"Open-source attack dog enters Ballmer's inner ring: The head of Microsoft's research has quietly stepped aside ahead of his retirement next year to join CEO Steve Ballmer's inner circle."
The Register 11:52 AM
"Microsoft renews plea for crackdown on Google"
Reuters 11:39 AM
"Microsoft Renews Plea for Crackdown on Google"
Associated Press 11:54 AM
"Microsoft says Google trying to undermine Windows Phone"
The Register 11:54 AM
"Is Google trying to impede Microsoft's Windows Phone?"
ZDNet 12:03 PM
"Microsoft to Google: Play fair with YouTube"
CNNMoney 12:09 PM
"Microsoft Tries To Outflank Amazon With Azure Upgrades: Azure enhancements leave Microsoft well positioned against cloud competitors in 2013, analyst says."
InformationWeek 10:03 AM
"Microsoft's aching Windows 8 hangover: If Microsoft was looking for relief from the Windows 8 headache, it didn't get it from the holiday sales figures"
InfoWorld 10:52 AM
"Skype 'temporarily' disables People Hub in Windows Phone update"
CNET News 9:58 AM
"Microsoft webmail users continue to suffer from service issues: The email rename feature is currently disabled"
Techworld 11:49 AM
"Internet Explorer had a very good 2012: Internet Explorer regained some of its mojo and recaptured some of its lost market share in 2012."
PCWorld 11:29 AM
"Microsoft Hints at New Xbox Console With E3 Countdown"
PC Magazine 11:20 AM
"'Holey code, Batman!' Microsoft to patch 12 vulns on Tuesday"
The Register 7:02 PM
"The year 2013 promises to be make or break for Whitman's HP"
V3 11:56 AM
"Dell may wait until end of year to join public cloud market: Hopes to base public cloud on OpenStack technology, but exec says platform isn't quite ready"
Network World 11:30 AM
"CES 2013: The Year the 'Connected Home' Becomes a Reality?"
AllThingsD 11:58 AM
"10 CES Trends That Matter To Business: Even with its consumer focus, the Consumer Electronics Show 2013 has plenty of food for thought for IT leaders."
InformationWeek 10:04 AM
"Wi-Fi Alliance to take over WiGig development, certification: The fast, short-range wireless technology will gain a much larger sponsor under a pending agreement"
InfoWorld 10:53 AM
"Cloud security to be most disruptive technology of 2013: Business council including Coca-Cola, eBay, FedEx, EMC, Fidelity Investments, Intel, Johnson & Johnson and Walmart sees 'information security shake-up' this year"
Network World 11:27 AM
"Gartner: Cloud storage viable option, but proceed carefully"
Network World 11:29 AM
"Chip market to turn up in 2013"
EE Times 10:23 AM
"Gartner: Global IT spending to hit $3.7 trillion in '13"
CNET News 9:59 AM
"Gartner upgrades 2013 IT spend to $3.7T"
ZDNet 12:04 PM
"IT investments will increase in 2013 thanks to software and device spending: Gartner expects worldwide IT spending to total $3.7 trillion"
IDG News Service 10:33 AM
"Gartner: Global IT Spend To Hit $3.7T In 2013, Up 4.2%; Devices Spend Growth Revised Down, Helped By Cheaper Android Tablets"
TechCrunch 11:47 AM
General Interest
"Spoiler Alert! Here's What Will Be Unveiled at CES, and What Won't"
Minyanville 4:00 PM
"France's second-largest ISP deploys ad blocking via firmware update: Block is enabled by default—French tech news sites are très unhappy."
Ars Technica 2:52 PM
"Asus integrates 3D motion-control technology"
TG Daily 11:50 AM
"Asus Laptops and Desktops to Ship with Leap Motion's Gesture Control"
Technology Review 11:48 AM
"T-Mobile Offering New BlackBerry Curve Ahead of BB10 Launch"
PC Magazine 11:21 AM
"Ruby on Rails updates address SQL injection flaw: Developers moved quickly to fix serious SQL injection vulnerability in Ruby on Rails tool set"
IDG News Service 10:33 AM
"It's An Android World After All: Polaroid Launches $150 Kids Tablet, Expanding Its New Lease On Life As A Digital Media Company"
TechCrunch 11:46 AM
"Polaroid opens Fotobar shops to print photos off mobile devices"
CNET News 10:26 AM
"Zynga Regroups In Quest For Profit"
InformationWeek 10:03 AM
"Google's new datacenters to improve performance 30%"
ZDNet 12:02 PM
"Google Project Glass Team Eyeing Phone Functions, Voice Commands"
PC Magazine 11:21 AM
"The future according to Google's Larry Page: Google CEO Larry Page envisions a future in which computers plan your vacations, drive your cars, and anticipate your whims. Audacious? Maybe. But Page's dreams have a way of coming true."
Fortune 10:48 AM
"Google Pushes for 'Paperless 2013''"
PC Magazine 11:20 AM
"Google Pushes Paperless Pledge: Give up paper, Google suggests, and live in the cloud."
InformationWeek 10:04 AM
"Still Anxiously Refreshing Google Play For A Nexus 4? T-Mobile Stores Will Carry It In January"
TechCrunch 11:46 AM
"Nexus 4 Availability Expands, But Total Sales Unclear: T-Mobile restocks Google's hot Nexus 4 smartphone, but the device's 'sold-out' status might not be as impressive as you think."
InformationWeek 10:50 AM
"Nexus 4 reportedly heads to T-Mobile stores this month"
CNET News 9:58 AM
"Samsung showcases two new Series 7 laptops for CES 2013"
PCWorld 11:29 AM
"Samsung confirms Tizen-based handsets for 2013"
CNET News 9:59 AM
"Samsung to sell Tizen-based handsets in 2013 after Google-Motorola deal"
Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 9:44 AM
"Kindle Fire HD 8.9 is $50 cheaper for students this month"
VentureBeat [Free Registration Required] 9:44 AM
"Barnes & Noble Reports Tepid Holiday Sales"
New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 10:01 AM
"Barnes & Noble's bad holiday: Nook, store and BN.com sales down"
paidContent 9:54 AM
"Sprint expected to launch prepaid service on January 25"
PCWorld 11:22 AM
"Sprint will reportedly enter prepaid business itself"
CNET News 9:59 AM
"Sprint Preps Pay-As-You-Go Service: Report"
TheStreet 9:35 AM
Press Releases
"Dell VP/GM, North America Consumer & Small Office and Dell VP, Investor Relations to Address Investors at J.P. Morgan Technology Conference"
Business Wire 12:13 PM
Microsoft
"Microsoft criticizes FTC settlement with Google, calls outcome 'a missed opportunity'"
The Verge 8:13 PM
"Future of Xbox? Microsoft acquisition includes patents for ultimate home remote"
GeekWire 7:02 PM
"Microsoft's failed shadow war on Google comes up short"
9 to 5 Google 5:25 PM
"Windows Media Center EPG has SWITCHED OFF, wail Euro users: Europeans using Windows Media Center to watch TV have been upset to find that all TV programme guide data has disappeared from the service as of 1 January."
The Register 11:54 AM
"Military Signs Most Comprehensive Microsoft Contract Yet: Three-year, $617 million deal gives Department of Defense its lowest prices ever on software and services."
InformationWeek 12:20 PM
"US military nails 'best ever' Microsoft deal, brags size does matter"
The Register 11:52 AM
"Buy Microsoft As It Could Double Its Dividend To A 7% Yield"
Seeking Alpha 9:54 AM
"Windows 8 Adoption Slow But We Still Think Microsoft Is A Steal"
Seeking Alpha 9:53 AM
Government/Law/Politics
"Write Gambling Software, Go to Prison"
Wired 11:59 AM
"Parliament tech group defends independence despite donations from Motorola, IBM and Google"
V3 11:56 AM
"Vodafone slams Ofcom's 'exit without penalty' proposal"
Techworld 11:48 AM
"U.K. Telecoms Watchdog Wants Consumers To Be Able To Exit Contracts Without Paying A Penalty If Prices Go Up Mid-Term"
TechCrunch 11:47 AM
"Google Pushed Hard Behind the Scenes to Convince Regulators"
New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 9:53 PM
"A Victory for Google as F.T.C. Takes No Formal Steps"
New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 9:52 PM
"FTC ends long Google probe with mild reprimand"
Reuters 4:03 PM
"Google Settles FTC Antitrust Inquiry: Deal prevents Google from using standard patents against competitors, but brings only minor changes to the company's search business."
InformationWeek 4:03 PM
"FTC on closing Google antitrust probe: 'The facts were not there'/Google scored a major victory Thursday when the Federal Trade Commission announced it was ending its 19-month antitrust probe into the technology giant's search business."
Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 2:22 PM
"FTC won't bring charges against Google on search, patents"
Ars Technica 1:19 PM
"Watch Live: FTC Ends Google Antitrust Probe"
Wired 1:10 PM
"FTC: Google to license patents in antitrust case"
Associated Press 1:09 PM
"FTC to announce Google settlement today"
Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 11:59 AM
"FTC to Make Announcement on Google Probe"
WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 11:57 AM
"Google WON'T ink consent decree with FTC on search - reports"
The Register 11:53 AM
"FTC To Make Announcement About Google Antitrust Probe At 10 AM PT"
TechCrunch 11:45 AM
"Virginia court vacates injunction on negative Yelp reviews"
IDG News Service 10:32 AM
"Megaupload: U.S. government lied to get search warrants/The file-sharing site says the government misled a court in order to get search warrants for computer servers"
Salon 11:39 AM
"Megaupload claims US asked it to keep infringing files: The U.S. government asked it to cooperate in an investigation, it said in a filing"
IDG News Service 10:31 AM
"New GSA Program Steers Federal IT Buying to Small Businesses"
E-Commerce Times 10:24 AM
"NY Pension Fund Sues Qualcomm Over Political Spending Records"
WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 11:58 AM
"State Comptroller Sues Qualcomm for Data on Its Political Contributions"
New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 10:01 AM
"InterDigital calls for sales ban against Samsung, Nokia, others: A complaint filed by InterDigital with the U.S. ITC wants a ban on wireless devices made by Samsung, Nokia, ZTE, and Huawei Technologies."
CNET News 9:58 AM
Analysis/Editorial/Help/Opinion
"Misstep could have led to fake Google site, man-in-the-middle attacks"
VentureBeat 9:50 PM
"Google Isn't A Monopoly If Consumers Choose Speed Over Options"
TechCrunch 6:23 PM
"Imagining The Future: Ray Kurzweil Has 'Unlimited Resources' For AI, Language Research At Google"
TechCrunch 5:54 PM
"6 takeaways from Google's antitrust settlement"
Associated Press 5:27 PM
"What Google's win means: In one important aspect, Google will not be Microsoft redux."
Fortune 3:06 PM
"The FTC's Missed Opportunity on Google"
Bloomberg 2:52 PM
"Google's FTC Settlement Is An Epic Fail For Microsoft"
ReadWrite 1:08 PM
"Ubuntu mobile OS has potential, but there's a long, uncertain road ahead"
ZDNet 12:02 PM
"IT skills in 2013: What's really in demand?"
ZDNet 12:02 PM
"Two-thirds of hiring managers to increase IT staff in next 6 months: survey"
ZDNet 12:02 PM
"Nokia Lumia 810 and Lumia 820 Review"
HotHardware 11:40 AM
"Oh My Tech? Don't be afraid of that holiday gadget"
Salt Lake Tribune 11:36 AM
"BYOD keeps expanding, and IT just has to deal with it: With a growing number and type of devices, enterprises need to assume that they are vulnerable, analysts say"
CSO 11:28 AM
"So long, Facebook and thanks for all the nothing"
ZDNet 12:03 PM
"Facebook is No. 1 social network in 127 countries, study finds"
Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 11:05 AM
"Programmer picks: 6 tools for rapid mobile development" [Slideshow]
InfoWorld 10:52 AM
"Bargain BlackBerry Betrays RIM's High-End Aspirations: BlackBerry Curve 9315, launched Thursday for T-Mobile USA, is not the RIM smartphone you want."
InformationWeek 10:50 AM
"Security lessons from 2012: DDoS attacks on banks, cyberwarfare should be high on security agendas"
Computerworld 10:33 AM
"App downloads set one-week record of 1.7B: Analytics company Flurry pegs device activations at 50M"
Computerworld 10:33 AM
"Amazon spinning out Kindle's Lab126?"
EE Times 10:23 AM
"Snapchat: Sexting tool, or the next Instagram?"
CNN 10:28 AM
"Snapchat's Vanishing Photos: The Latest Photo Sharing App"
ABCNews 10:12 AM
"Data Dump: Are Potential Panelists Scorning Google?"
New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 10:01 AM
"How Innovative Are Apple's Tech Rivals?"
TheStreet 9:35 AM
"Podcast: What you need to know about the cloud for the coming year"
GigaOM 9:32 AM
Acquisitions/Deals/Investments/Mergers
"Gates, Ellison, other tech moguls got richer last year: A look at Bloomberg's Billionaires Index shows a bump in wealth last year for a number of the usual suspects among technology leaders."
CNET News 12:18 PM
"Sharp considers raising $1.2B to expand capital base"
ZDNet 12:05 PM
"Google drives Hyundai, Kia navigation partnership"
ZDNet 12:04 PM
"Lenovo and EMC storage joint venture formed"
V3 11:56 AM
"Pinterest Acquires And Will Shut Down Recipe Discovery Site Punchfork"
TechCrunch 11:45 AM
"Avnet Acquires Professional Services Firm TSSLink"
CRN 10:29 AM
"Elite video game reboot hits funding target: An ambitious plan to update classic space trading game Elite has hit its funding target."
BBC 10:13 AM
"Telekom Austria eyes 800 million euro hybrid bond: magazine"
Reuters 10:02 AM
"Buzzfeed Raises $19M for Listicle Empire"
Bloomberg 10:15 AM
"News startup BuzzFeed raises millions in new round"
Reuters 10:02 AM
"BuzzFeed Announces $20 Million in New Financing"
New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 10:01 AM
"Leap Motion Raises $30M More For Its Gesture-Based Controller, Announces Bundling Deal With Asus"
TechCrunch 11:47 AM
"Leap Motion motion control tech to be bundled with Asus PCs"
CNET News 9:59 AM
"Twitter's value may be higher than $11 billion, report says"
CNET News 9:58 AM
"RIM expands patent deal with InterDigital to bring 4G LTE to BlackBerry 10"
VentureBeat [Free Registration Required] 9:44 AM
Tech Stocks
"Asia Markets: Asia stocks mostly lower, but Japan jumps sharply/Japanese stocks thundered higher Friday in a post-holiday catch-up rally, but most other Asia markets fell after U.S. Federal Reserve minutes showing policy makers considering an end to their bond-buying program weighed on Wall Street."
MarketWatch 9:50 PM
"U.S. stocks drop after Fed signals end to bond buys: Private-sector jobs rose by 215,000 in December, ADP says"
MarketWatch 4:05 PM
"U.S. Stocks Fall as Fed Sees Bond Buying Ending in 2013"
Bloomberg 4:05 PM
"Stocks Thumped by Fed's Disclosure on Stimulus"
TheStreet 4:05 PM
"The Fed spooks stocks: U.S. stocks closed lower Thursday, after investors fretted that the Federal Reserve might end its intervention in the markets sooner than expected."
CNNMoney 4:05 PM
"Stocks End in the Red"
WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:06 PM
"Stocks awake to fiscal cliff hangover: Stocks may find it tough to keep the party going Thursday."
CNNMoney 9:32 AM
"London shares extend gains; BP, Next rise: Banks, miners trade lower; Next's shares rise after a trading update"
MarketWatch 12:07 PM
"Asia Markets: Sydney, Hong Kong stocks lead gains in Asia/Sydney shares end at 20-month highs; auto makers drag on Seoul"
MarketWatch 9:37 AM
"Europe Markets: Europe gains as Swiss stocks play catch-up/Paris and Frankfurt surrender some of Wednesday's big gains"
MarketWatch 12:08 PM
"World stocks put relief rally on pause"
Associated Press 11:34 AM
"Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks: Nasdaq's 10 most active stocks at the close of trading"
Associated Press 9:50 PM
"Final Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares mixed at the close of trading"
Associated Press 9:50 PM
"Microsoft Looks To Acquire Home Automation Specialist id8"
"Microsoft Tries To Outflank Amazon With Azure Upgrades"
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