"How Microsoft Can Become the Next Apple"
WSJ Blogs 12:59 PM
"Microsoft: Windows 8 passes 60M licenses sold/However, the company acknowledges some miscalculations in availability and distribution of Windows 8 computers"
Computerworld 7:36 AM
"Microsoft exec defends Windows 8 sales pace: Touch-enabled hardware in short supply, explains Tami Reller when asked about Reports of slow holiday sales"
Computerworld 8:21 AM
"Windows 8 license sales hit 60 million"
PCWorld 2:01 PM
"Microsoft's CES no-show: Epic fail or epic foresight?"
PCWorld 12:36 PM
"Microsoft to shut down Messenger on March 15, move users to Skype"
ZDNet 7:39 AM
"Microsoft plans to shut down Messenger on March 15"
PCWorld 8:58 AM
"Microsoft beefs up SkyDrive with more features: The SkyDrive Web site now offers better support for dragging and dropping files and sharing files with other people."
CNET News 8:31 AM
"Xbox Support Staff Say They Were Fired After Posting About Their Jobs On Kotaku"
Kotaku 9:02 AM
"Microsoft Loses China Appeal on Font Copyright, Zhongyi Says"
Bloomberg 9:05 AM
"Windows 8 Growth Supports Microsoft Investment"
Seeking Alpha 9:05 AM
"Google Maps web version returns for Windows Phone users"
The Verge 12:28 PM
"Google's pursuit of Xbox import ban down to one non-standard-essential patent after withdrawal"
Foss Patents 7:36 AM
"Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ)'s Deep Crisis Continues"
The Point Daily 8:43 AM
"HP launches big data certification focused on Vertica"
ZDNet 8:45 AM
"Hewlett-Packard to move call center to metro Atlanta"
Associated Press 8:44 AM
"The HP Breakup Idea Gets Another Look"
AllThingsD 3:51 PM
"Hands-on: HP EliteBook Revolve"
CNET Asia 8:45 AM
"HP Vs. Dell: Success Could Be In The Size Of The Signature"
Fast Company 8:42 AM
"Dell Latitude 10 essentials trim pushes pro Windows 8 tablets down to $499"
Engadget 12:29 PM
"Dell chief biz gobbler Johnson flees for hedge-fund Blackstone"
Channel Register 8:42 AM
"Intel responds to cooked power efficiency claims: The company's claims about power efficiency for its new Ivy Bridge chips involved some fancy marketing footwork."
CNET 12:28 PM
"Intel mum on speed improvements for Thunderbolt: Intel is promising a speed boost in response to the improvements in USB 3.0, but did not give a target release date"
Macworld UK 8:22 AM
"CES 2013: Intel's drive for 'perceptual computing'"
BBC 4:28 PM
"Lenovo K900 taps Intel's first dual-core phone chip: Lenovo's 5.5-inch K900 phone appears to be the first smartphone to use new Intel dual-core phone chip."
CNET 8:35 AM
"Intel demos first processors designed specifically for Ultrabooks"
Techworld 8:51 AM
"Intel Shows Off 4th-Gen Core Processors at CES 2013"
AMOG 8:57 AM
"Metrics for Intel's power-frugal Ivy Bridge chips questioned: Intel used a new power efficiency measurement for its new Ivy Bridge chips. Ars Technica is calling this into question."
CNET 9:04 AM
"Intel Demos Haswell GT-3 Graphics and Clover Trail Power Consumption at CES"
HotHardware 3:04 PM
"The first Intel Clover Trail+ phone: Lenovo's 5.5-inch K900"
ExtremeTech 7:20 PM
"AMD: Engineers transitioning from PC culture"
Reuters 8:53 AM
"AMD passing on phones, focusing on tablets and hybrids: Chip maker says at CES it will put its weight behind devices that can show off the 'beautiful graphics that we bring'"
Computerworld 8:22 AM
"AMD betting heavily on Windows 8 and high-end tablets: The company is not interested in enabling Android tablets with its upcoming Temash chip, which is aimed at Win8 tablets priced around $499 or $599"
InfoWorld 8:48 AM
"Report: AMD's Richland Flagship Will Be A10 6800K APU"
Tom's Hardware 8:49 AM
"SAS and IBM at forefront of growing Big Data predictive analytics market: Forrester/Wave of new market entrants expected over the next three years"
Network World 8:56 AM
"IBM UK Appoints New Boss: IBM has named Australian DaVid Stokes to head up its operations here in the United Kingdom"
TechWeekEurope 8:56 AM
"IBM Cools Data Centres With Unchilled Tapwater: IBM researchers cut the cost of water cooling for data centres, by allowing sites to use unchilled tapwater"
TechWeekEurope 8:56 AM
"IBM accidentally taught Watson to swear"
Fudzilla 8:56 AM
"FT dubs Cisco's John Chambers 2012"s 'Chief Obfuscation Champion': John Chambers leads the list of corporate bosses deemed to have turned 2012 into a bumper year for 'guff, cliché, euphemism and verbal stupidity.'"
CNET News 12:33 PM
"Cisco's Chambers: 2 days with man on a mission at CES"
USA Today 9:28 PM
"Cisco Is Still Undervalued Despite Year End Rally"
Nasdaq 8:49 AM
"ARM CEO says Windows RT is just a start, launch has been restricted so far by Microsoft"
The Verge 12:22 PM
General Interest
"Hulu: we reduced the number of ads this month, more cuts coming"
The Verge 8:58 PM
"JSTOR begins offering free yet limited access to its online academic library"
The Verge 8:58 PM
"Nissan to sell new lower-priced version of Leaf electric car"
Reuters 12:37 PM
"Console sales set for rebound, courtesy of next-gen: Research firm IDC says console sales slumped last year, but will hit new heights in 2013 and 2014 as next-generation consoles launch."
CNET News 12:15 PM
"Android 'BitTorrent Certified' box wants to bring torrents to your TV: Sketchy site offers box for €90, but only ships to some EU countries."
Ars Technica 12:14 PM
"Dropbox to be included on all Samsung flagship phones and camera: Users get 50GB of cloud capacity for two years for free"
Computerworld 9:26 AM
"For teens, Facebook is old: A survey suggests that teens are far more partial to Tumblr than Facebook. And, of course, they positively adore Snapchat."
CNET News 12:29 PM
"Mobile Advertising Raises One-Fifth Of Total Facebook Ad Revenue"
Social Barrel 8:30 AM
"Twitter puts real humans into its search algorithm...and profits: In a dense engineering post, Twitter explains how it uses 'crowdsourced' human evaluators to make sense of ephemeral hashtags and other search terms. And who benefits? Why, Twitter's advertisers, of course."
CNET News 8:22 AM
"LinkedIn now stands at 200 million members/The U.S. accounts for more than a third of that total, with far more members than any other single nation. Coming in at No. 2: India."
CNET News 9:28 AM
"Mozilla lights JavaScript fire under Firefox 18: Claims latest is 25% faster with new IonMonkey JIT compiler"
Computerworld 7:37 AM
"Valve's Greg Coomer talks Big Picture and the challenge of the Steam Box"
Polygon 9:42 AM
"What's inside the Piston Steam Box prototype?"
GamesIndustry 10:53 AM
"UltraViolet to bundle free movies with Smart TVs and Blu-ray players"
Engadget 12:15 PM
"In which Ars is allowed to see—but not touch—an Ubuntu phone: No touching! Canonical shows us an Ubuntu phone, tells us to keep our hands off."
Ars Technica 7:38 AM
"JVC launches Procision slow-mo HD camcorder, refreshed Everio line at CES"
Engadget 9:14 AM
"CES: Suddenly wireless charging is everywhere/Wireless Power Consortium shows off Toyota arm rests, desk lamps and speakers that can be used to charge 34 Qi-enabled smartphone models"
Computerworld 7:37 AM
"Google Brings Free Public WiFi to Its New York City Neighborhood"
Time 8:54 AM
"Google to help setup free WiFi blanket in NYC's Southwest Chelsea neighborhood"
Engadget 8:47 AM
"Pakistan will lift ban on YouTube after building filter for 'blasphemous material'"
The Verge 9:14 AM
"'Defensive use' exception in FTC-Google deal identified as primary area of concern"
Foss Patents 7:36 AM
"Verizon aims to stream next year's Superbowl over LTE: In CES keynote, CEO McAdam proffers ways that wireless technologies can alter entertainment, autos and healthcare"
Computerworld 8:20 AM
"T-Mobile launches unlimited no-contract 4G data plan for $70 a month"
Computerworld New Zealand 7:38 AM
Press Releases
"IBM, ST and Shaspa collaborating on smart home tech"
EE Herald 8:55 AM
"Cisco Behind the Scenes of AT&T's New 'Digital Life'"
Cisco 8:50 AM
"Cisco Wi-Fi deployment proVides MGM Resorts with competitive advantage"
Travel Daily News 8:50 AM
"HP Vertica Introduces Big Data Solutions Certification Program"
Marketwire 8:45 AM
Microsoft
"Microsoft Surface Pro Hands-On: This Is What It Should Have Been All Along"
Gizmodo 9:06 PM
"Watch this: Microsoft's Illumiroom demo breaks past the limitation of TV frames"
The Verge 2:26 PM
"Microsoft announces Windows Azure SDK for .NET updates"
BetaNews 2:24 PM
"How To Backup And Restore Drivers On Windows 7 / 8 With Double Driver"
Redmond Pie 12:23 PM
"Microsoft updates .NET Framework 4.5 for Windows 8, Server 2012 to fix performance, bugs"
Tim Anderson's ITWriting 12:22 PM
"Hands-on with Microsoft's Surface Pro"
ZDNet 9:05 AM
"Microsoft switches on Sina Weibo integration for Chinese users of Windows, WP and SkyDrive"
Engadget 9:09 AM
"Microsoft to Kill Messenger on March 15: Looks like Messenger is getting the gallows. Time to prepare"
Paul Thurrott's SuperSite for Windows 10:27 AM
"Don't shoot the Windows Live Messenger, cry IM users"
The Register 8:58 AM
"Microsoft VARs Vexed By Office 365 Renege"
ChannelNomics 9:01 AM
Government/Law/Politics
"Europea to Consider Creating Data Protection Regulator"
New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 4:23 PM
"Patent Office, DOJ weigh in on the improper use of standards patents to ban products"
The Verge 2:02 PM
"Foxconn Is Subject of Bribery Probe"
WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 10:53 AM
"Cyber Attacks Bring Call for Help"
WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 10:53 AM
"Mobile Attacks Top the List of 2013 Security Threats"
Computerworld 9:26 AM
"AP Exclusive: Google exec in NKorea openness call"
Yahoo! News 8:24 AM
"Pupil Hernandez, who refused to wear RFID, loses appeal"
BBC 7:38 AM
"Daily Report: Bank Hackers Used Data Centers to Supercharge Attacks"
New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 7:39 AM
"Iran is behind bank attacks, says US"
TG Daily 7:35 AM
Analysis/Editorial/Help/Opinion
"Google, Fix Your Flaws! Google News' search algorithm is broken and it can't be that difficult to repair."
PC Magazine 3:26 PM
"Which size tablet is right for you?"
BetaNews 2:26 PM
"Why Bother With A Facebook Phone? Facebook's App Is Already On 86% Of iPhones And iPads"
BGR 12:06 PM
"Survey Shows Americans Confused By How Google, Facebook Make Money"
Search Engine Land 10:17 AM
"How Samsung might actually get featuritis under control: Can you have too many capabilities in your TV or washing machine or smartphone? Samsung's guilty of cramming, but it's also seriously trying to simplify: consider its new interface for smart TVs."
CNET 10:07 AM
"Facebook: Instagram User Exodus? What Instagram User Exodus?"
Gizmodo 8:21 AM
"Why Broadcom wants to be the smarts in your next smartphone"
GigaOM 7:42 AM
"At what point does lousy sound interfere with enjoying music? For some the nadir is MP3s, but other folks can't stand noisy LPs. Where do you draw the line?"
CNET News 9:27 AM
Acquisitions/Deals/Investments/Mergers
"Google makes $200M investment in Texas wind farm: The 161 megawatt Spinning Spur Wind Project in Oldham County boasts 70 Siemens wind turbines of 2.3 megawatts each. Google says the farm produces enough juice to power more than 60,000 homes in the U.S."
CNET News 4:24 PM
"Google invests $200 million in Texas wind farm"
CNNMoney 3:52 PM
"Dish trumps Sprint's offer for Clearwire with $2.3 billion bid"
Reuters 9:11 AM
"Dish Bids for Clearwire: Offer for Wireless Broadband ProVider Challenges Pact Cemented With Sprint"
WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:24 AM
Tech Stocks
"Tech Stocks: Tech Stocks Settle with Trivial Gains as Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) Weighs"
Real Edge Magazine 8:58 PM
"U.S. stock indexes rise after two-day slide"
MarketWatch 9:19 AM
"Stocks Rise on Optimism for Corporate Earnings"
TheStreet 4:29 PM
"Stocks Set to Slingshot Higher Ahead of Debt Ceiling Debates"
Breakout 8:39 AM
"Stocks Jump as Markets Look to End 2-Day Slide"
FOXBusiness 2:22 PM
"US stocks rise, boosted by company earnings"
Associated Press 4:30 PM
"Wednesday's movers; AIG won't sue Uncle Sam"
MarketWatch 4:30 PM
"Alcoa report, tech, Clearwire in focus: Wednesday Morning's Top Stories"
MarketWatch 8:39 AM
"Stocks Bounce Back as Dow Gains 61 Points"
WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:30 PM
"Asia Markets: Asia stocks gain after Alcoa earnings/Most Asian stocks rose Wednesday as the earnings season got off to a positive start in the U.S., with Japanese shares staging a turnaround as the yen headed back down during the session."
MarketWatch 2:22 PM
"Europe Markets: Alcoa earnings boost Europe stocks; banks rise/FTSE 100 closes at highest level since May 2008"
MarketWatch 2:23 PM
"Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks: Nasdaq's 10 most active stocks at 1 p.m."
Associated Press 2:21 PM
"Midday Glance: Computer companies/Shares of some top computer companies are mixed at 1 p.m."
CNBC 12:42 PM
"Facebook stock cracks $30 ahead of event next week: Shares in the social network soar more than 4.5 percent, reaching levels last seen in the summertime. Yesterday, the company sent out a mysterious press invitation for an event at its HQ."
CNET News 12:29 PM
"Critical Ruby On Rails Issue Threatens 240,000 Websites"
"2015: Apple Becomes App"
"Inside U.S. Bank Hacks | 8 Key Changes In MS SharePoint 2013"
"InformationWeek Education: Your New Guide To Higher Education IT"
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