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Tuesday, March 11, 2008
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Computer Industry

"Hewlett Packard Co. Settles Gray Market Lawsuit Against Maxicom PC Inc." Associated Press 9:59 AM
"An 11% Raise for I.B.M. Chief" Associated Press 10:21 AM
"IBM's transformation still impresses" EE Times 3:19 PM
"Fire won't halt vision for historic IBM building" San Jose Mercury News 1:40 PM
"Sun and Microsoft widen alliance: Former rivals open interoperability centre" vnunet.com 1:05 PM
"Microsoft, Sun expand their collaboration on servers, storage" Computerworld 5:53 PM
"Microsoft's 'Windows 7' Gets Antitrust Checkup: Users and developers aren't the only ones who want a sneak peek at Windows 7." InternetNews.com 2:39 PM
"Microsoft Adding Sony Blu-ray Support To Windows: Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said his company is working on Windows device driver support for Sony's Blu-ray high definition movie format." InformationWeek 3:02 PM
"IT budgets to rise as Vista bites" Techworld 2:23 PM
"Microsoft patches a dozen bugs in Office: Fixes a two-month-old Excel exploit, patches another URI protocol handler flaw" Computerworld 3:43 PM
"Patch Tuesday Plugs Excel Security Holes: Microsoft patches seven Excel vulnerabilities that leave users open to exploit." eWeek 3:22 PM
"No fix until June for Windows Home Server flaw" ZDNet Australia 10:57 AM
"Microsoft admits big delay on Home Server bug fix" The Register 1:21 PM
"New Silverlight 2 extension adds support for dynamic languages" ZDNet 11:04 AM
"Microsoft Health vs.Google Health" Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 10:54 AM
"Microsoft goes internal for new head of its app-platform business" ZDNet 2:48 PM
"Intel CEO in Brussels, defends against antitrust charges" Reuters 9:55 AM
"Intel's Otellini faces Brussels court" Channel Register 1:19 PM
"Intel confirms 160GB solid-state drives will be unveiled soon: Chip maker says 1.8-in. and 2.5-in. flash drives will ship in second quarter 2008" Computerworld 3:41 PM
"Intel's flash memory business an albatross" MarketWatch 10:05 AM
"AMD taps Dell's Mahmoud as chief information officer" MarketWatch 9:56 AM
"AMD appoints Ahmed Mahmoud as CIO: Ex-Dell vice president joins chip firm" vnunet.com 1:08 PM
"Decoding AMD's 45nm processor announcement" ZDNet 2:48 PM
"AMD roadmap shocker reveals new Turion, Athlon, Sempron mobile CPUs" Engadget 6:51 PM
"Cisco Sets a Schedule to Patch Routers, Switches" IDG News Service 1:59 PM
"Cisco Systems invests in GridNetworks" Pudget Sound Business Journal 4:04 PM
"Oracle Expands Online Sales Support" Reuters 2:00 PM
"Oracle Ventures Into Web 2.0 Universe With On Demand v15" CRM Buyer 3:23 PM
"Oracle skins CRM with social networking" ZDNet 11:10 AM
"Lawrence Ellison may have brought hostile takeovers to Silicon Valley" International Herald Tribune 2:36 PM
"U.S. Likely to Re-affirm OOXML Vote: Tick tock. Deadline nears for nations to change their votes on standards decision." InternetNews.com 2:39 PM
"Is the Net Too Neutral? Recent FCC hearings pitted network operators and content distributors against each other. But if the two can find a way to collaborate, the Internet will work better for everybody." Technology Review 1:22 PM
"Seattle and Silicon Valley square off" IDG News Service 2:23 PM

General Interest

"Iger: Disney to Reap $1 Billion Online" New York Times [Free Registration Required] 9:15 PM
"Kiwi company offers 'blank canvas' artificial intelligence" Computerworld New Zealand 7:40 PM
"Wal-Mart Stops In-Store Sales of Linux-Based PCs" NewsFactor 6:49 PM
"3Com Adds Virtualization to Routers" Network World 3:45 PM
"Take-Two Posts $38 Million Loss, but Raises Outlook" Reuters 3:45 PM
"Students Successfully Hack RFID Crypto" InformationWeek 2:59 PM
"Mozilla unleashes Firefox 3 Beta 4" Computerworld 2:53 PM
"AOL's Platform A President Tossed" New York Post 2:15 PM
"AOL-Yahoo Tieup Sparks Net Neutrality Worries" PC Magazine 2:03 PM
"Sprint 'Revs' up cellphone for fast network" Associated Press 1:13 PM
"Effective PC management can slash costs: Possible savings of 42 per cent, Gartner estimates" vnunet.com 1:07 PM
"Wal-Mart stores drop cheap-as-chips Linux PC" Reg Hardware 1:19 PM
"Wal-Mart drops $199 Linux PC: 'Not popular', claims retail giant" vnunet.com 1:03 PM
"Level 3 president's departure surprises" Associated Press 3:29 PM
"Level 3 Co-Founder O'Hara Quits" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 12:58 PM
"PCI security standard endangers wireless LANs" ZDNet 11:08 AM
"Researcher posts attack code for RealPlayer bug" Computerworld 3:42 PM
"RealPlayer: More ActiveX security headaches" ZDNet 11:07 AM
"Companies urged to ensure BlackBerry security: Companies are being warned to make sure they correctly configure their BlackBerry devices, or risk weakening their IT security." Silicon.com 10:57 AM
"Connecting ... As people do more with cellphones, start-ups seek to build social networks just for those little screens." Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 10:55 AM
"Q&A: Google exec touts company's fledgling SaaS efforts" Computerworld 3:42 PM
"Google To Hold Web 2.0 Developer Event: Google says its I/O event in San Francisco will cover faster and better paths to developing successful Web applications." InformationWeek 3:01 PM
"Google plans unspecified job cuts at DoubleClick" Reuters 2:12 PM
"Chunghwa May Sell Chinese Google Phone" IDG News Service 1:59 PM
"Google to Media Companies: We're Your Friend" IDG News Service 1:59 PM
"Thieving Third-Party Gmail App Highlights Google Security Worries: A .Net programmer finds G-Archiver steals users' Gmail login details, adding to a growing number of security incidents." InformationWeek 10:38 AM
"Tokiva Does Wireless Variation On VoIP Theme: The mobile virtual network operator launches mobile IM service that initiates packetized voice calls." InformationWeek 10:38 AM
"Mozilla Labs Updates Prism Prototype: Prism aims to provide a way for online applications to work outside of the normal browser window, using a subset of browser infrastructure." InformationWeek 10:37 AM
"Hulu makes public debut: The online video service will debut to the public Wednesday with 250 TV series available for free." Los Angeles Times [Free Registration Required] 2:24 PM
"Hulu makes public debut, adds Warner Bros shows" Reuters 10:24 AM
"Testing Over, Hulu.com to Open Its TV and Film Offerings This Week" New York Times [Free Registration Required] 10:21 AM
"Texas Instruments sounds alarm on 3G" The Register 1:19 PM
"Texas Instruments, Gartner: Bad Chip News/The maker of semiconductors issues an earnings warning, following a report showing rising inventories" BusinessWeek 10:05 AM
"Texas Instruments slashes outlook: Chipmaker lowers first-quarter sales and profit guidance due to cut in orders from key unidentified customer." Associated Press 9:48 AM

Press Releases

"AMD Appoints Ahmed Mahmoud as New CIO" Business Wire 9:56 AM
"Billy Bob Thornton & the Boxmasters Release a Custom Preview of Their Upcoming Debut Album at the Dell Lounge" Business Wire 4:05 PM
"HP Reaches Settlement in Gray Market Case Against Maxicom PC Inc." Business Wire 9:59 AM
"Intel Science Talent Search to Name Top Winners March 11" Business Wire 10:04 AM
"NEC Announces Full-Scale Introduction of IPTV Business for Communication Carriers" PRNewswire 10:08 AM
"Oracle Integrates Oracle's JD Edwards EnterpriseOne and Oracle's Demantra" PRNewswire-FirstCall 10:10 AM
"Oracle Introduces Oracle(R) Mobile Sales Assistant for Oracle CRM On Demand for BlackBerry" PRNewswire-FirstCall 10:09 AM
"Oracle Releases Oracle(R) CRM On Demand Release 15" PRNewswire-FirstCall 10:09 AM
"City of Clearwater Implements Oracle(R) Utilities Work and Asset Management" PRNewswire-FirstCall 10:09 AM

Microsoft

"Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates to Press Lawmakers for Immigration, Education Reforms" Associated Press 4:07 PM
"Microsoft Workspace Is a Half Step in Right Direction" TheStreet.com 4:06 PM
"Rigged Excel Files Packing Malware Punch" eWeek 3:27 PM
"Windows Home Server: Unbelievably Bad Storage" eWeek 3:26 PM
"Microsoft, Sirit To Add NFC Technology To Windows Mobile: Near-field communications technology lets mobile phones act as electronic wallets, electronic tickets, and access control devices." InformationWeek 3:03 PM
"'Magnet boy' freezes Xbox" Reg Hardware 1:18 PM
"Harmonic's DiviCom(R) Ion(TM) AVC Encoder Completes Conformance Testing for Microsoft Mediaroom IPTV Platform" Business Wire 10:07 AM
"Microsoft Delivers Sophistication of Windows Aero to New Wireless Laser Desktop 7000" PRNewswire-FirstCall 10:07 AM
"Microsoft, Nortel Transform How People and Businesses Interact with New Joint Unified Communications Solutions" Market Wire 10:06 AM

Government/Law/Politics

"Bush Administration Pressured On H-1B Visa Reform: A Senate committee has become impatient with a Dept. of Homeland Security and Dept. of Labor promise to visit reforms to visa programs for highly skilled workers." InformationWeek 4:18 PM
"German state seeks $92M from Nokia" Associated Press 3:39 PM
"Facebook cheating charge hearing set: A first-year engineering student accused of cheating through an online study group was expected to face the music Tuesday at a widely watched expulsion hearing." The Globe and Mail 3:08 PM
"Cyber-Storm II is blowing through DC" ZDNet 2:49 PM
"Gov. Spitzer-Linked Madame Also Provided Web Design Services: A defendant in the case also operates a business services firm called QAT Consulting Group that offers outsourced Web design and online marketing services." InformationWeek 2:57 PM
"Eliot Spitzer: High-tech felt his impact: Spammers, spyware companies, telecom execs were among attorney general-turned-governor's targets" Network World 2:22 PM
"ID cards chief dismisses U-turn claims" Silicon.com 10:57 AM
"Take-Two Hit by Shareholder Suit" New York Times [Free Registration Required] 10:21 AM
"EU Clears Google-DoubleClick Deal" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 10:08 AM
"Google gets EU clearance to buy DoubleClick: Commission says merger 'unlikely to have harmful effects'" MarketWatch 10:08 AM
"EU Finds No Competitive Issues With Google's $3.1B Bid for Online Ad Tracker DoubleClick" Associated Press 10:07 AM
"EU approves Google's DoubleClick bid: European Union regulators say Internet portal giant's $3.1 billion bid for online ad tracker won't hurt competition." Associated Press 9:48 AM

Analysis/Editorial/Help/Opinion

"Welcome to Conference 2.0: Social media is putting an end to the passive role attendees traditionally play at business gatherings." Fortune 3:31 PM
"Wi-Fi, 3G: Friends And Rivals, Survey Finds: An iPass Mobile Broadband Index poll suggests no single technology can meet all the needs of an enterprise workforce." InformationWeek 2:59 PM
"Should 'Internet,' 'Web,' And 'E-Mail' Start With Lowercase Letters?" InformationWeek 2:58 PM
"Top 5 compliance challenges in a virtualized world" ZDNet 2:49 PM
"Monitoring Web Traffic Is Big Business" CIO Today 2:13 PM
"Hands On With (the Snappier) Firefox 3 Beta 4" PC Magazine 2:04 PM
"Network Admin's Toolkit: Whether you've got a few thousand bucks to drop, just a five-spot, or nary a penny, we've got hardware and software tools that can help you keep your network humming." PC Magazine 2:02 PM
"Can Mobile Networks Meet Demand?" IDG News Service 2:00 PM
"Can Hulu Find Its Mojo With Viewers?" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 1:01 PM
"The perfect hotel room strip" ZDNet 11:01 AM
"Should You Hire A Convicted Hacker? Cisco and many other majors won't employee any ex-cons; nevertheless, security experts from the dark side are finding their expertise is in quiet demand." InformationWeek 10:39 AM
"Internet TV subscriptions doubled in 2007: Informa" Reuters 10:25 AM
"Tough times for Level 3" Fortune 9:47 AM

Acquisitions/Deals/Investments/Mergers

"Google Finalizes $3.1 Billion DoubleClick Acquisition" InformationWeek 4:18 PM
"Google deal OK does not mean Micro-hoo will fly" MarketWatch 4:03 PM
"Yahoo Opens Search Lab In Israel: Ronny Lempel, an expert in information organization and retrieval, will head the Haifa lab and will work on developing a new approach to Web search." InformationWeek 3:03 PM
"Venture Centers Gaining on Silicon Valley" Red Herring 1:52 PM
"Hollywood studios agree to $700 million deal paving way for 3-D screens" Associated Press 1:47 PM
"LSI to purchase Infineon's hard-drive chip business" Bloomberg News 1:39 PM
"Is Micron working with ProMOS?" EE Times 1:31 PM
"Shareholders Drastically Reduce Stakes in Take-Two" Wired Blogs 11:12 AM
"EMC Acquires IT Service Management Software Provider Infra: The company, which makes InfraEnterprise, will become a part of EMC's resource management software business unit." InformationWeek 10:37 AM
"Qualcomm ups dividend, approves $2B buyback" Reuters 1:30 PM
"Qualcomm pays $32m for Xiam: Wireless firm snaps up MPOS technology" vnunet.com 1:05 PM
"Qualcomm Buys Xiam Technologies To Boost Consumer Links: Xiam offers a system to help mobile service providers and brands tailor offerings to the unique tastes and preferences of consumers." InformationWeek 10:37 AM
"TSMC to spend $5B on R&D center, says report" EE Times 1:30 PM
"TSMC, others start work on $14.7 billion chip complex" Reuters 10:25 AM
"China's Lenovo eyes emerging markets for investment" Reuters 9:58 AM

Tech Stocks

"Market Rout Means Top Technology Stocks Could Be a Good Buy" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 1:01 PM
"Dow's best day in 5-1/2 years: Stocks surge with the Dow soaring 417 points as investors cheer reports that the central bank is pumping an additional $200 billion into the banking system." CNNMoney 3:56 PM
"Stocks Shoot Higher on Fed Credit Plan" Associated Press 4:00 PM
"Stocks Up 415 Points After Fed Credit Plan" Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 3:59 PM
"Nasdaq Roars on New Liquidity Move; TI's Gloomy Forecast Drags on Nokia" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 3:59 PM
"Stocks Soar on Fed's Liquidity Move" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 3:58 PM
"Telecom Stocks: Telecoms gain, except Nokia, Sprint" MarketWatch 4:01 PM
"Asia Markets: Gloom lifts in Tokyo; miners suffer fall in Sydney/Asian stocks traded mostly higher late Tuesday, with Japanese stocks led by exporters such as Toyota Motor Corp., which rallied after the yen softened against the U.S. dollar." MarketWatch 9:52 AM
"Europe Markets: Stocks in Europe extend gains on Fed moves/Vodafone Group gains ground in London; EADS shares fall in Paris" MarketWatch 9:53 AM

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Associated Press (Updated 9:30 PM CDT)

"Iger: Disney to Reap $1 Billion Online"

CNET News.com (Updated 9:30 PM CDT)

"TSMC, others start work on $14.7 billion chip complex"
"Fraud abroad remains 'uphill battle' for eBay"
"Taking in Microsoft's TechFest"

New York Times (Checked 9:30 PM; no changes since 4:10 PM CDT)

"Europe Approves Google's Merger With DoubleClick"
"Take-Two Posts $38 Million Loss, but Raises Outlook"
"A Light Bulb Went Off: Print the Lights"
"Testing Over, Hulu.com to Open Its TV and Film Offerings This Week"
"Where Every Ad Knows Your Name"
"Hostility Has Its Rewards"
"Malone Speaks of Diller as Court Battle Starts"
"Texas Instruments Lowers Profit Forecast"
"An 11% Raise for I.B.M. Chief"
"Iomega Rejects EMC Offer" ...

Reuters (Checked 9:30 PM; no changes since 4:10 PM CDT)

"Hulu makes public debut, adds Warner Bros shows"
"Google plans unspecified job cuts at DoubleClick"
"Nortel set to launch faster network technology"
"Apple Inc. downplays Beatles 'speculation'"
"Oracle takes on Salesforce, expands Web offerings"
"A walkabout with Mazda's design chief in Geneva"
"Russia to modernize Indian MiG fighters: Ifax"
"DreamWorks' Katzenberg betting big on 3-D"
"TSMC, others start work on $14.7 billion chip complex"
"Internet TV subscriptions doubled in 2007: Informa" ...

TechWeb (Updated 9:30 PM CDT)

"Microsoft Updates Office 2008 For Mac With Critical Fixes"
"Hulu Makes Public Debut, Adds Warner Bros Shows"
"Microsoft Patch Tuesday Fixes A Dozen Office Flaws"
"Apple Releases Fix For MacBook Air's Overheating Troubles"
"MarketAxess Diversifies with Acquisition of Greenline Financial Technology"
"Bush Administration Pressured On H-1B Visa Reform"
"Windows Home Server Bug Won't Be Fixed Until June"
"Google Finalizes $3.1 Billion DoubleClick Acquisition"
"Enclarity Partners with Mitchell Medical"
"Wi-Fi, 3G: Friends And Rivals, Survey Finds" ...

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