"PC epicenter shifts to Asia as Dell, HP and others regroup"
PCWorld 4:14 PM
"Australia cuts Microsoft bill by $100m: Chief Technology Officer John Sheridan wonders why anyone would upgrade Office again"
The Register 4:27 PM
"Why Microsoft's new Office 2013 license may send users to Google Docs: When your PC dies, so does your Office 2013 license."
Ars Technica 4:11 PM
"Microsoft reopens 128GB Surface Pro online orders: Supplies still tight as company tells consumers to expect 2-to-3-week shipping delay"
Computerworld 8:31 AM
"Microsoft bundles tempt Surface Pro buyers"
BetaNews 5:34 PM
"Microsoft could expand Fargo campus by 2015: Microsoft is going through some growing pains in south Fargo, which could be alleviated with an expansion as early as 2015."
Grand Forks Herald 8:32 AM
"Job ad confirms Windows Blue, cheap annual updates ahoy"
Crave @ CNET 8:32 AM
"Microsoft France ordered to pay $70 million in tax readjustments following a tax audit"
WinBeta 8:33 AM
"Xbox founder: If Apple entered the gaming market, it would destroy Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo"
WinBeta 5:03 PM
"Microsoft Sticks a Skype-Shaped Dagger in Messenger: Skype is a train wreck that only Microsoft can stop"
Paul Thurrott's SuperSite for Windows 12:13 PM
"This Is Why Microsoft Needs Nokia"
Seeking Alpha 4:13 PM
"Dell faces pressure to raise its offer in buyout"
New York Times [Free Registration Required] 9:02 AM
"Dell 4Q Earnings Preview: Will Huge Dip Explain Founder's Rush To Mega-buyout?"
International Business Times 9:02 AM
"Intel Israel more than doubles exports, mulls new investment"
Reuters 8:06 AM
"Intel - Outspending And Outgunning Rivals"
Seeking Alpha 8:26 AM
"Switched On: An ARM's race with Intel"
Engadget 5:35 PM
"Oracle's appeal brief clears up misconceptions about software patents-copyright relationship"
Foss Patents 8:22 AM
"Cisco Acquired its 11th Israeli Company: Microsoft CEO Steve Balmer said that Israel is a start-up center, and there is always something to challenge us there."
The Jewish Press 8:31 AM
"Google to Follow in Apple's and Microsoft Path By Opening Retail Stores in Big Cities"
Cleveland Leader 8:33 AM
"How Google Stores Could Transform Google"
Cult of Android 11:48 AM
"Google May Open A String Of Retail Stores, But What Does It Hope To Gain?"
TechCrunch 4:22 PM
"Happy Valentine's, Google — see you in court"
GigaOM 11:37 AM
"Dell Deal: The Same as Insider Trading/By its nature, a leveraged buyout by corporate insiders is a betrayal of their fiduciary duty to other shareholders."
Barron's 2/16
"Microsoft's Xbox Holds The Top Spot For 25 Months In A Row"
RTTNews 2/16
"Microsoft job postings confirm forthcoming Windows Blue upgrade for desktop and phone"
The Verge 2/16
"HP Debuts AutoFlow Business Process Outsourcing Platform"
eWeek 2/16
"May Itanium Rest in Peace, Almost: Intel won't be using its newer manufacturing process for the next—and possibly the last—iteration of the Itanium, and it's really a shame."
PC Magazine 2/16
"Cisco's Big Debut and Ford's Record-Breaking Performance"
The Motley Fool 2/16
"Report: Google considering retail store push, but where's Amazon?"
GeekWire 2/16
"Facebook defends Graph Search's privacy controls for teens"
TechHive 2/16
"Facebook targeted in 'sophisticated attack'"
TG Daily 2/16
"Facebook says it was a target of sophisticated hacking"
Reuters 2/16
"Facebook was targeted by 'sophisticated' hackers" [Video Report]
BBC 2/16
General Interest
"A Game Aims to Draw Attention to Women's Issues"
New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 9:00 PM
"A New Chance to Organize the E.U. Telecommunications Industry"
New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 9:00 PM
"Half of Facebook parents joined to spy on kids?"
CNET News 4:22 PM
"To meet the FCC's Gigabit Challenge, cities will have to get political"
GigaOM 4:21 PM
"Kim Dotcom will sell you a Mega membership for just half a bitcoin"
Ars Technica 4:21 PM
"If You're Collecting Our Data, You Ought to Protect It"
New York Times 2/16
"Crash-proof computer tactic revealed by UK researchers"
PCWorld 2/16
"PlayStation 4 to stream games in real time over Net, says report: Expected to be unveiled on Wednesday, Sony's PS4 will let users play games piped over the Internet, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal."
CNET News 2/16
"Mega update: Dotcom's service now accepts Bitcoin, will expand into email, chat, voice, video, and mobile"
The Next Web 2/16
"Twitter pulls the plug on blogging service Posterous"
Crave @ CNET 2/16
"Facebook Could Start Showing You Auto-Playing Video Ads In Your News Feed"
Business Insider 2/16
"Rise of Drones in U.S. Drives Efforts to Limit Use by Police"
New York Times 2/15
"Rumor: Google Planning to Open Retail Stores?"
PC Magazine 2/16
"Google will Reportedly open its own retail stores starting this year"
The Verge 2/15
"Wii U has historically bad January, sells about 50,000 units in US: Sales numbers reveal worst performance for a console since at least 2005."
Ars Technica 2/15
"Is the Facebook Hack Part of a Bigger Spy Threat?"
Yahoo! News 2/15
"Facebook computers compromised by zero-day Java exploit: Facebook Chief Security Officer offers details in exclusive interview."
Ars Technica 2/15
"Facebook Got Hacked Last Month and Is Just Telling You Now (Update: Facebook Comment)"
Gizmodo 2/15
"Facebook hacked, but has found 'no eVidence' that user data was compromised"
The Verge 2/15
"Archos unveils 116 Platinum Android tablet with 11.6-inch IPS display for $349"
ZDNet 2/15
"Control your office door lock from cloud, smartphone"
ZDNet 2/15
"Finally, a Trash Can on Wheels That Automatically Catches Your Trash"
Techland 2/15
"Firm moves to trademark 'Python' name out from under the language: Open-sourcers struggle against hostile snake snatch"
The Register 2/15
"Two Linux tablet projects take a step forward: As the PengPod line begins shipping, the KDE-powered 'Vivaldi' tablet sets a May target."
PCWorld 2/15
"Take your smartphone to lunch and let it pay for you"
TechHive 2/15
"Google CFO: We want to fix 'broken' world"
ZDNet 2/15
"Google Play shares too much personal info, app developer says"
CSO 2/15
"Amazon Takes Redshift, Its Cloud-Based Data Warehouse Killer, Global"
TechCrunch 2/15
"Amazon's cloud-based data warehouse Redshift becomes generally available: The data warehouse service costs from US$0.85 per hour on-demand"
IDG News Service 2/15
"Amazon Drops Prices On Multiple Zone Database Service"
InformationWeek 2/15
"Surface Pro: My week as engineer and train commuter"
ZDNet 2/15
"Microsoft exec: No 'Plan B' despite mobile stumbles"
The Register 2/15
"Microsoft lacks a 'plan B' for struggling Surface tablets"
TG Daily 2/15
"Pwn2Own contest prompted Microsoft into bumper IE patch: IE9, IE10 face hackers in three weeks when $175,000 is up for grabs at annual contest"
Techworld 2/15
"AT&T wins ruling in price-fixing lawsuit against LCD panel makers"
ZDNet 2/15
"Cabinet Office funds 80 technology social ventures"
Computerworld UK 2/15
"Computer Sciences Gets Piece of $11B Contract: Computer Sciences (CSC) was one of a dozen companies that received a portion of the U.S. Coast Guard's $11 billion contract to provide support services for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security."
FOXBusiness 2/15
"Samsung Chairman's Brother Appeals Court Ruling on Group Stake"
Bloomberg 2/15
"Georgia Lawmaker Wants to Criminalize Lewd 'Photoshopping'"
ABCNews 2/15
"DOD's New Medal Recognizes Cyberwarfare Achievements"
InformationWeek 2/15
"Facebook Wins Court Challenge In Germany Against Its Real Names Policy"
TechCrunch 2/15
"Facebook can keep real name policy, German court rules"
PCWorld 2/15
"Facebook wins court battle against German privacy watchdog over ban on using fake names"
Associated Press 2/15
Analysis/Editorial/Help/Opinion
"Nexus Tablet Success And Why There's No Time Like The Present For A Google Retail Store"
TechCrunch 9:07 PM
"Review: Samsung's ATIV Odyssey is Windows Phone 8 on a budget"
Ars Technica 8:11 PM
"What to do when Amazon decides to jump into your business"
GigaOM 4:20 PM
"Why is Facebook's e-commerce offering so disappointing?"
GigaOM 12:13 PM
"Kim Komando: 5 biggest tech myths cleared up"
Tulsa World 8:27 AM
"Why Gmail is awesome (and how to get the most out of it)"
Digital Trends 2/16
"Yes! Google should open retail stores"
BetaNews 2/16
"The real reason Pinterest bought Punchfork"
GigaOM 2/16
"Samsung Series 5 UltraTouch review: a solid, if slightly overpriced, mid-range Ultrabook"
Engadget 2/16
"It's time to take the cyber security fight to the bad guys: As criminals, activists and terror groups conduct more and more of their malicious activities online, the threat to our economy and national security has never been greater."
Telegraph 2/16
"14 Tips for Selling Software and Services Online"
CIO 2/15
"Video Game Sales Continue Downward Slide in January"
PC Magazine 2/15
"Peak Gmail: Too Many Messages, Not Enough Space, And, Finally, A Way Out"
TechCrunch 2/15
"Google Rated The Best Place To Intern In 2013, Followed By Qualcomm, Microsoft, Intel And Cisco"
TechCrunch 2/15
"Why You Shouldn't Care About Android 4.2.2"
PC Magazine 2/15
"Facebook's latest revenue trick: Pay to promote friends' posts"
Los Angeles Times 2/15
"What you can learn from the monster LibreOffice project"
InfoWorld 2/15
"The top 15 cities for tech startups: If you're considering working for a tech startup or launching one of your own and need to know where the venture capital is flowing, one of these cities may soon be the place you call home"
CIO 2/15
"B is for browser: An homage to 12 Web greats/In honor of Mosaic's 20th birthday, join us for an alphabetical appreciation of 12 of history's great windows on the Web." [Slideshow]
Computerworld 2/15
"DIY Cloud: Choosing your own virtual machine image sizes/Why settle for off-the-shelf virtual machine image sizes when you can customize them?"
Network World 2/15
"Opera Eyes Speedier Mobile Web With Skyfire Acquisition"
PC Magazine 2/15
"Opera to buy Skyfire Labs for faster mobile video delivery: The deal is valued at $155 million"
IDG News Service 2/15
"SHOCK! Opera makes piles of cash; buys Skyfire Labs"
Computerworld Blogs 2/15
"Opera Software buys Skyfire Labs, net profit slips"
MarketWatch 2/15
Tech Stocks
"Asia Markets: Asia stocks mostly higher after G-20 meet/Asia stocks traded mostly higher Monday, with the yen's move lower boosting Japan but weighing on South Korea after the weekend's Group of 20 meeting remained silent on the Japanese currency's recent depreciation."
MarketWatch 9:28 PM
"Apple turns lower; Facebook, Agilent fall: Einhorn, Soros add to Apple holdings; LogMeIn crashes on forecast"
MarketWatch 2/15
"S&P 500 up for 7th week; Dow down for 2nd: S&P 500 is up over 6% this year; some fear a correction is coming"
MarketWatch 2/15
"U.S. Stocks Fall as Wal-Mart Tumbles Amid Economic Data"
Bloomberg 2/15
"Wal-Mart Worries Hit Wall Street"
FOXBusiness 2/15
"Stocks Mixed; Wal-Mart Tumbles, Burger King Jumps"
TheStreet 2/15
"S&P 500 rises for 7th week in a row"
CNNMoney 2/15
"Most Stocks Decline: Stocks edged mostly lower as declines in Wal-Mart Stores WMT -2.15% and the energy sector offset firm readings on consumer confidence and New York manufacturing."
WSJ.com 2/15
"Stocks subdued after recent gains: A handful of new economic reports are on tap Friday, along with corporate results from the tail end of earnings season."
CNNMoney 2/15
"U.K. stocks waver; retail sales show surprise drop"
MarketWatch 2/15
"Asia Markets: Japan stocks tumble on yen strength before G-20"
MarketWatch 2/15
"Europe Markets: Europe stocks slip with G-20 meeting in focus"
MarketWatch 2/15
"Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks: Nasdaq's 10 most active stocks at 1 p.m."
Associated Press 2/15
"Final Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares mixed at the close of trading"
Associated Press 2/15
"LG Display to invest $655 million to make OLED panels"
"Intel Israel more than doubles exports, mulls new investment"
TechWeb
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