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Computer Industry

"Microsoft to kill Windows with 'web-centric' Midori?" The Register 9:14 AM
"Microsoft Offers In-Car Internet Search Service To Automakers: The service comes as automakers begin to embrace the Internet, starting with a wireless connection option on Chrysler models beginning next month." InformationWeek 12:11 PM
"Microsoft takes mouse maker to court" ["Late Wednesday, the software maker filed legal actions against a Taiwanese company it says is violating the company's hardware patents related to computer mice."] CNET News.com 9:18 PM
"The Coming Cloud Computing Dogfight: Google vs. Microsoft" Seeking Alpha 9:33 AM
"Suddenly, 64-bit Windows is mainstream" ZDNet Blogs 9:05 AM
"Can HP rival IBM in global technology services?" CNET News.com 9:14 AM
"HP, Intel, Yahoo join NSF, schools for global cloud research" ZDNet 8:32 AM
"HP, Intel, Yahoo Team Up in Cloud Computing Effort" DailyTech 8:47 AM
"Dell Redux and the end of an era" CNET News.com 9:39 PM
"Dell Downplays Report Of Music Device: Dell launched a line of MP3 music players in 2003, but poor sales prompted the company to pull the plug in 2006." InformationWeek 9:40 PM
"Dell Tests Player to Renew iPod Battle" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:23 AM
"Dell tests music player to renew iPod battle: report" Reuters 8:39 AM
"IBM Follows Through on Data Protection for SMBs" InternetNews.com 12:17 PM
"IBM lays the rules down: In the aftermath of IBM's announcement of intent to buy ILOG, it would be all too easy for us to reflect back on a conversation with ILOG's chief executive Pierre Haren last winter at its annual user conference covering survival in the software industry." The Register 2:02 PM
"Intel's Barrett sees no slowdown in world PC market" Reuters 4:24 PM
"Via's Nano processor tops Intel's Atom in first reviews: Hardware-enthusiast sites concur: the Via Nano L2100 processor outperforms Intel's offering for low-cost computers" InfoWorld 9:16 AM
"Intel expands solar focus with $12.5 million for Voltaix" CNET News.com 9:15 AM
"Intel Classmate PCs Head to Portugal" eWeek 9:17 AM
"Portugal to sell 500,000 of Intel's Classmate PCs" Associated Press 9:07 AM
"Nano gives Atom food for thought - and then some" The Inquirer 9:06 AM
"With Security at Risk, a Push to Patch the Web" New York Times [Free Registration Required] 9:29 AM
"Security flaw threatens the Internet" International Herald Tribune 9:15 AM

General Interest

"Intuit joins the Linux revolution" CNET News.com 9:39 PM
"Toshiba to shut down mobile broadcast TV service" BetaNews 8:28 PM
"Surveys: Many people are now watching TV online" BetaNews 8:28 PM
"Music purchased from Yahoo could stop working soon" Associated Press 12:12 PM
"Struggling Banks Turn To Social Networking" InformationWeek 12:12 PM
"Rural Areas Hotbeds Of Twitter Searches, Social Networking: Lightly-populated areas are more prone to fostering online relationships due to travel constraints, a report from Gaebler Ventures suggests." InformationWeek 12:12 PM
"Gmail certificate expiry snafu follows security upgrade" The Register 10:45 AM
"Motorola May Be No. 4 in Phones After Losing to LG" Bloomberg 10:45 AM
"Amazon Offers Other Sites Use of Its Payment Service" New York Times [Free Registration Required] 9:30 AM
"Sony blames handsets for sales downturn" The Inquirer 10:45 AM
"Sony shares hit after profit fall, Matsushita jumps" Reuters 9:29 AM
"NTT DoCoMo's Net Income Soars On Lower Costs, Cancellation Rates" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:22 AM
"ESPN plans to launch online network dedicated to 'action sports'" Los Angeles Times [Free Registration Required] 9:16 AM
"Exploit reveals the darker side of automatic updates: A new exploit called Evilgrade can take advantage of automatic updaters to install malicious code on unsuspecting systems" InfoWorld 9:15 AM
"DNS attack writer a victim of his own creation: The creator of the Metasploit hacking toolkit has become the victim of a cache poisoning attack that targets a DNS bug" IDG News Service 9:15 AM
"Want a free laptop with that phone?" International Herald Tribune 9:15 AM
"A Wii Bit Of Luck For Nintendo" Forbes.com 11:12 AM
"Nintendo reports jump in 1Q profit on hit Wii" Associated Press 9:07 AM

Press Releases

"AMD's ATI Radeon(TM) HD Products Leverage Virage Logic's Embedded Memory IP" Business Wire 9:32 AM
"Cisco Enhances Data Security for Healthcare and Retail Organizations" Market Wire 9:32 AM
"IBM Expands Data Protection Software Portfolio" Market Wire 9:32 AM
"Intel Collaborates With Government of Portugal on a Comprehensive New Education Initiative" Business Wire 9:31 AM
"Motorola Introduces WLAN Mesh-Enabled Access Point for Hazardous Environment Duty" PRNewswire-FirstCall 9:14 AM
"Oracle(R) Database 11g Sets New World Record TPC-H One Terabyte Non-Clustered Benchmark Result on Sun SPARC Enterprise Server" PRNewswire-FirstCall 9:14 AM

Microsoft

"Rebooting Windows: How To Recover From Vista Crashes" InformationWeek 9:39 PM
"Microsoft External Research release five new tools to students" ZDNet Blogs 9:24 PM
"Microsoft Redesigns Live.com" IDG News Service 9:18 PM
"Microsoft 'Mojave' (aka Vista)? It's brilliant! I mean, terrible!" Guardian Unlimited: Technology Blog 8:28 PM
"When Will Windows 7 Be Available?" OSWeekly 7:39 PM
"Microsoft Opens Up Vista Virtualization" OSWeekly 7:39 PM
"Microsoft says it needs more Internet Explorer 8 beta testers" BetaNews 4:41 PM
"Firefox market share exceeds 20%, Internet Explorer dips below 70%" TG Daily 4:41 PM
"Why the 'Mojave Experiment' Fails: I rarely so suddenly turnabout about an opinion or analysis about Microsoft. But I can admit being wrong." Microsoft Watch 12:21 PM
"European Environment Agency and Microsoft Eye on Earth Observatory Bring European Beach Quality Into Sharp Focus" PRNewswire 9:33 AM
"Microsoft Helps New T-Mobile Sidekick Get Personal" PRNewswire-FirstCall 9:32 AM
"Microsoft, EU Environmental Agency Keep Eye on Water Quality" IDG News Service 9:21 AM

Government/Law/Politics

"British UFO Hacker Gary McKinnon Is Coming to America" Wired 9:27 PM
"UK panel wants more vetting of video websites" Reuters 9:18 PM
"US says China has 'nothing to fear' from Internet" Agence France-Presse 9:17 PM
"Nintendo suits allege allowing illegal downloading" CNET News.com 9:39 PM
"Nintendo sues 5 Japan firms over game equipment" Reuters 2:38 PM
"Comcast plays New York anti-porn game" The Register 2:02 PM
"eBay fraud probe could take months" Melbourne Age 9:17 AM
"Extradition appeal for British hacker dismissed" Computerworld 9:16 AM
"Sen. Brownback says China monitoring Internet access in hotels" Los Angeles Times [Free Registration Required] 9:16 AM
"Court Tells Sprint To Refund Fees for Early Termination" Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 9:16 AM
"Early termination fee ruling a blow to Sprint, other cellphone carriers" Associated Press 9:16 AM
"Mediaset Sues Google's YouTube, Seeks $780 million: Italian publisher Mediaset said on Wednesday it had filed suit against Internet search company Google and its unit YouTube for illegal use of its materials." Reuters 9:28 AM
"Mediaset sues Google and YouTube" Reuters 9:15 AM
"IOC admits Internet censorship deal with China" Reuters 9:07 AM
"Reuters loses right to use crucial IM technology" Associated Press 9:07 AM
"Scrabulous Barred to North American Users" New York Times [Free Registration Required] 9:30 AM
"Game Over: Suit Spells the End For Facebook's Scrabulous App" Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 9:16 AM
"Scrabulous cuts off users as Hasbro spells lawsuit" Reuters 8:39 AM
"British NASA hacker to face U.S. trial" Reuters 8:39 AM
"FCC set to slap Comcast's wrist" ZDNet 8:32 AM

Analysis/Editorial/Help/Opinion

"Correlation found between cell phone use, childhood problems" Ars Technica 2:39 PM
"Call for a Linux laptop" ZDNet Blogs 2:38 PM
"Kevin Martin's Open Network Manifesto" New York Times [Free Registration Required] 2:02 PM
"Google Moves to Reinvent Transportation" GigaOM 12:18 PM
"Lost laptops get open-source rescue service" ZDNet UK 12:18 PM
"What germs lurk inside your keyboard?" Associated Press 12:17 PM
"Outsource Your Chores — And Feel Good While You're At It" New York Times [Free Registration Required] 12:11 PM
"Can Cingular's Savior Work His Magic at Vonage?" BusinessWeek 9:16 AM
"Making the cultural leap to cloud computing" ZDNet UK 9:15 AM
"Trying to cut a slice of Google's search-ad billions" CNET News.com 9:14 AM
"Evolution is punctuated equilibria" ["While this theory has also been applied to the social sciences and business, it also applies to Internet security."] ZDNet Blogs: Zero Day 9:02 AM
"Your server is wasting your CPU" Tom Yager's Weblog 8:43 AM
"Mini-Note has many problems" Salon 8:43 AM

Acquisitions/Deals/Investments/Mergers

"Google Acquires Omnisio" ReadWriteWeb 8:19 PM
"LogLogic Joins VMware Tech Alliance" InternetNews.com 12:17 PM
"Qwest begins offering Verizon Wireless services" Associated Press 11:13 AM
"TiVo Launches Power||Watch(TM) Ratings Service, Teams With Starcom to Release Initial Findings" PRNewswire-FirstCall 11:13 AM
"Rosetta Acquires Interactive Marketing Agency Brulant" PRNewswire 10:03 AM
"Online Search Marketing Firm Clickable Gets $14.5 Million Funding" paidContent.org 9:33 AM
"Report: T. Boone Pickens rips Yahoo management, sells entire stake" Wichita Business Journal 9:32 AM
"Panasonic to Invest US$1.1B in Battery Production in Japan" IDG News Service 9:21 AM
"$13 million more for teen networking site MyYearbook" CNET News.com 9:14 AM

Tech Stocks

"Tech Stocks: Sector tumbles as market retreats on oil price worries/Technology stocks staggered into the red Wednesday afternoon as the broader market also headed south on concerns of higher oil prices." MarketWatch 2:06 PM
"Choppy day on Wall Street ends in rally: Stocks soar to end the day as investors focus on positive economic news instead of rising crude prices that had tempered early gains." CNNMoney 4:40 PM
"Stocks Close With Solid Gains" TheStreet.com 4:40 PM
"Energy, Financial Stocks Lead Way As Stock Market Builds on Its Rally" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:40 PM
"Asia Markets: Airline, financial stocks lead bounce back/Fall in crude prices, lower inflation hopes and Wall Street gains spur rally" MarketWatch 9:23 AM
"Europe Markets: Earnings, U.S. data lift stocks in Europe/Stocks in Europe traded higher on Wednesday, as a flurry of earnings from companies including the world's top steelmaker, ArcelorMittal, and engineering giant Siemens received a thumbs-up and as economic data over the last two days from the U.S. proved encouraging." MarketWatch 9:23 AM

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Associated Press (Checked 9:35 PM; no changes since 9:25 AM CDT)

"Reuters loses right to use crucial IM technology"

CNET News.com (Updated 9:35 PM CDT)

"Dell Redux and the end of an era"
"Google spotlights customized search differences"
"Video: Garage finds business ripe for hybrids"
"Disk encryption is no silver bullet, researchers say"
"Nintendo suits allege allowing illegal downloading"
"Adobe's Photoshop Express gets printing, desktop uploader"
"Google: No such thing as complete privacy"
"Olympic organizers cut deal to censor Net access"
"Got Web 2.0 questions? Ask me *live* on Thursday"
"Microsoft takes mouse maker to court" ...

New York Times (Updated 9:35 PM CDT)

"With Security at Risk, a Push to Patch the Web"
"New York Senate Teases Amazon Customers With Sales Tax Repeal Bill"
"Peeking Into Google's Use of Data"
"China to Limit Web Access During Olympic Games"
"Kevin Martin's Open Network ManifestoOnly a Game? A Fight Over Scrabble Has Web Fans Fuming"
"A Device That Was High-Tech In 100 B.C."
"Amazon Offers Other Sites Use of Its Payment Service"
"Outsource Your Chores - and Feel Good While You're at It"
"Nintendo Reports Profit Gain Due to Wii"
"Comcast Profit Rises 8 Percent" ...

Reuters (Updated 9:40 PM CDT)

"Intel's Barrett sees no slowdown in world PC market"
"Garmin cuts '08 outlook, delays nuvifone"
"Hidden Van Gogh revealed in color by scientists"
"Dell tests music player to renew iPod battle: report"
"British NASA hacker to face U.S. trial"
"Scrabulous cuts off users as Hasbro spells lawsuit"
"Comcast profit up on phone, Internet gains"
"Citizens want innocent taken off UK's DNA database"
"Sony shares hit after profit fall, Matsushita jumps"

TechWeb (Updated 9:40 PM CDT)

"Symantec Profit Rises As It Signs More Big Deals"
"Court To Review Overturning Of Nacchio Conviction"
"Dell Downplays Report Of Music Device"
"Rebooting Windows: How To Recover From Vista Crashes"
"Cloud Computing Dream Team"
"Sprint Updates Its Mobile Web Browser"
"MySpace Adds To Senior Executive Suite"
"Bank of America Investing in Energy Management"
"Amazon Offers Online Payment Service For E-Commerce Sites"
"Consumers Spend Less, Comparison Shop Online" ...

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