"HP manufacturing gaffe proVides rare, unsanctioned look at Chinese assembly line"
The Verge 7:27 AM
"HP ships laptop containing footage from the assembly line"
Crave @ CNET 7:52 AM
"Microsoft admits that Surface might upset Windows 8 partners"
Mobot.net 7:54 AM
"Microsoft awards hackers for helping develop its security"
TAgence France Presse 11:25 AM
"Microsoft pays big to strengthen software defense"
Phys.org 7:55 AM
"Microsoft Office lifestyle: making consumers more like enterprisers/Steve Ballmer lives in Office '13, Windows 8. He wants you to be his neighbor."
Ars Technica 9:10 PM
"Microsoft's Hidden Value Is In Gaining Shares In Markets It Has Yet Little Or No Presence"
Forbes 7:55 AM
"Microsoft founder to recover bell from HMS Hood: Paul G Allen, the co-founded of Microsoft, will offer use of his yacht to recover the bell of the battle cruiser HMS Hood, which was sunk in 1941, it was announced today."
Telegraph 7:55 AM
"Report: Leaked Xbox 720 devkit photos authenticated by developers"
Examiner 9:09 PM
"Intel Launches 'Me The Musical' On Facebook"
Tech News Today 8:05 AM
"Oracle Introduced New Smart Grid Software"
Smart Meters 9:11 PM
"Microsoft hopes new tablet will cure falling PC sales: PC maker seems to be pinning its hopes on the Surface, which will run Windows 8, as its fortunes are battered by the booming iPad"
The Guardian 7/28
"Microsoft and Bill Gates Journey, Product Features and Future"
The News Tribe 7/28
"Tools boast easy cracking of Microsoft crypto for businesses: ChapCrack and CloudCracker reveal sensitive corporate communications: including passwords: protected by the popular PPTP encryption protocol, which is based on an algorithm from Microsoft, a researcher says at Defcon."
CNET News 7/28
"Microsoft: Misconfigured Network Device Caused Azure Outage"
Data Center Knowledge 7/28
"Windows Phone 8 to include screenshot feature with Windows and Camera button combo"
The Verge 7/28
"Microsoft has fightin' words for Apple"
The Motley Fool 7/28
"Sell Apple and Buy Google and Microsoft"
NBC News 7/28
"Around the World, Agilent Measures Up: Since its spinoff from Hewlett-Packard, Agilent Technologies has become a leader in the growing market for test and measurement products. Why Wall Street owes it a measure of respect."
Barron's 7/28
"HP Commercial teases upcoming Slate 8 tablet"
The Mobile Indian 7/28
"Intel & PC Vendors To Discuss Haswell Development"
Legit Reviews 7/28
"The Fake NY Times WikiLeaks Op-Ed That Fooled Pretty Much Everybody"
Gizmodo 2:12 PM
"HTC asks ITC to let Google join as co-defendant against Nokia"
Foss Patents 8:27 AM
"Google opens their 1 Gbps fibre optic offers"
GNT 7:52 AM
"2 South Koreans arrested over cellphone hacking"
Associated Press 7:45 AM
"Google adds more high-resolution aerial and satellite photos to Maps and Earth"
The Verge 7:27 AM
"Why Facebook's CEO ought to tell Wall Street to Zuck off: The tension between short and long-term thinking leads to very different ideas about how Facebook ought to manage its business."
CNET News 7:27 AM
"Bill Nye teases the return of 'Bill Nye the Science Guy'"
The Verge 7:27 AM
"Berners-Lee, Web take bow at Olympics: Web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee takes a star turn during the opening ceremony for the Summer Olympics in London."
CNET News 7/28
"Amazon Sales Tax -- What it Means for You"
Mashable 7/28
"On Reddit, Rapists Say They're Sorry"
Mashable 7/28
"Testing NBC's Olympic live-stream: It works (I think)/An early encounter with the NBC Olympic live-stream suggests a slightly eerie experience, where there are no commentators, save for distant English voices."
CNET News 7/28
"No Jelly Bean for 2011 Sony Xperia owners"
Gadgetell 7/28
"Google Earth, Maps get new high-res aerial and satellite imagery"
Engadget 7/28
"Pinwheel, still in beta, changes name to Findery after legal dispute with Pinweel"
Gadgetell 7/28
"Google in trouble over Streetview information"
BBC 7/28
"The Persistence of the Facebook Smartphone Myth"
TechNewsWorld 7/28
"Hacker delves into secret world of warranties"
CNET News 7/27
"RIM Marketing Head's Secret Weapon: Current BlackBerry Fans"
New York Times 7/27
"Ouya game console adds OnLive, outs controller"
CNET News 7/27
"NJ Airport Unveils Virtual Customer Service Rep"
Associated Press 7/27
"Far from Silicon Valley, tech industry finds an oracle"
Reuters 7/27
"Ahead Of Olympics, Samsung Supports Team Great Britain With Union Jack Galaxy S III"
TechCrunch 7/27
"Smartphones power record Samsung profit of $5.9 billion during Apple lull"
Reuters 7/27
"Galaxy Phones Drive Samsung To Record Profit Again"
Associated Press 7/27
"Galaxy smartphones drive Samsung's record profit as rivals lag, outlook upbeat"
Associated Press 7/27
Press Releases
Microsoft
"How To Set Up Multiple Monitors In Windows 8: Many multimonitor enhancements are coming with Windows 8. We show you what they are and How To take advantage of them with Intel, NVidia, and AMD graphics processors."
PCWorld 9:06 PM
"On The Verge episode 008 teaser: Mary Jo Foley on the shock of installing Windows 8"
The Verge 2:55 PM
"Windows 8 is 'not awesome for Blizzard either' says studio exec"
Engadget 7/28
"How to skip Windows 8 and continue using Windows 7"
ZDNet 7/27
"'We asked firms if they were looking at Windows 8, most laughed'"
The Register 7/27
"Skype joins hands with authorities to assist in online surveillance"
Washington Post 7/27
"Researcher Wins $200,000 Prize From Microsoft for New Exploit Mitigation Technology"
IDG News Service 7/27
"Microsoft admits Surface risks the ire of its hardware partners"
Houston Chronicle 7/27
"No $0.99 Apps Allowed In The Windows 8 App Store -- But You Can Have $999.99 Apps!"
Forbes 7/27
"JetBrains ReSharper 7 Supports Microsoft Visual Studio 2012, Metro Style App Dev"
eWeek 7/27
"Microsoft Adds HIPAA Compliance in Windows Azure for Cloud Health Data"
eWeek 7/27
"Microsoft Awards More Than $250,000 for Security Defense Innovations: Top BlueHat Prize winner takes home $200,000 for kBouncer, an exploit mitigation technology that helps defend against prominent cyberattack technique."
PRNewswire 7/27
Government/Law/Politics
"NSA chief asks hackers at Defcon for help securing cyberspace: NSA Director General Keith B. Alexander called the Defcon attendees the world's best cybersecurity community"
Computerworld 7:03 AM
"UK high court experiences flash of sanity, decriminalizes sarcastic aviation tweeting"
Boing Boing 7:03 AM
"Laws on Wi-Fi sniffing still up in the air, say specialists: Legal and tech specialists debate whether open Wi-Fi networks should be fair game for sniffing, but they agree that the law is currently unclear on the issue."
CNET News 7/28
"Google urges end to authors' digital book lawsuit"
Reuters 7/27
"And on the eighth day, God downloaded: File sharing on the internet has inspired a new religion in Sweden - and the government has made it official."
Sydney Morning Herald 7/27
"NZ 'intertwined' in US Megaupload case"
Fairfax NZ News 7/27
"Gamma Says No Spyware Sold To Bahrain; May Be Stolen Copy"
Bloomberg 7/27
"Google snooping probe takes another twist as 'deleted' data returns"
ZDNet 7/27
"Google Acknowledges Still Having U.K. User Data"
WSJ.com 7/27
"Google admits UK Street View data still undeleted"
V3 7/27
"Google: Oops, we've STILL got Street View's slurped Wi-Fi data"
The Register 7/27
"Google: Didn't delete Street View data after all"
Associated Press 7/27
"Google 'in breach' of UK data privacy agreement: Google has admitted that it had not deleted users' personal data gathered during surveys for its Street View service."
BBC 7/27
"OAuth 2.0 leader resigns, says standard is 'bad'"
CNET News 7/27
"Tony Blair bod's Gmail hack teen gets 6 months"
The Register 7/27
"British Man Wins 'Twitter Threat' Appeal"
Associated Press 7/27
"Court quashes Twitter joke trial verdict: Britain has a sense of humor after all"
GigaOM 7/27
Analysis/Editorial/Help/Opinion
"Review: Google Nexus 7 with Jelly Bean"
MacNN 7:06 AM
"Vizio meets the MacBook: Part 2/Vizio's ultrabook-style 14- and 15-inch laptops are stunning in some ways but less impressive in others."
CNET News 7/28
"5 Black Hat Security Lessons For CIOs: Beyond the bearded coders and men in black suits was a trove of security best practices for enterprise IT."
InformationWeek 7/27
"No: it isn't you, it's Twitter malware"
TG Daily 7/27
"Free Game Friday: Lots Of Explosions And A Spelling Dungeon"
PCWorld 7/27
"The best prepaid smartphones: In many ways a cheaper, financially safer alternative to standard pay-by-the-month phones"
Techlicious 7/27
"The data center you dream of is in the cloud: New high-performance public cloud offerings deliver what IT can't afford to implement in-house"
InfoWorld 7/27
"The easy, low-cost, secure plan for enabling BYOD: A rise in vendor and consultant fearmongering endangers user productivity and IT budgets alike"
InfoWorld 7/27
"What Will the Internet Look Like in 5 Years?"
Forbes 7/27
"Analysis: Apple sounds warning bell for smartphone industry"
"Analysis: Critics assail 1980s-era hacking law as out of step"
"Data of 8.7 million KT subscribers hacked in South Korea"
TechWeb
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