"Samsung Executive Says Windows 8 Is No Better Than Vista"
Redmond Pie 7:36 AM
"Microsoft Surface Pro, RT, and Windows 8 All Trashed By Samsung"
iTech Post 8:11 AM
"Best Buy Survey Reveals The Reason Behind Sluggish Windows 8 Sales"
Seeking Alpha 11:20 AM
"To touch or not to touch: poking the Windows 8 version of Lenovo's Ultrabook/It costs an additional $150 to feel the Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Carbon Touch—worth it?"
Ars Technica 5:55 PM
"Is Nokia-Microsoft Partnership One Sided?"
Seeking Alpha 8:14 AM
"Analyst Michael Pachter: Microsoft will win next-gen console war"
Neowin 9:01 PM
"Office 2013 doesn't die with your PC"
Melbourne Age 8:11 AM
"Deals Now Make Sense, Not Just Money"
New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 8:59 PM
"Oracle Offers Android Support in Virtual Desktop for Tablets"
Mobile Tech Today 3/9
General Interest
"Amazon's Bid to Gain Web Names Is Opposed"
WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 6:32 PM
"Google Hopes Google Glass Won't Get You Beat Up"
Yahoo! News 6:21 PM
"BlackBerry Q10 prototype caught in the wild with a rubberized back Mobile"
Engadget 5:55 PM
"Ready SIM offers cheap, short-term, and disposable mobile service: Roam Mobility, a Canadian startup, wants Americans to only pay for what we need."
Ars Technica 5:55 PM
"Google Explains How Search Actually Works"
eWeek 2:11 PM
"Necomimi cat ears' creators branch out into brain-controlled headphones (Video)"
Engadget 1:10 PM
"Xi3 Opens 'Piston' Steam Box Pre-Orders, Starts at $1,000"
The Escapist 10:04 AM
"EA improves SimCity online access with 40 times better server response times"
VentureBeat 8:20 AM
"Samsung Galaxy S4 Final Specs and Features Roundup – Launch Drive Begins Thursday"
The Eagle's Rant 8:20 AM
"Google shows off a talking shoe: At SXSW, you're there to show your very best, most creative side. So Google does just that."
CNET News 11:47 AM
"Google Glass banned by Seattle bar due to privacy concern: release date, price unknown"
Northern Voices Online 8:05 AM
"Google to pay $7million to settle 'Wi-Fi snooping' case"
7 Days Dubai 8:05 AM
"'Ultima' creator wants to 'reinvent' the genre with new fantasy RPG"
The Verge 7:41 AM
"South by Southwest (SXSW): Airpainting With Corel Painter Freestyle"
Techland 7:42 AM
"Relive the glory of conquest with remastered 'Age of Empires II', available on Steam April 9th"
The Verge 7:41 AM
"Harvard Searched E-Mails for Source of Media Leaks"
New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 7:36 AM
"Sony to target iPhone switchers with new Xperia Transfer"
Electronista 7:34 AM
"Details of next HTC Facebook phone leak"
Electronista 7:33 AM
"Google's huge 'Wikilinks' corpus could help computers understand human language"
The Verge 3/9
"Facebook Users Trying to Be Private Face 'Sisyphean' Feat: Report"
eWeek 3/9
"Forget Google Glass, Google Debuts 'Talking Shoe' Concept At SXSWi, Wants More Social, Motivational Everyday Objects"
TechCrunch 3/9
"The checkered history of Google Street View"
The Verge 3/9
"New Self-Healing Microchips Can Shrug Off Laser Blasts Like It's Nothing"
Gizmodo 3/9
"At SXSW, brands take over: This year's interactive festival is dominated by marketers and corporations with high-priced agendas. Even Oreo cookies are part of the mix."
CNET News 3/9
"Sony's board chairman and ex-CEO Stringer to retire: FT"
Yahoo! News 3/9
"Sony Chairman, ex-CEO Howard Stringer to quit: The Sony executive said he will pursue 'new opportunities' that he's recently received"
Computerworld 3/9
"EA Maxis cops to 'dumb' SimCity launch, offers early adopters a free game"
Engadget 3/9
"EA to offer free PC game for SimCity players: So it's come to thi"
Destructoid 3/9
"EA offers free catalog game to apologize for SimCity server woes: Maxis chief hopes issues will be totally resolved over the weekend."
Ars Technica 3/9
"Million dollar appeal on Kickstarter for Ultima sequel"
BBC 3/9
Press Releases
"GBM Recognized by Cisco for Excellence in Customer Satisfaction in GCC"
Zawya 8:06 AM
"Retail Realm Expands Microsoft Dynamics Retail Solutions Into Asia Pacific Region"
PR.com 3/9
"AAA Northern California, Nevada & Utah Insurance Exchange Selects HP to Help Manage Growth"
Marketwire 3/8
Microsoft
"Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet 2 First Impressions and Photos: Lenovo ships a tiny Clover Trail-based ThinkPad tablet"
Paul Thurrott's SuperSite for Windows 6:12 PM
"Bill Gates on Marissa Meyer's Telecommuting Ban: Ever Hear Of Skype?"
Business Insider 8:13 AM
"Should Windows Phone Drop Its US Focus To Thrive ?"
Forbes 3/9
"Review: Thunderstorm iPad speaker-case is a boombox for the digital era/Get out your rollerblades and hotpants: Belkin's new case makes your iPad louder."
Ars Technica 3/9
"Developer Claims New Xbox Isn't All About The Games"
Redmond Pie 3/9
"How Microsoft Became Denmark's Billion-Dollar Baby" [Podcast]
TechNewsWorld 3/9
"Microsoft's tame view of the digital future: A video showcasing Microsoft's new Envisioning Center seems designed to assure people that the future won't shock them."
CNET News 3/8
"David Sacks Should Be Microsoft's Next CEO"
Business Insider 3/8
"Samsung Executive: Windows 8 is no better than' Vista!"
MacTrast 3/8
"Windows 8 No Better Than Vista, Says Samsung Exec"
AllThingsD 3/8
"Microsoft's tame view of the digital future"
CNET News 3/8
"Caltex taps Office 365 to unite workforce"
ZDNet 3/8
"Here's the $4.99 utility that might just have saved Windows 8: Is Microsoft listening, though?"
The Register 3/8
"Windows Server 2012 makes IP management easy -- even IPv6"
InfoWorld 3/8
"Bill Gates To SXSWedu: Education Change Is Hard"
InformationWeek 3/8
"Bill Gates' classroom of the future"
CNNMoney 3/8
Government/Law/Politics
"Meet the men who spy on women through their webcams: The Remote Administration Tool is the revolver of the Internet's Wild West."
Ars Technica 8:09 PM
"Revenge porn site founder loses $250k defamation suit: IsAnyoneUp's Hunter Moore ran up against a guy he couldn't bully."
Ars Technica 8:02 PM
"Top Prenda officials want to skip hearing: 'no dog in this fight'/Copyright trolls say there's not enough time to book a flight to LA."
Ars Technica 3/9
"Google Maps Might Be Banned In Germany Over A Patent Dispute"
Business Insider 3/9
"FTC urges transparent, secure mobile payment systems"
Reuters 3/8
"After collecting private Wi-Fi data, Google may give out $7M to U.S. states"
VentureBeat 3/8
"Google nears $7 million settlement with U.S. states over Wifi incident: source"
Reuters 3/8
"AP source: Google to pay $7M to settle Wi-Fi case"
Associated Press 3/8
"U.K. data watchdog warns on BYOD risks"
ZDNet 3/8
"EC hits back at 'scaremongering' data protection critics"
V3 3/8
"EU rules against 'live stream' broadcaster"
Reuters 3/8
"Dotcom can sue New Zealand spy agency"
Reuters 3/8
"LTE handsets in favor as China prepares to issue 4G licenses"
IDG News Service 3/8
"Georgia embraces municipal broadband development"
PCWorld 3/8
"Why you should support the SHIELD act: Shocker! All sides of the debate agree the SHIELD Act offers part of the reform needed for U.S. patent system"
InfoWorld 3/8
"Did PayPal Just Clone Stripe's API Documentation?"
TechCrunch 3/9
"Smart apps think (so you don't have to): A new generation of free intelligent assistant apps represents the future of everything. But are they too smart?"
Computerworld 3/9
"Dear Facebook: I heard the news today, oh boy/A lucky man who hoped to catch the ad gravy train"
The Register 3/8
"They found you: ad firm uses 2 billion data points to track consumers across devices"
paidContent 3/8
"Why an email tax is truly a 'terrible idea'"
VentureBeat 3/8
"Cloud haters: You too will be assimilated"
ZDNet 3/8
"A Shrinking Garmin Navigates the Smartphone Storm: Smartphones are digital 'Swiss Army knives' that do just about everything. Can the world's leading GPS company survive?"
Technology Review 3/8
"How I ditched the security risks and lived without Java, Reader, and Flash"
PCWorld 3/8
"What's Next for Android: Google's New Hardware Strategy"
TheStreet 3/8
"Almost all mobile malware now targets Android"
TG Daily 3/8
"More Chromebooks emerge online, but Google's OS still lags"
Techworld 3/8
"Where the Pixel Fits Into Google's Game Plan"
PC Magazine 3/8
"Two personal Wi-Fi hotspots: Different strokes for different folks/The Verizon Wireless JetPack and the FreedomPop Photon both offer mobile Wi-Fi -- one is fast but pricey, the other is limited but free."
Computerworld 3/8
"Wireless Capacity Crunch Answers At MWC 2013"
InformationWeek 3/8
"U.K. Ranked Tops In European Broadband Study"
InformationWeek 3/8
"Facebook rolls out jazzy news feed, fights irrelevancy: The changes unveiled Thursday attempt to address complaints that the social network has become too disjointed"
Salon 3/8
"Facebook's new look can't conceal its old problems"
Fortune 3/8
"Facebook's New Look Pays Homage To Google+"
InformationWeek 3/8
"The phone subsidy is paid off, so why is my monthly bill still high?"
CNET News 3/8
"Do the PlayStation 4 and the Rise of Streaming Games Sound the Death Knell for GameStop?"
Minyanville 3/8
"After Making a Business, Huawei Aims to Make a Name for Itself in Smartphones"
AllThingsD 3/8
"Tech-savvy Newark Mayor Booker: Government flunking social media"
"Publishers oppose Amazon's bid to gain Web names: WSJ"
"Australia central bank targeted by hackers"
"Iran blocks use of tool to get around Internet filter"
"Sandberg's hot-button book rings true for Silicon Valley women"
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