"Dell Founder Said to Seek Majority Control With Own Funds"
Bloomberg 9:43 AM
"Microsoft's Dell billions have Windows 8 strings attached"
The Register 2:31 PM
"Of course Michael Dell wants control"
Fortune 3:07 PM
"A $25 Billion Price Tag is Low for Dell"
The Motley Fool 3:07 PM
"Dell Founder Reportedly Plans To Spend $1 Billion Of His Own Funds To Regain Control Of Company"
BGR 6:17 PM
"Some Thoughts On The Dell Buyout, Microsoft's Involvement And The PC Market"
Seeking Alpha 6:39 PM
"IBM security tool can catch insider threats, fraud"
Network World 11:41 AM
"Welcome to IBM's Supercomputer Waterworld of the Future"
Wired Magazine 2:41 PM
"IBM's Watson Finds Home At Rensselaer Poly Tech: IBM's cognitive computer will let university do advanced computing research and expose students to big data analytics disciplines."
InformationWeek 11:13 AM
"IBM sends Watson to NY college to boost its skills"
Associated Press 9:44 AM
"Rensselaer Polytechnic gets its own Watson"
ZDNet 2:45 PM
"One Year Later and IBM's Social Business is Still Superior to Apple's"
Forbes 11:07 AM
"IBM blurs the work-life diVide: The consumer market is the new benchmark for work computing, company says."
Sydney Morning Herald 9:21 PM
"Senate's H-1B visa proposal goes far beyond Microsoft's"
Seattle Times 2:00 PM
"Microsoft's Ballmer disses Dropbox as a 'little startup'"
CNET News 10:16 AM
"A rival to Google Drive? Microsoft launches online version of its Office software"
The Independent 11:22 AM
"Students to get Windows 8 upgrade discount"
CNET Reviews 3:30 PM
"Office 2013 desktop suite pops up in Windows Store"
CNET News 3:30 PM
"HP's Whitman: Sales Reps That Scoop Channel Deals Will Be Fired"
CRN 10:40 AM
"Lenovo Profit Rises 34% on Avoiding PC Slump, Smartphones"
Bloomberg 9:44 AM
"Lenovo's profit soars to record $205 million"
CNET News 10:17 AM
"Lenovo profit boosted by smartphones, tablets"
Associated Press 9:44 AM
"Lenovo Profit Rises in Third Quarter"
WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:32 AM
"Windows 8 convertibles help Lenovo break into high-end PC market"
IDG News Service 11:16 AM
"China's Lenovo sets sights overseas in smartphone push"
Reuters 9:43 AM
"Lenovo May Offer Windows Phone to Expand Mobile Line, Yang Says"
Bloomberg 9:48 AM
"Three years later, has Oracle's Sun buy paid off? Cash flow has far exceeded purchase price, says Oracle President Mark Hurd, but an investment researcher remains doubtful"
InfoWorld 10:42 AM
"Oracle Thrives Despite Java Concerns"
The Motley Fool 9:49 AM
"Oracle 'fesses up: Java security flaws more than storm in teacup"
The Register 2:31 PM
"Java security patch problems confound most users"
V3 2:36 PM
"Intel CFO: We'll Shine In Smartphones And Ultrabooks/Intel CFO Stacy Smith explains why 2013 will be a big year for the no.1 chip maker's smartphone and Ultrabook strategies." [Video Report]
TheStreet 9:45 AM
"Intel releases source code for NAS test app"
The Register 2:32 PM
"AMD eyeing business opportunities from embedded solutions"
DigiTimes 10:57 AM
"Fitch Downgrades AMD Debt From 'Meh' to 'Almost Hopeless'"
AllThingsD 3:06 PM
"AMD's Debt Downgraded To One Notch Above Junk Status"
HotHardware 9:20 PM
"Cisco to buy Czech vendor Cognitive Security for real-time analytics"
CIO 9:41 AM
"Cisco Catalyst combines wired, wireless and SDN into one switch"
Techworld 2:25 PM
"Device makers blamed for consumer risk from UPnP flaws: U.S. CERT advises consumers and businesses to disable networking protocol that permits many electronics to discover each other on a network"
CSO 11:15 AM
"Tech Leaders Applaud Immigration Bill's Focus on H-1B Visas, STEM Workers"
CIO 11:40 AM
"Tech industry backs immigration reform"
TG Daily 2:27 PM
"Chip market ready for steady rebound"
EE Times 10:57 AM
"The next revolution in cloud computing"
Fortune 11:09 AM
"Fujitsu reveals data transfer protocol 30 times faster than TCP"
The Register 2:31 PM
"Tech Spending Rebounds as Global Slowdown Fears Abate"
Bloomberg 9:42 AM
General Interest
"Foursquare reveals the 'best of' based on 3 billion check-ins: As the social network increasingly moves toward ratings and reviews, it rolls out its 'best of' lists for food, nightlife, activities, and more in 30 U.S. cities."
CNET News 9:25 PM
"Want Stronger Passwords? Try Bad Grammar: Beware passwords built using too many pronouns or verbs, Carnegie Mellon security researchers say. String together nouns instead."
InformationWeek 3:34 PM
"Facebook by the numbers: 1.06 billion monthly active users/The social network shells out a bunch of numbers during its earnings call, including new totals for users and how much money it's made off of them."
CNET News 6:02 PM
"Facebook earnings beat Wall Street's estimates, show traction with mobile"
CNET News 3:29 PM
"Facebook Offers Have Been Claimed By 42M Users"
TechCrunch 6:38 PM
"Mark Zuckerberg: 'I want to dispel this myth that Facebook can't make money on mobile'/Facebook's revenue strategy continues to catch up to its increasingly mobile users"
The Verge 6:01 PM
"AT&T Trial Shows Small Cells Bring Nearly Perfect Coverage to Problem Areas"
Wired 2:41 PM
"Kaspersky updates Endpoint Security for Business anti-hacker tool"
V3 2:35 PM
"Hitachi unveils first 10K rpm 1.2TB hard drive"
Computerworld 2:25 PM
"Dropbox Launches Instant File Previews And Virtual Photo Album Sharing"
TechCrunch 2:21 PM
"Internet at its best open and free: The internet should be like a blank sheet of paper for people to write on, says the creator of the World Wide Web."
Fairfax NZ News 2:07 PM
"Symantec CEO: 'We'll absolutely have a Norton brand'"
Network World 11:40 AM
"'Fair data' logo promotes ethical standards for collecting consumer data"
Techworld 11:38 AM
"HTC sends invite to Feb. 19 event, likely to unveil M7 phone"
Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 11:28 AM
"Freescale attacks Cavium with security coprocessors"
EE Times 10:58 AM
"Zynga Chief Game Designer Brian Reynolds Leaving Company"
Bloomberg 10:33 AM
"ZTE to launch Firefox OS smartphone at Mobile World Conference: Firefox OS will start competing with Android and Apple's iOS, with phones on the way from ZTE, Mozilla, Telefónica, and Geeksphone"
IDG News Service 11:16 AM
"ZTE sharpens focus on high-end smartphones to boost margins"
Reuters 10:23 AM
"YouTube could introduce paid subscriptions this spring"
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"Google donates 15,000 Raspberry Pis to UK schools"
The Register 2:31 PM
"Google Puts The Nexus 4 Back On Sale In UK, France And Spain"
TechCrunch 2:22 PM
"Google Forms Gets A Refresh, Adds Collaboration And Smarter Editing Features"
TechCrunch 2:21 PM
"Google ups ante for third annual international science fair"
ZDNet 2:46 PM
"Google Science Fair Seeks Out Next-Gen Scientists, Engineers"
PC Magazine 11:36 AM
"Google Fends Off BrightRoll in $7.6 Billion Video Market"
Bloomberg 10:33 AM
"Google patent points to multi-flash smartphone camera"
CNET News 10:17 AM
"Mozilla plans to automatically block nearly all Firefox plug-ins"
PCWorld 11:37 AM
"Mozilla takes drastic step to automatically block virtually all plug-ins in Firefox: Cites security, stability reasons for move to turn on 'click-to-play' for all but the latest Flash"
Computerworld 10:43 AM
"Firefox to block Silverlight and Java -- but not Flash"
CNET News 10:16 AM
"LG Electronics posts loss after EU fine"
Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 11:06 AM
"LG logs a loss on EU fine, but sees smartphone strength"
CNET News 10:17 AM
"LG Electronics Sinks To Loss After EU Fine"
Associated Press 10:12 AM
"Nintendo slashes Wii U sales goal by 27 percent, cuts 3DS target"
PCWorld 11:38 AM
"Nintendo Warns of Weak Wii U Sales"
New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 10:19 AM
"Nintendo returns to profit, lowers sales forecasts"
Associated Press 9:49 AM
"Nintendo to post unexpected loss as Wii successor falters"
Reuters 9:48 AM
"Nintendo Slashes Outlook As Wii U Sales Disappoint"
WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:36 AM
"Samsung Extends Its Reach Into Health Care"
WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:36 AM
"BlackBerry Bluetooth Mini Stereo Speaker Gives You A Speakerphone That Goes Anywhere For $79.99"
TechCrunch 2:22 PM
"Blackberry 10 handset to launch first in the UK: The first two handsets powered by the new Blackberry 10 operating system have been unveiled."
BBC 10:31 AM
"RIM updates BlackBerry World with movies, music, and more"
CNET News 10:17 AM
"RIM changes name, unveils BlackBerry 10 in comeback bid"
Reuters 10:24 AM
"BlackBerry maker changes its name and launches long-awaited BlackBerry 10"
CNNMoney 9:47 AM
"RIM, Now Named Blackberry, Finally Launches Blackberry 10"
CNBC 9:47 AM
"New BlackBerrys Are Ready, But RIM Seeks Carriers, Apps"
WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:32 AM
"Facing Facebook opposition, Yandex presses pause on Wonder"
GigaOM 9:27 AM
Press Releases
"Michael & Susan Dell Foundation Invests $50M to Establish the Dell Medical School at The University of Texas-Austin"
HealthNewsDigest.com 9:18 PM
"Dell family foundation to donate $60 million for UT medical school, local health care"
Austin American-Statesman [Free Registration Required] 9:19 PM
"AMD's SeaMicro SM15000 Server Achieves Certification for Rackspace Private Cloud, Validated for OpenStack"
Marketwire 3:06 PM
"Cisco Annual Security Report: Threats Step Out of the Shadows/Research Reveals Mainstream Threats That Are Magnified by the World's Next Generation of Workers' Online Behavior"
Marketwire 9:41 AM
"HP Debuts Tape Innovations Built for Convergence: New HP StoreEver Storage Portfolio Improves Simplicity, Reliability and Security of Long-Term Data Protection and Retention"
Marketwire 9:43 AM
"IBM's Watson to Join Research Team at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute"
PRNewswire 3:08 PM
"Oracle's SPARC T4 Servers Power Mission-Critical Workloads in Over 3,000 Enterprises"
Marketwire 9:50 AM
"DCX Cable Assembles Pvt. Ltd. Implements Oracle's JD Edwards EnterpriseOne 9.1 in Less Than 100 Days to Streamline Business Processes"
Marketwire 9:50 AM
"Radio Flyer Speeds Growth With Oracle's JD Edwards EnterpriseOne 9.0"
Marketwire 9:50 AM
"Wagstaff, Inc. Deploys Oracle's JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools 9.1 to Improve Information Discovery"
Marketwire 9:50 AM
"Microsoft's Windows Phone to add support for Google sync protocols"
ZDNet 2:44 PM
"SiSense and Microsoft bring Big Data analytics to the Windows Azure cloud"
ZDNet 2:44 PM
"Microsoft Announces Git Support For Visual Studio, Team Foundation Server And Service"
TechCrunch 2:22 PM
"Targus Touch Pen adds touch capabilities to any Windows 8 laptop"
PCWorld 11:38 AM
"Exchange 2013: Cool enhancements and hidden gems/Microsoft's latest version of Exchange offers cool new features you'll unearth once you roll up your sleeves and dig in"
InfoWorld 11:15 AM
"Office 365 Home Premium: When software has an expiration date"
Houston Chronicle 11:11 AM
"Review: Microsoft Office pricey, but good value"
Associated Press 9:49 AM
"Microsoft to Provide Educational Opportunities for 500,000 Students and Trainees in Morocco Via the Cloud and New IT Academies: OFPPT selects Microsoft Office 365 for job training initiatives across Morocco."
PRNewswire 9:48 AM
"How Microsoft could free up more storage for Surface Pro users"
ZDNet 2:44 PM
"Is your Surface Pro a bit full? Slot in an SD card, it's not from Apple"
The Register 2:31 PM
"Microsoft 64GB Surface Pro only has 23GB (open)"
TG Daily 2:27 PM
"Windows 8 Pro Surface tablet to see initial shipments of 1 million units"
DigiTimes 10:57 AM
"Surface Pro storage space: Yes it's a big deal"
ZDNet 2:45 PM
"Microsoft's Surface Pro: Price And Lack Of Usable Storage May Be A Killer"
Seeking Alpha 9:48 AM
"Microsoft's Wonderful, Cloying, and Woefully Misguided 'Child of the 90s' Ad"
Forbes 9:47 AM
Government/Law/Politics
"Exclusive: UK faces severe shortfall of computer science teachers"
V3 2:35 PM
"California Starts Sending Big Bills To Startup Investors For $120 Million In New Retroactive Taxes"
TechCrunch 2:20 PM
"Issa probes attorney general over Aaron Swartz"
Salon 2:06 PM
"German Proposal For Search Engines To Pay For Displaying Publishers' Text Snippets Gets Expert Hearing. Google Dubs It 'Bad Law'"
TechCrunch 2:23 PM
"Tech industry sharply criticizes German online copyright bill"
IDG News Service 11:40 AM
"File-sharing site Mega fields 150 copyright infringement warnings"
IDG News Service 11:39 AM
"British internet users' personal information on major 'cloud' storage services can be spied upon routinely by US authorities"
The Independent 11:20 AM
"New Supercomputer To Target Climate Research"
InformationWeek 11:13 AM
"Feds Push Single Sign-on for Government Agencies"
E-Commerce Times 10:58 AM
Analysis/Editorial/Help/Opinion
"Facebook Killed Off 37% Of Spammers Since June 2012"
TechCrunch 7:59 PM
"Tracking the flu with technology and Twitter"
CNN 10:40 AM
"Will BlackBerry ever be hip again?"
Salon 2:06 PM
"The BlackBerry, Rebuilt, Lives to Fight Another Day"
New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 1:57 PM
"BlackBerry 10 Radically New, But Many Details Missing"
BYTE 3:33 PM
"The new BlackBerry 10 - no longer just for business: David Phelan takes a look at the new handset that launched today"
The Independent 11:21 AM
"Unboxing the BlackBerry Z10: Take a close look as we unbox the reviewer's kit for BlackBerry's most highly anticipated handset in years."
PC Magazine 11:36 AM
"Review: Hands-on with the BlackBerry Z10"
The Globe and Mail [Free Registration Required] 11:11 AM
"RIM's BlackBerry 10 gets some rave reviews"
The Globe and Mail [Free Registration Required] 11:11 AM
"RIM's Z10 and BlackBerry 10 feel a generation late"
CNNMoney 10:39 AM
"BlackBerry 10 and Z10 Review: BlackBerry Catches Up"
ABCNews 10:29 AM
"Only 1 in 8 would consider a BlackBerry 10 device, says poll"
CNET News 10:17 AM
"BlackBerry Z10 smartphone spec battle"
CNET 10:16 AM
"12 Android apps to keep IT pros happy" [Slideshow]
InfoWorld 11:15 AM
"Survey: Consumers think Androids are becoming 'much cooler'"
USA Today 10:56 AM
"Google's App Revenue Increases Sixfold as It Chases Apple Store"
Bloomberg 9:48 AM
"As print media struggles continue, juggernaut Time Inc. set to lay off six percent of workforce"
The Verge 5:33 PM
"Investors Give Cool Reception To New BlackBerrys"
Associated Press 3:27 PM
"Digit Raises $2.5M Series A For Its 'Seamlessly Cross-Platform' Games"
TechCrunch 2:22 PM
"Alcatel-Lucent's credit facility raised to 2 billion euro"
Reuters 10:24 AM
"Facebook Shares Down Despite Topping Street"
WSJ Blogs 3:23 PM
"Facebook earnings: Analysts look to mobile revenue"
Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 9:37 AM
"Facebook earnings: Spotlight on mobile"
CNNMoney 9:27 AM
Tech Stocks
"Tech Stocks: Amazon gains, RIM losses lead tech action/RIM rolls out BlackBerry 10, changes name to BlackBerry"
MarketWatch 4:39 PM
"U.S. stocks drop on economic worries: Dow industrials in position for largest January rise since 1989"
MarketWatch 4:39 PM
"U.S. Stocks Fall as Fed Maintains Plan as Economy Shrinks"
Bloomberg 2:50 PM
"Wall Street Slumps as Fed Maintains Policy Stance"
FOXBusiness 2:50 PM
"Stocks Slip as Economy Shrinks"
TheStreet 4:40 PM
"Stocks slip after Fed, but still near record highs"
CNNMoney 4:40 PM
"Stocks Retreat: Stocks pulled back after the Federal Reserve kept its bond-buying program steady but offered a mixed review of the economy."
WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:40 PM
"BlackBerry 10 Radically New, But Many Details Missing"
"Want Stronger Passwords? Try Bad Grammar"
"Healthcare Experts Confront EHR-Related Medical Errors"
"Quality Measure Reporting For EHRs Needs Work"
"BlackBerry Debuts Z10, Q10 Smartphones"
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