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Computer Industry

"JPMorgan Upgrades Dell on Share Price Decline, Outlook for Long-Term" Associated Press 9:56 AM
"JP Morgan ups Dell to 'overweight'" Reuters 9:57 AM
"Dell could best EMC in joint AX4 release: New Clariion array enters a crowded segment -- precisely why Dell stands to gain more" InfoWorld 2:37 PM
"Microsoft shuffles management in mid-year cleanse: Microsoft Corp. has parted ways with a pair of high-ranking executives in the past few days, marking a relatively tumultuous week for the software giant's management team." MarketWatch 4:30 PM
"Microsoft Taps Co-President: Elop Will Head Business Division, Succeeding Raikes" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 11:01 AM
"Elop brings strong skills to take on competitors: Stephen Elop, who will replace Jeff Raikes at the head of one of Microsoft's most profitable and efficient units, has a reputation for 'making the trains run on time,' as one former employee put it." Seattle Times 11:25 AM
"Leader of Microsoft's Office Business Is Retiring" New York Times [Free Registration Required] 10:15 AM
"Raikes reflects on 26 years at Microsoft: Jeff Raikes, the Microsoft executive most closely associated with the emergence of Office, has described the rise of the product as the highlight of his long career at the software maker, which will come to an end in September." CNET News.com 10:41 AM
"Warning on stealthy Windows virus: Security experts are warning about a stealthy Windows virus that steals login details for online bank accounts." BBC 4:06 PM
"Microsoft demos Surface apps" [Video Report] CNET News.com 10:39 AM
"IE still top dog over Firefox in corporate browser kennel: Deployment, management issues keep open-source browser leashed at many companies" Computerworld 3:42 PM
"Microsoft Readies 'Power Pack' Updates For Home Server" CMP Channel 3:47 PM
"Microsoft quashes rumours of dual-boot XO laptop: Software giant Microsoft has said it rejected plans to develop a dual-boot iteration of Windows XP to run on One Laptop per Child XO machines, and instead is developing a version of XP specifically for the XO." ZDNet UK 10:39 AM
"Microsoft, others say broadcasters deter airwave use: At issue is FCC test of Internet devices" Bloomberg News 11:23 AM
"Don't Upgrade to Vista, UK Gov't Agency Tells Schools: The cost of upgrading Britain's schools to Vista would be $350 million, two-thirds of which go to deployment costs, testing and hardware upgrades." IDG News Service 12:05 PM
"Windows Vista, Office 2007 Expelled From British Schools: A British educational report suggests the upgrade would increase costs and create software compatibility problems while providing little benefit." InformationWeek 2:45 PM
"Who Deserves Blame For Microsoft's Slow Site?" InformationWeek 2:46 PM
"HP CIO Randy Mott: Incremental IT 'Just Doesn't Work'" InformationWeek 2:47 PM
"HP Names Neal Woods to Replace Retiring Senior VP of Imaging and Printing Group" Associated Press 4:26 PM
"The Hard Case Against Intel: New York Attorney General Cuomo is investigating whether the No. 1 chipmaker stifled competition from rival AMD, but the allegations may be hard to prove" BusinessWeek 9:54 AM
"Intel Releases Low-Cost Clear Bay Server Platform" IDG News Service 12:05 PM
"Why New Chip Could Bite Intel" TheStreet.com 4:22 PM
"Intel Offers Partners Modular Server System for Small Businesses: The server system is aimed at organizations with 50 to 300 employees." InformationWeek 4:48 PM
"AMD Shuffles Timetable For Phenom Processors: Release of the 9000e was pushed up from the second quarter because it had the most customer demand, the company says." InformationWeek 7:42 PM
"AMD delays two Phenom chips, moves up energy-saving quad-core: Company giving priority to energy-saving chip and upcoming triple-core technology" Computerworld 3:43 PM
"AMD Delay Favors Mainstream Over High-End Parts" InternetNews.com 8:42 PM
"Cisco Invests in Mobile Services Start-Up" IDG News Service 10:14 AM
"Cisco buys into remote-access company: Cisco Systems has invested in SoonR, a company that offers mobile-phone users remote access to their desktops." CNET News.com 10:12 AM
"Knock, knock: Cisco is banging at your door" Channel Register 11:11 AM
"Oracle Plans To Patch 21 Security Holes Next Week: Oracle's January patch contains significantly fewer fixes than in previous quarters. In October, the company released 51 fixes; in July, it released 45." InformationWeek 2:44 PM
"Oracle CEO Larry Ellison Sells 1 Million Shares Under Prearranged Plan" Associated Press 4:31 PM
"Credit crunch looms over IT jobs market: The worldwide credit crunch could be starting to have an impact on IT jobs, but prospects for a new year job change look good going into 2008." Silicon.com 10:38 AM
"The gadgets of 2008: From tiny music players that dance as they play tunes to smarter toothbrushes and curvy computer screens, consumers can count on being wowed by another year of cool digital gadgets in the coming year." Stuff 11:55 AM

General Interest

"Content picture fuzzy for latest HDTVs" EE Times 9:03 PM
"Power Your Gadgets by Sun and Water" PCWorld.com 7:46 PM
"DRM Is Dead, But Watermarks Rise From Its Ashes" Wired 7:45 PM
"Asus To Launch S.O.S. Smartphone In U.S.: In an emergency situation, a user can push a button on the P527 and send SMS messages to five designated numbers." InformationWeek 4:46 PM
"Head over heels for tomorrow's personal robots" CNET News.com 4:37 PM
"Power-sipping TV a hit at CES" CNET.com 3:48 PM
"Network Solutions may change controversial domain-name policy" Computerworld 3:43 PM
"Wild and wacky dot electronics show" Associated Press 3:40 PM
"Duke Scientists Find Recipe For 'Sound Cloaking': Just like an electromagnetic cloak can make an object invisible to radar, a sound cloak can make an object invisible to sonar." InformationWeek 2:43 PM
"Another free security utility: Trend Micro's RUBotted" ZDNet 2:32 PM
"CES - Hitachi shows James Bond-like tabletop screen" IDG News Service 12:39 PM
"UMPCs whipped for hardware and design flaws" IDG News Service 12:38 PM
"Phanfare Video-, Photo-Sharing Site Goes Free" PC Magazine 12:12 PM
"Data Centers Take to the High Seas: International Data Security, a U.S. startup, plans to open the first of 50 ship-borne floating data centers at Pier 50 in San Francisco in April." Techworld 12:06 PM
"Polish teen derails tram after hacking train network" The Register 11:11 AM
"Toshiba quietly shows fuel-cell fitted UMPC" Reg Hardware 11:11 AM
"Toshiba demos Cell-equipped HDTV" Reg Hardware 11:11 AM
"Sony starts another standards war: Proprietary version of wireless USB" vnunet.com 11:05 AM
"Boffins dream up computerised bed: Super-bed offers sleep diagnostic system and full home theatre" vnunet.com 11:05 AM
"CrosuS tool tracks game updates" vnunet.com 11:04 AM
"KDE 4: a New Dawn For The Linux Desktop?" InternetNews.com 12:45 PM
"KDE 4 Brings Improvements Galore to the Linux Desktop" Wired Blogs 10:53 AM
"CES Goes Hollywood in Las Vegas: The annual Consumer Electronics Show, usually the stomping ground of geeks, was a circus of stars as Comcast and Sony introduced their new wares" BusinessWeek 10:01 AM
"Exec Departure Jabs Juniper" TheStreet.com 9:46 AM
"Video Games, Laptops Lift Best Buy" TheStreet.com 9:46 AM
"Best Buy posts modest sales gain: No. 1 seller of electronics reports a 1.5% rise in December sales amid weak demand for consumer gadgets." CNNMoney 9:40 AM
"RF Micro Devices cuts forecast" EE Times 11:27 AM
"RF Micro Devices cuts guidance: Transceiver manufacturer reports lower third-quarter demand for its devices than in previous estimates." Associated Press 9:40 AM

Press Releases

"HP Appoints Neal Woods to Lead Worldwide Operations for Imaging and Printing Group" Business Wire 4:28 PM
"Apartments.com Selects IBM Software to Meet Demand for Comprehensive, Timely Rental Information" Market Wire 4:28 PM
"Wakefern and IBM Team to Update Store Experience in ShopRite" Market Wire 4:28 PM
"Oracle Executive (ORCL) to Ring the NASDAQ Stock Market Opening Bell" Prime Newswire 4:32 PM

Microsoft

"Microsoft Starts On Successor To Windows Presentation Foundation: Microsoft is looking to hire people to work on a graphical framework for future Windows user interfaces." InformationWeek 4:46 PM
"Microsoft's Unified Communications Play: Microsoft's Office Communication Server 2007 integrates IM, VoIP, video and audio conferencing, Web conferencing and presence into one package." Network Computing 4:45 PM
"LOC looks to Microsoft to make documents interactive" Federal Computer Week 3:08 PM
"Jeff Raikes, 'godfather of Microsoft Office,' retiring after 27 years" Seattle Post-Intelligencer 11:23 AM

Government/Law/Politics

"Congressional Report Slams TSA For Security Breach: At least 247 travelers submitted their personal information through the unsecured 'file your application online' link, a House Oversight committee said." InformationWeek 4:47 PM
"Pressure off BT over superfast broadband: BT would not be forced to invest billions of pounds in a national, superfast broadband network, ministers said on Thursday night, as the company outlined tentative plans to accelerate broadband speeds hugely." FT.com 2:57 PM
"Open-source security moves to next step: Source code analysis expert Coverity has found and helped fix more than 7,500 security flaws in open-source software, and published a list of the 11 open-source projects working fastest to sort them out." ZDNet 2:33 PM
"Dublin's free Wi-Fi falls foul of competition law" The Register 11:11 AM
"Telstra's Network Is Under Review: The Australian government will rule this month on whether Telstra Corp. must keep its CDMA mobile network open." WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 11:03 AM
"Showdown Looms Over Pirated-Media Directory: Swedish Prosecutors Target Organizers of Pirate Bay, A Huge File-Sharing Guide" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 11:02 AM
"Palamida Exec Chides Verizon For Not Responding On GPL Suit: The Verizon suit is the third filed by the Software Freedom Law Center to uphold the terms of the General Public License." InformationWeek 10:21 AM
"Phone Company Cuts Off FBI Wiretap For Unpaid Bill: A telephone company cut off an FBI international wiretap after the agency failed to pay its bill on time, according to a U.S. government audit released Thursday." Reuters 10:20 AM
"White House to Release First e-Budget" Computerworld 10:15 AM

Analysis/Editorial/Help/Opinion

"Finding the right sales software: There's life beyond QuickBooks. Here's your first step to finding what software is right for you." Fortune Small Business 4:15 PM
"Cleaning house" Atlanta Journal-Constitution [Free Registration Required] 4:08 PM
"Before switching to HDTV, consider these questions" Springfield News-Leader 3:58 PM
"Yahoo's Core Value Is Falling" New York Times [Free Registration Required] 3:45 PM
"Mike's 5 weirdest new products from the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show" Detroit Free Press 3:31 PM
"R2D2 at CES, plus a 'Top Choices' list" EE Times 3:16 PM
"Displays Were A Bright Spot At CES" InformationWeek 2:46 PM
"Review: Eee laptop PC shreds the rules" Associated Press 11:22 AM
"Why Google, Yahoo and Microsoft should worry about Countrywide's takeover" ZDNet 10:46 AM
"Google's Android Gets Game" Forbes.com 4:30 PM
"Google Helps You Navigate via Cell Phone: For now, the mobile-phone version of Google Maps is fine if you're on foot, but not if you're behind the wheel" BusinessWeek 10:01 AM
"The Gap In Google's Defenses" Forbes.com 10:00 AM
"Behold the Broadband Value Circle: We've entered an age where a single person or tech company can take on a variety of roles, from content creator to distributor to user" BusinessWeek 9:55 AM

Acquisitions/Deals/Investments/Mergers

"Former Red Hat CEO Becomes a Seller" Barron's [Paid Membership Required] 4:30 PM
"Major investor slashes Circuit City stake: The TCW Group, the electronics retailer's largest institutional investor, cut its stake from 10.9% to 0.2% after December sales drop." Associated Press 4:16 PM
"Shower of funds for tech firms in region: 11 startups will share $15 million from Folsom-based Velocity Venture." Sacramento Bee [Free Registration Required] 11:36 AM
"Macrovision investor Loeb opposes Gemstar acquisition" Bloomberg News 11:31 AM
"Renesas expands analog, discretes operations" EE Times Europe 11:26 AM
"Infosys develops new pricing models" FT.com 2:58 PM
"Infosys Is On the Acquisition Trail: Indian Tech Company Posts 25% Rise in Net" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 11:01 AM
"Sony Joins Other Labels on Amazon MP3 Store" New York Times [Free Registration Required] 10:14 AM

Tech Stocks

"Sector Snap: Semiconductors Down/Chip Stocks Down As RF Micro Devices Plunges on Lowered Profit Outlook" Associated Press 4:25 PM
"Friday's Tech Winners & Losers" TheStreet.com 4:25 PM
"Spending Fears Spank Stocks: Stocks tumbled Friday as worries about consumer credit and spending intensified, offsetting news of a big buyout in the beaten-down financial sector." TheStreet.com 4:22 PM
"Stocks get pummeled: Wall Street suffers big selloff after AmEx profit warning, possible Merrill Lynch writedowns revive recession fears." CNNMoney 4:15 PM
"Nasdaq Slumps Under Macro Worries: Index Extends Its Losses After Last Week's 3.8% Dive; Executive Departure at Juniper Networks Sinks Shares" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:19 PM
"Asia Markets: Subprime fears revisit region, prompt late selling/Tokyo, Hong Kong, Seoul and Sydney hurt by report of Merrill Lynch loss" MarketWatch 9:44 AM
"Stocks in Europe Slump To 15-Month Low" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 10:00 AM
"Europe Markets: Unilever, L'Oreal drag Europe stocks lower/Concerns over spending, rising raw-material costs hurt food producers" MarketWatch 9:44 AM

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Associated Press (Checked 9:30 PM; no changes since 10:15 AM CST)

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CNET News.com (Updated 9:30 PM CST)

"Bang & Olufsen sacks CEO after profit downgrade"
"Telecommuting not so great for those left in office"
"Open-source security moves to next step"
"Cisco buys into remote-access company"
"BlackBerry on track in China?"
"Porn companies challenged by Internet sites"
"Cancer group asks women to be brazen online"
"Head over heels for tomorrow's personal robots"
"What's good for GM 'may' be good for the country"

New York Times (Checked 9:30 PM; no changes since 4:40 PM CST)

"Sony Joins Other Labels on Amazon MP3 Store"
"Cuomo Subpoenas Intel Over Antitrust Accusations"
"Yahoo's Core Value Is Falling"
"Best Buy December Sales Rise"
"Robot to Mix Chemotherapy Drugs at U.S. Hospital"
"White House to Release First e-Budget"
"God and Small Things"
"Leader of Microsoft's Office Business Is Retiring"
"British Schools Told to Avoid Vista Upgrade"
"Cisco Invests in Mobile Services Start-Up" ...

Reuters (Checked 9:30 PM; no changes since 4:40 PM CST)

"Telecommuting not so great for those left in office"
"Porn companies challenged by Internet sites"
"Amazon to sell Sony BMG songs free of copy curbs"

TechWeb (Updated 9:30 PM CST)

"AMD Shuffles Timetable For Phenom Processors"
"Diamond Digital IQ Study: Insurers Yet To Establish True Partnership Between Business and IT"
"IT Integration and the Bank of America/Countrywide Merger"
"Apple Macworld Speculation Goes Into A Frenzy"
"Intel Offers Partners Modular Server System for Small Businesses"
"Special Report: BI Megatrends 2008"
"Congressional Report Slams TSA For Security Breach"
"Microsoft Starts On Successor To Windows Presentation Foundation"
"Asus To Launch S.O.S. Smartphone In U.S."
"Former OLPC CTO Pursues The $75 Laptop" ...

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