"EU close to fining Microsoft, says Report: Fine said to be in store for not allowing European Windows users more browser choice. Microsoft had blamed the incident on a technical glitch."
CNET News 3:57 PM
"Facebook buys Microsoft ad technology platform"
Reuters 3:56 PM
"Facebook snags Microsoft's Atlas to boost ad sales: The deal gives the social-networking giant a tool to use the information gleaned from its users to serve up more relevant ads."
CNET News 3:57 PM
"Facebook Buys Digital-Ad Service From Microsoft"
WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 5:49 PM
"Facebook buys Microsoft ad platform Atlas"
The Verge 4:14 PM
"Google privacy chief blasts Microsoft's 'Scroogled' campaign at RSA Conference/You know people are sensitive about their online privacy when Microsoft seeks advantage over Google by running TV ads that claim anyone using services like gmail gets "scroogled" because Google sells keyword and behavior data to marketers."
Computerworld New Zealand 4:02 PM
"Microsoft's dispute with the South Korean military continues"
The Point Daily 8:00 AM
"Microsoft Munches Own Open Source Dog Food"
Wired Magazine 7:15 AM
"Why Microsoft's pushing Office subscriptions"
Computerworld 6:57 AM
"Microsoft joins the Open Data Centre Alliance"
Cloud Pro 8:02 AM
"ARM CEO hopeful about Windows RT/East hints that a 64-bit implementation of Microsoft Windows RT may be on the way"
Computerworld 9:52 AM
"Bing Maps Now Shows Ocean Floor Topography, Gets Updated Base Satellite Image And Almost 14M Sq Km Of New High-Res Imagery"
TechCrunch 1:01 PM
"Intel launches own distribution of Apache Hadoop"
Computing 7:56 AM
"Is Intel The Chip Foundry Better Than Intel The Processor Supplier?"
Seeking Alpha 6:46 AM
"Intel Corporation vs ARM Holdings plc : INTC continues to snatch more of ARM's turf, Sell ARM say Liberum"
The Economy News 8:00 AM
"AMD will sell a stripped-down version of Sony's PlayStation 4 APU"
TechSpot 4:02 PM
"Tessera and AMD settle pending litigation/Tessera, Inc. has entered into an agreement settling all pending litigation with Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD)"
Electronics Feed 7:54 AM
"AMD: 'Most powerful APU we have built to date' in PS4"
Strategy Informer 9:15 AM
"AMD says PS4's APU is 'by far the most powerful' it has ever built"
MCV 7:55 AM
"IBM Exec: PureSystems Sales Off To 'Solid Start'"
CRN 9:56 AM
"New York, IBM partner in STEM education program"
Innovation Trail 7:59 AM
"Video: IBM likely to keep sales-tax break; IDA adopts resolution"
Poughkeepsie Journal 8:04 AM
"IBM to Bang Software Drum for Investors"
TheStreet 7:59 AM
"IBM leads server race, Cisco breaks top 5/The most notable server battle was in the No. 4 position. Oracle's market share slide continued and Cisco edged into a statistical tie. IDC noted that this quarter was the first time Cisco broke into the top 5."
ZDNet 9:54 AM
"Two more zero-day Java bugs discovered"
IT PRO 8:03 AM
"Oracle CEO Larry Ellison buys Hawaiian airline"
The Inquirer 9:58 AM
"Cisco completes Intucell acquisition"
Telecompaper 9:17 AM
"Cisco joins top five server vendors for the first time, IDC says"
CIO 7:44 AM
General Interest
"Anonymous leaks alleged data on BofA execs, surveillance"
CNET News 8:58 PM
"Salesforce's $835 million quarterly revenue tops forecasts"
Reuters 8:58 PM
"Dropbox users claim email addresses leaked to spammers, company blames 2012 security breach"
The Verge 5:48 PM
"Groupon's fired CEO Mason: the high and lowlights"
Reuters 8:58 PM
"Andrew Mason out as Groupon CEO: Mason's departure follows another disappointing earnings Report as Groupon's stock takes another beating."
CNET News 3:57 PM
"Groupon replaces CEO Andrew Mason, looks for new chief"
Reuters 3:56 PM
"Google Launches Zopfli To Compress Data More Densely And Make Web Pages Load Faster"
TechCrunch 9:10 PM
"Google adds 'send to TV' option to YouTube for iOS: Google brings over a popular Video streaming feature Android's has for three months over to Apple's iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch."
CNET News 1:12 PM
"Yahoo telecommute ban is much ado about nothing: Silicon Valley"
Reuters 1:03 PM
"Google CFO hopes Chrome OS will become the Android of PCs"
The Verge 1:04 PM
"Amazon nabs Food Network, Travel Channel for Instant Video: In the fight for premium Video streaming, Amazon picks up hundreds of episodes of popular Scripps shows like 'House Hunters' and 'Iron Chef America.'"
CNET News 12:59 PM
"Nintendo's Yoshi sneaks on to Google Play in unlicensed game: Era's Adventure shows copyright infringement is alive and well in Android games."
Ars Technica 12:57 PM
"Koozoo pitches surveillance for the masses via smartphones: The San Francisco-based startup envisions a world where a network of smartphone cameras will a anticipate your needs and offer streaming Video that fills them. But that's future talk. For now, it will just put up cameras anywhere it can."
CNET News 12:12 PM
"Google Co-Founder Says Smartphones Are 'Emasculating'"
Tom's Hardware 9:14 AM
"Samsung invites public to Galaxy S IV debut in Times Square"
BGR News 9:06 AM
"Pandora Limits Hours of Free Mobile Listening"
WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:05 AM
"Nook sales plummet as Barnes & Noble posts $6.1 million quarterly loss"
The Verge 9:02 AM
"Barnes & Noble Nook, e-book sales fall 26 percent in quarter"
Reuters 9:06 AM
"Dish accuses CBS of ordering 'Big Bang Theory' star to delete sponsored Hopper tweet"
The Verge 9:01 AM
"Some huge, some small, all over the place: the Android phones of MWC/But high-end phones keep getting bigger, as Mobile World Congress makes clear."
Ars Technica 8:57 AM
"T-Mobile USA adds customers but sheds sales in latest quarter: The carrier attracted 61,000 new customers in total in the fourth quarter, though sales fell by 5.2 percent from a year ago."
CNET News 8:56 AM
"Sony Ericsson Windows Phone prototype hits eBay, reminds us sliders existed"
Engadget 8:51 AM
Vimeo introduces 'Looks,' gives users access to over 500 'Hollywood-style' effects
"Vimeo announces 'Looks' feature, now lets users add visual effects to Videos"
Engadget 8:48 AM
"As Nook revenues plunge, B&N says it's 'calibrating' strategy but 'committed' to devices"
paidContent 8:47 AM
"This sapphire smartphone screen is strong, strong, strong: Want a phone screen that really won't break? Make it out of tougher stuff than glass."
CNET Reviews 7:42 AM
"China's Tencent to delve deeper into Indonesia social media market"
Reuters 7:42 AM
"Ubuntu Touch, Firefox OS and Tizen: The good, the bad and the ugly new OSes/Ubuntu Touch, Firefox OS and Tizen have been unveiled at MWC as Android challengers: but the mobile industry is backing the wrong horses."
CNET Reviews 7:28 AM
"Are Microsoft's free Office Web Apps good enough for you?"
ZDNet 9:15 PM
"Gates, Zuckerberg Coding Video Goes Viral"
PC Magazine 5:10 PM
"Surface Pro and iPad Are Least Repairable Tablets"
Wired 4:03 PM
"Windows Blue: How Will Windows 8 Evolve?"
TechWeb News 3:58 PM
"Surface Pro, Coming Soon to a Country Near You: Sales of both Surface RT and Surface Pro are expanding to more countries in the weeks and months ahead"
Paul Thurrott's SuperSite for Windows 1:00 PM
"Microsoft announces next set of countries to get Surface Pro and RT/Summary: Microsoft is broadening Surface Pro and Surface RT availability, starting in late March."
ZDNet 12:53 PM
"Office 365: SkyDrive Pro/SkyDrive Pro replaces SharePoint MySites and proVides business users with cloud-based document storage"
Paul Thurrott's SuperSite for Windows 9:57 AM
"Review: Exchange and SharePoint 2013 ready for cloud—yours or Microsoft's/Onsite or in Office 365, there's no real difference to users or administrators."
Ars Technica 8:57 AM
"Revenge Of The Desktop: Windows 8 Shifting Mobile Ad Strategies, User Experience"
MediaDailyNews 8:03 AM
"Microsoft says you should switch from Galaxy S III to Lumia 920. Delusional?"
BetaNews 8:03 AM
"Microsoft offers 'enhanced' IE10 with Bing and MSN"
Neowin 8:04 AM
Government/Law/Politics
"Google Must Show Ex-Workers Some Documents Only: Google Inc. will have to turn over only some of the documents sought by former employees who accuse it of breaking antitrust laws by agreeing with technology companies not to recruit each others workers."
Bloomberg 9:31 PM
"Do Not Track privacy bill reintroduced in Senate"
CNET News 8:58 PM
"SHIELD Act proposed to make patent trolls pay"
The Register 5:46 PM
"Manning confesses: I leaked to WikiLeaks to 'spark a debate'/Army soldier admits to being WikiLeaks' source for confidential government files and says he hoped leak 'might cause society to reconsider' the U.S. government's antiterrorism efforts."
CNET News 3:57 PM
"Instagrams Of The Fiery Tyrant: How 3G Networking Could Chip Away At North Korea's Power"
TechCrunch 9:02 AM
"Pentagon Unveils Secure Mobile Device Plan: Military releases a new plan to accelerate the adoption of mobile devices and apps for both classified and unclassified use."
BYTE 8:50 AM
"AT&T 'Hacker' Andrew Auernheimer's Sentencing Scheduled For March 18"
TechCrunch 7:31 AM
"China's Cyberespionage Will Continue Unabated, Say Experts: The U.S. government will be slow to act against aggressors who attack through the Internet, predict policy and China experts at RSA"
Dark Reading 7:30 AM
"China Targets U.S. In Hacking Blame Game"
TechWeb News 3:58 PM
"China blames US for majority of cyberattacks on military websites"
The Verge 7:18 AM
"China pledges to grow broadband coverage to 70% of households"
Engadget 7:15 AM
"Google Android, Apple iOS Now on Pentagon's List of Mobile Devices"
eWeek 6:55 AM
Analysis/Editorial/Help/Opinion
"Social Media to be used by Nissan in Car Show"
Social Barrel 8:59 AM
"The Best Way to Spend Your Security Budget"
BYTE 7:32 AM
"Yahoo Is Alone in Thinking Its Policy Change Is Just About Yahoo"
eWeek 7:28 AM
"Yahoo's Telecommuting Ban a Doomed Attempt to Turn Back the Clock"
eWeek 7:28 AM
"Foursquare CEO Looks Beyond Mobile Handsets: Anywhere There's A Screen, We Want To Be On It"
TechCrunch 7:18 AM
"Trouble's Brewing In The Samsung/Google House"
redOrbit 7:07 AM
"What the Atlantic learned from Scientology: native advertising is harder for news brands"
paidContent 7:06 AM
"Google Gets The Competition It Deserves"
Seeking Alpha 6:46 AM
Acquisitions/Deals/Investments/Mergers
"Groupon CEO Andrew Mason fired after ridiculously poor earnings"
Ars Technica 5:52 PM
"Payments Company Plastiq Raises $6 Million Series A, Makes It Easier For Merchants To Accept Credit Cards Online"
TechCrunch 9:00 AM
"Video Chat Startup Rabbit Raises $3.3 Million From Google Ventures, CrunchFund, And Bebo Founder Michael Birch"
TechCrunch 7:06 AM
Tech Stocks
"Asia Markets: Asia stocks slip back after big rally/Asian stock markets slipped Friday to start the new month on a broadly downbeat note, with a pair of lackluster manufacturing surveys from China doing little to help sentiment."
MarketWatch 8:58 PM
"Stocks Finish in the Red"
WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 3:51 PM
"Dow edges near record, then sputters; stocks down"
Associated Press 7:17 PM
"Stocks Erase Gains in Late Trading"
TheStreet 3:59 PM
"Asia Markets: Japan, China stocks jump; India slides on budget/Sydney, Tokyo stocks soar in February, as Shanghai shares decline/Major Asian stock benchmarks jumped 2% or more on Thursday to end February on a buoyant note, as eased worries over Italy and the U.S. Federal Reserve's commitment to monetary stimulus boosted investor sentiment."
MarketWatch 8:17 AM
"Europe Markets: Europe stocks gain on Bernanke, Draghi comments/Veolia Environnement shares up after report/European stocks were on track for a ninth consecutive monthly gain on Thursday, a day after Ben Bernanke, head of the U.S. Federal Reserve, and Mario Draghi, head of the European Central Bank, both defended loose monetary policy."
MarketWatch 8:17 AM
"Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks: Nasdaq's 10 most active stocks at the close of trading"
Associated Press 7:18 PM
"Final Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares mixed at the close of trading"
Associated Press 7:19 PM
"As sink Nook sales, so slumps B&N's fiscal health: Revenue in Barnes & Noble's Nook division hit $316 million, down 26 percent compared to the prior year, as the unit's losses balloon to $190.4 million."
CNET News 7:18 PM
"MiniDuke Espionage Malware Uses Twitter To Infect PCs"
"Yahoo Flap Misses The Bigger Point"
"Anonymous: 10 Things We've Learned In 2013"
"Windows Blue: How Will Windows 8 Evolve?"
"Google App Engine Developers Get Help From Ferris"
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