mean, Destiny" BetaNews 1:22 PM
"Twitter kills Tumblr's friend-finding privileges" Digital Trends 10:53 AM
"What Zuckerberg must do to right the Facebook ship" CNET News 10:51 AM
"RIM: Seeing Few Likely Buyers, Analyst Repeats Sell Rating" Forbes 10:51 AM
"Is Facebook a Modern Day Netscape?" Benzinga Insights 10:51 AM
"New Kaspersky appeals to your cash sense" Download 9:08 AM
"It's Better-Mousetrap Time" TheStreet 9:05 AM
"Google's Plan to Steal the Election Audience" ReadWriteWeb 9:29 AM
"Google's audacious bet on fiber -- and why it could work" Fortune 8:46 AM
"Q&A: Downloading Your Facebook Life" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 8:44 AM
"What developers can learn from Anonymous" InfoWorld 8:42 AM
"10 Incredibly Simple Things You Should Be Doing To Protect Your Privacy" Forbes 8:38 AM

Acquisitions/Deals/Investments/Mergers

"Kodak to sell retail print, document imaging businesses" Reuters 6:54 PM
"Kodak Exploring Sale of Certain Businesses" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:14 PM
"Seagate offers $90.3 million for Solyndra property: court filing" Reuters 2:16 PM
"OnLive was deep in debt, running out of cash, and 'had days to live'" CNET News 8:42 AM
"Nokia, Samsung, Sony Mobile and others form In-Location Alliance, seek to boost indoor positioning technologies" The Next Web 8:58 AM
"Nokia, Samsung, Sony join forces to improve indoor navigation" IDG News Service 8:41 AM
"Nokia, Samsung and pals team up to map malls, stations" The Register 8:35 AM
"Facebook, Instagram nuptials get US watchdog blessing" The Register 8:34 AM
"Nasdaq's Facebook Plan Under Fire" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 1:48 PM
"Citigroup Letter Rips Nasdaq's Handling Of Facebook IPO" Forbes 8:52 AM
"Investor pulls out of Facebook, pumps cash into pork-printing joint" The Register 8:34 AM

Tech Stocks

"Morgan Stanley Funds in Big Facebook Bet" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:02 PM
"H-P's decline leads broad tech slide: Losses by Hewlett-Packard Co. show no signs of abating in afternoon trading Thursday as the technology giant's shares led a decline in the tech sector following negative comments about the PC market from Chief Executive Meg Whitman." MarketWatch 4:03 PM
"H-P losses drag on tech stocks" MarketWatch 9:05 AM
"Stocks sell off on slowing growth worries" CNNMoney 4:03 PM
"The Dow's Losing Streak Continues" The Motley Fool 11:11 AM
"Stocks Fall on Fed Skepticism; Most Dow Shares Decline" TheStreet 4:03 PM
"Futures Little Changed; Traders Weigh Fed Hopes, Growth Worries" FOXBusiness 9:00 AM
"Dow Tumbles on Doubts of Fed Stimulus" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:04 PM
"Asia Markets: Asia stocks rise after China data, Fed minutes/Asian markets were higher Thursday, as investors countered downbeat manufacturing data from China with heightened expectations of central-bank stimulus to support global economic growth." MarketWatch 9:00 AM
"Europe Markets: Europe stocks move lower after weak data/Petropavlovsk drops 18% after earnings report" MarketWatch 9:00 AM
"Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks: Nasdaq's 10 most active stocks at 1 p.m." Associated Press 2:01 PM
"Midday Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares down at 1 p.m." Associated Press 2:01 PM
"Final Glance: Computer companies" Associated Press 9:03 PM

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Associated Press (Updated 9:10 PM CDT)

"Kodak To Sell Imaging Units, Focus On Printing"
"Microsoft Revamps Logo For 1st Time In 25 Years"
"RIM Begins Showing New BlackBerry's To Carriers"
"Facebook Updates IPhone App To Speed It Up"
"FTC Says Dish Network Broke Telemarketing Rules"
"Jurors To Resume Deliberations In Apple Case"
"Review: Samsung's Music Hub Muddies Song Ownership"
"T-Mobile Brings Back Unlimited Data Plan"
"HP Has $8.9B Loss On Expected Charge For EDS Flop"
"FCC Approves Verizon-Cable Deal For Spectrum"

CNET News (Updated 9:10 PM CDT)

"Microsoft opens Boston retail store (pictures)"
"Sony readying super-sized 84-inch 4K TV"
"New Gauss and Flame link was a mistake, researchers say"
"Court affirms $675,000 penalty in music-downloading case"
"Best tablets for gaming"
"iPhone trails at No.7 in China's smartphone market, report says"
"Yes, a Microsoft Store wows a naysayer"
"There's no escaping the mobile-ad attack"
"Curiosity lands on Mars again, this time in HD"
"News Corp. digital chief Jon Miller exits" ...

New York Times (Checked 9:10 PM; no changes since 2:15 PM CDT)

"Facebook Rewrites Its Code for a Small-Screen World"
"In Google's Inner Circle, a Falling Number of Women"
"Silicon Valley Techies Fight to Save a Popular but Illegal Haven"
"Weak Sales and a Large Write-Down Give H.P. a Loss"
"Tiny Hawaiian Island Will See if New Owner Tilts at Windmills"
"Coming Soon, Google Street View of a Canadian Village You'll Never Drive To"
"Sony Mobile to Cut 1,000 Jobs"
"Discover to Accept PayPal Transactions in Stores"
"Fans Worry After Pakistan Twitter Star Goes Off Line"
"Work Conditions Said to Improve at Apple Supplier"

Reuters (Updated 9:10 PM CDT)

"Salesforce third-quarter forecast misses estimates, shares drop"
"Exclusive: Groupon senior sales executive leaving - memo"
"Exclusive: Groupon senior sales executive leaving - memo"
"Amazon event on September 6 sparks Kindle speculation"
"Kodak to sell retail print, document imaging businesses"
"Autodesk outlook bleak, to cut jobs; shares sink"
"Murdoch's digital chief Miller steps down"
"Salesforce third-quarter forecast disappoints, shares drop"
"FCC suspends flexible pricing on coveted broadband lines"
"FCC approves Verizon Wireless' cable spectrum deal"

TechWeb (Updated 9:10 PM CDT)

"Microsoft Debuts New Logo"
"Meaningful Use Stage 2 Rules Finalized"
"Public Health Reporting Rethought By Pilot Project"
"TenHands Plans Low-Cost Videoconferencing Service"
"Health Insurers Ramp Up Social Media, mHealth Apps"
"White House Innovation Fellows Tackle Federal IT Projects"
"Google 'Red Team' To Test Product Privacy"
"Advanced EHRs Vs. Hospital Quality Of Care"
"Microsoft Office Web Apps For iPad A Game Changer"
"AT&T: No iPhone FaceTime Without Paying Extra"

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