"Will Microsoft's Surface be its next Zune?"
ZDNet 9:10 AM
"Is Surface Microsoft's confession that Windows 8 isn't really cut out for tablets? The benchmark hardware for Windows 8 is designed with a keyboard and touchpad."
Ars Technica 1:09 PM
"A clean slate: Why the Microsoft Surface could come out on top"
Digital Trends 3:46 PM
"Oracle hoping to turn tables on SAP with Sybase-to-Oracle migration tools: In turn, SAP has been trying to convince customers using Oracle to switch to its own Sybase ASE"
PC Advisor 8/4
"IBM Plan Seeks To Map Growth and Optimize Revenue Collection In Accra, Ghana"
The Financial 8/4
"The next chapter in the ultrabook saga: 'Haswell'/Intel's future Haswell chip was a hot topic this week: behind closed doors in Asia, that is."
CNET News 8/4
"Commodore 64 at 30: computing for the masses/The Commodore 64 is the best-selling personal computer of all time and 30 years old this week, writes Christopher Williams."
Telegraph 8/4
General Interest
"Google Gets Serious About E-Payments"
The Motley Fool 8:42 PM
"We Just Spotted This Guy Wearing Google's Secret Internet Glasses On The Train Like It's No Big Deal"
Business Insider 7:14 PM
"Reuters Twitter Account Hacked to Post Pro-Syria Messages"
The Next Web 1:01 PM
"Scientists create first quantum router, but don't throw your 802.11ac out yet"
Engadget 7:58 AM
"Why Activision May Come Roaring Back: The company's stock, in a slump for a few years, should soon benefit from a new game and a partnership in the booming China market. The upside could be as much as 50%."
Barron's 8/4
"Facebook faces facial recognition fight in Norway"
CNET News 8/4
"In Wooing of Nissan, a Jobs Lesson for the Tech Industry?"
New York Times 8/4
"No one will say the 'T' word, but Internet sales tax is all but inevitable"
NBC News 8/3
"FBI's Sentinel Project: 5 Lessons Learned/The agency used agile development and private sector know-how to finally finish its delayed digital case management system.Agency used agile development and private sector know-how to finish its long-delayed digital case management system."
InformationWeek 8/3
"Embedding copyright-infringing video is not a crime, court rules"
CNET News 8/3
"Should RIM License Blackberry 10: Pros And Cons"
InformationWeek 8/4
"Is Marissa Mayer haunted by the spectre of political correctness?"
The Next Web 8/4
"Dear Yahoo, I Redesigned Your Website (And Took Out 512,240 Pixels Of Banner Ads)"
TechCrunch 8/4
"The Federated Web Should Be Easier Than It Sounds"
TechCrunch 8/4
"Facebook's Summer of Fail: The social networking sites' woes started with its IPO and have continued ever since"
Computerworld 8/4
"Chick-fil-A foe shows how YouTube can corrupt the soul: It's one thing to act badly. It's another to film yourself acting badly and then choose to upload that behavior to YouTube. That is something Adam Smith, former CFO at a medical device firm, is finding out."
CNET News 8/3
"Please Don't Call It Trash-80: A 35th Anniversary Salute to Radio Shack's TRS-80"
Techland 8/3
"10 Tablets That Will Shake Up 2012" [Slideshow]
InformationWeek 8/3
"HTC: 'Quietly brilliant' or 'quietly irrelevant'?"
CNET News 8/3
"KDE 4.9 Brings Fresh Stability and Performance to the Linux Desktop"
PCWorld 8/3
"Hands On With Dyle TV and the Samsung Lightray 4G"
PC Magazine 8/3
"5 Things SMBs Should Know About Google Wallet"
InformationWeek 8/3
"GameStop won't stop: Electronics retailers and video game makers are facing bleak times. That puts game seller GameStop in the crosshairs."
Fortune 8/3
"Watch The Breathtaking 'Assassin's Creed III' Game Engine Trailer"
Forbes 8/3
"BYOD Initiatives Grow, but Security Remains a Challenge"
eWeek 8/3
"Is Synopsys helping chip making return to its roots?"
EE Times 8/3
"Smartphone users report more phone problems, survey says"
CNN 8/3
"World of Warcraft loses another million subscribers"
BBC 8/3
"Does IT Really Care About Big Data? Surveys that show CIOs dislike big data are wrong. There are bigger reasons for IT to resist taking on another disruptive technology."
InformationWeek 8/3
"Sharp extends slide after hitting 36-year closing low"
"Samsung Electronics shares rise more than 4 percent"
"Samsung Electronics shares rise more than 4 pct"
"Reuters Twitter account hacked, false tweets about Syria sent"
"New games, cost cuts may push Activision shares up 50 percent: Barron's"
"ASML says TSMC joins Intel to invest in latest chip kit"
"Saudi's Mobily awards IBM $280 million IT outsourcing contract"
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