"Dell Pact Lets Icahn Look Into Its Books"
WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 6:09 PM
"Carl Icahn and Dell Enter Confidentiality Agreement Over Buyout Deal"
AllThingsD 10:01 AM
"Icahn Signs Confidentiality Agreement With Dell"
New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 10:15 AM
"Icahn signs confidentiality agreement with Dell"
Associated Press 10:19 AM
"Icahn, Dell Enter Confidentiality Pact"
WSJ Blogs 9:45 AM
"Dell's having a fiddle with Violin Memory - but will it flash the cash?"
The Register 12:26 PM
"Dell, Canonical announce new Ubuntu 12.04 support for servers/Dell's 12th-generation PowerEdge server line now supports the use of Ubuntu 12.04 across the board, thanks to a new agreement between the hardware maker and developer Canonical that provides Ubuntu Advantage services to Dell's customers."
Computerworld New Zealand 6:54 PM
"Will Microsoft Fire Ballmer When Blackberry Crushes Windows?"
TheStreet 10:32 AM
"Microsoft enabling Flash by default in Internet Explorer 10 starting March 12th"
The Verge 5:35 PM
"Windows 8's Flash whitelist goes black, turns on Flash almost everywhere: Microsoft decides that most Flash sites work just fine with touch after all."
Ars Technica 5:53 PM
"Fujifilm touch screen poised to aid Microsoft versus Apple"
Bloomberg [Free Registration Required] 12:30 PM
"Microsoft offers students three months free of Office 365: Qualifying students can get three free months of Office 365 University and an extra 20GB of SkyDrive storage space."
CNET News 10:49 AM
"Microsoft Wants Students To Give Office A Try, Gives Them Up To 6 Free Months Of Office 365, 20GB Of Extra SkyDrive Storage"
TechCrunch 12:17 PM
"Microsoft Offering Students 6 Months Free Office 365, 20GB Storage"
PC Magazine 11:58 AM
"Microsoft Offers Office 365 To Students For Free"
Forbes 12:44 PM
"Microsoft's Bing Now Can Find Local Businesses That Aren't Too Crowded"
Technology Review 12:18 PM
"Microsoft Surface Beats Apple iPad In CRN Reader Poll"
CRN 11:15 AM
"Why Oracle Playbook Points To Acquisition Of Broadsoft"
Seeking Alpha 10:37 AM
"Oracle, Montclair State University settle lawsuit over PeopleSoft software project"
IDG News Service 12:02 PM
"What IBM's embrace of OpenStack really means"
InfoWorld 11:45 AM
"Latest IBM Watson competition works toward building 'big data' workforce"
ZDNet 12:34 PM
"Students Dream Up New Uses for IBM's Watson"
PC Magazine 11:57 AM
"HP's Autonomy allegations trigger another inquiry"
Associated Press 8:07 PM
"HP director defends chairman Lane"
Yahoo! News 5:53 PM
"HP Printer Flaw Enables Remote Attacks, Data Access"
CRN 11:16 AM
"More Intel chips coming to ZTE phones"
ZDNet 12:36 PM
"A Laboratory Grows Young Scientists"
New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 8:28 PM
"Cisco opens in Myanmar as US tech firms eye fresh territory"
The Register 12:26 PM
"China denies hacking, seeks truce before cyberwar"
PCWorld 12:00 PM
"Chip wars could drive mobile customers nuts"
CNNMoney 9:38 AM
"Invasion of the Low-Cost Tablets"
Techland 12:27 PM
"10 trends shaping IT hiring in 2013"
Network World 12:02 PM
"IT's rising stars: Next-gen leaders transform the enterprise/Tomorrow's CIOs are already transforming enterprise IT as we know it, bringing their fresh, sometimes radical visions of how technology can enable business now and in the years ahead."
Computerworld 11:17 AM
"5 Overlooked Dividends In A High-Growth Industry"
Seeking Alpha 5:36 PM
General Interest
"Samsung's latest Galaxy S IV teaser shows the outline of... a phone"
Engadget 9:00 PM
"Rovio Mines Video With 'Angry Birds Toons': Videogame Maker Signals Its Future Is in Becoming an Entertainment Company; Series to Launch Across Multiple Platforms"
WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:34 PM
"Ouya newbies: First-time developers risk it all on $99 Android console/How 4 indie devs are realizing their dream to get a game into the living room."
Ars Technica 8:29 PM
"SpaceX's reusable rocket completes short, controlled flight: Company hopes it will make space travel more affordable."
Ars Technica 7:26 PM
"PlayStation 4 And Xbox 720 Games Will Be Priced At $70, According To Analyst"
Redmond Pie 6:54 PM
"Financial info on celebs, officials leaked online"
Associated Press 6:25 PM
"Kodak's annual loss reaches $1.38 billion—nearly twice as much as 2011: CEO Antonio M. Perez says company will emerge from bankruptcy by mid-year."
Ars Technica 5:53 PM
"txtr beagle lands in the US for $69"
TG Daily 12:23 PM
"An Anti-iPad for India: Suneet Singh Tuli, the man behind the ultracheap Aakash 2 tablet, says the West doesn't understand mobile business in the developing world."
Technology Review 12:18 PM
"Electronic Sensors Printed Directly on the Skin"
Technology Review 12:18 PM
"Twitter Opens Tweet Archive Access To Users In 12 More Languages, Including Farsi, French, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Malay and Spanish"
TechCrunch 12:17 PM
"Rovio's 'Angry Birds Toons' To Be Bundled In Company's Mobile Games, Will Arrive March 17"
TechCrunch 12:16 PM
"Richard Garriott talks candidly about his next big thing: Shroud of the Avatar"
PCWorld 12:00 PM
"SXSW show floor: Beam videoconferencing device takes a spin"
PCWorld 12:00 PM
"Engenius announces new lineup of outdoor Wi-Fi access points and bridges"
PCWorld 11:59 AM
"Google Glass app identifies people by their clothes"
TG Daily 12:23 PM
"Douglas Adams Gets Interactive 'Hitchhiker's' Google Doodle"
PC Magazine 11:56 AM
"'Hitchhiker's Guide' Google Doodle holds answer to life, universe and everything"
Today 11:53 AM
"Google's Singhal: Speech, natural language recognition among search's biggest challenges"
PCWorld 11:59 AM
"Google exec says speech, natural language recognition among search's biggest challenges"
IDG News Service 11:44 AM
"Google might open up certain top-level domains to the public"
CNET News 10:48 AM
"New Domain Names Herald Latest Land Grab"
Forbes 10:34 AM
"Tim Berners-Lee on the making of new worlds"
Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 10:05 AM
"ST-Ericsson CEO to step down as overhaul looms"
Reuters 10:26 AM
"ST-Ericsson CEO Lamouche to Step Down"
MarketWatch 10:00 AM
Press Releases
"Cisco Introduces Enhanced IPICS Capabilities for More Economical and Simplified Mobile Communications"
Marketwire 10:07 AM
"Dell Services Creates Mobile Strategies and a Comprehensive Suite of Mobile Applications"
Business Wire 10:14 AM
"Dell Boomi Takes Next-Generation Master Data Management to the Cloud"
Business Wire 10:12 AM
"HP Helps Molson Coors Move to Cloud"
Marketwire 10:23 AM
"IBM helps Black Point Arts provide Faster IT services through City Cloud"
PRNewswire 12:43 PM
"Big Bang Meets Big Data: South Africa Joins ASTRON and IBM to Build the Foundation for a New Era of Computing"
PRNewswire 10:24 AM
"Photo of Intel Science Talent Search Finalist Discussing Her Research is Available on Business Wire's Website and AP PhotoExpress"
Business Wire 10:26 AM
"Yarra Valley Water Uses Oracle Engineered Systems for Mission Critical Business Applications to Help Improve Business Performance"
Marketwire 10:37 AM
Microsoft
"Microsoft offers Kinect code samples under open source: The software giant, hoping to get more developers writing PC applications to use its motion-sensing controller, is offering some pieces of code under an Apache 2.0 license."
CNET News 5:54 PM
"Microsoft Research video points toward touchless-computing frontier"
Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 3:11 PM
"1 in 7 WinXP-using biz bods DON'T KNOW Microsoft is pulling the plug"
The Register 12:26 PM
"Microsoft exec selling his Surface tablet: Not dumping, upgrading"
The Register 12:26 PM
"Will 90 percent of users always hate Windows 8?"
ZDNet 12:35 PM
"Distro deluge: Six imminent Linux releases previewed"
ZDNet 12:34 PM
"Why I Hacked Donkey Kong for My Daughter"
Wired 12:31 PM
"The Quantified Self Evolves: A South By Southwest (SXSW) Vision of How Gadgets Will Teach Us About Ourselves"
Techland 12:28 PM
"Someone Calculated How Many Calories A Mouse Click Burns"
TechCrunch 12:17 PM
"Is buying 'refurbished' electronics a good idea?"
Today 11:53 AM
"Big Data: Hype Vs. Hope At Interop"
InformationWeek 11:43 AM
"How hackers spy on women through their webcams: Using remote administration tools, 'ratters' are making women the unsuspecting victims to prying eyes"
Salon 12:12 PM
"Why are there still so few women in science and tech?"
Fortune 11:38 AM
"Tablet Web Traffic Greater than Smartphones"
Forbes 11:37 AM
"14 offline-capable Chromebook apps for IT pros" [Slideshow]
InfoWorld 11:45 AM
"Chromebook Pixel: My First Week Living In Cloud"
InformationWeek 11:43 AM
"What LG's webOS Deal Means For Google TV"
The Motley Fool 12:43 PM
"New Layoffs Show Google Still Trying to Connect Motorola to Profitability"
E-Commerce Times 11:34 AM
"Set-top box battle: Dish's Hopper with Sling Vs. Comcast's Xfinity X1"
Denver Post 11:32 AM
"On Top Of The World: Which Countries Are Most Ready For The Cloud?" [Slideshow]
CRN 11:16 AM
"SMBs Not Immune To Targeted Attacks"
CRN 11:16 AM
"Why Samsung prez hates Windows 8: Poor PC profits?"
Computerworld Blogs 11:18 AM
"5 Wins Samsung Needs For Galaxy S4 To Succeed"
Forbes 11:37 AM
"Samsung Galaxy S4: What to expect and what really matters"
Computerworld 11:18 AM
"Is Storage Saving Virtual Desktop Infrastructure?"
InformationWeek 10:58 AM
"The elusive third great mobile OS"
CNET News 10:48 AM
"Insight: On Facebook, app makers face a treacherous path"
Reuters 10:30 AM
"Nokia Makes The Right Move With Lumia 520"
Seeking Alpha 10:29 AM
Acquisitions/Deals/Investments/Mergers
"More Layoffs And Downsizing At Vostu, South America's One-Time Frontrunner in Gaming"
TechCrunch 6:09 PM
"Lenovo CEO says company is open to buying BlackBerry: Chief Executive Yang Yuanqing tells a French newspaper that a deal could make sense, but he'd need to look at the market first."
CNET News 5:54 PM
"LinkedIn to buy news app Pulse?"
CNET News 4:24 PM
"LinkedIn to Buy Pulse Newsreader for More than $50M"
AllThingsD 4:22 PM
"One year on, Ubuntu still to announce a single TV hardware partner"
ZDNet 12:34 PM
"Lexmark adds two more firms to its Perceptive Software unit: $31.5M paid for accessvia, twistage"
Lexington Herald-Leader 11:47 AM
"Zynga Rises on Speculation Yahoo Might Consider Buyout"
Bloomberg 11:09 AM
"Ladbrokes signs software deal to boost online presence"
Reuters 10:55 AM
"Veeva Said to Plan IPO as Cloud Startup Challenges Oracle"
Bloomberg 10:35 AM
Tech Stocks
"Tech Stocks: Dell, BlackBerry highlight tech gains/Tech stocks kicked off the week with broad gains Monday as the back-and-forth over Dell Inc.'s proposed plans to go private claimed some of the attention of the tech sector following the latest move by activist investor Carl Icahn."
MarketWatch 4:26 PM
"U.S. stocks rise; S&P 500 nears record: Dow industrials extend longest winning streak in nearly a year"
MarketWatch 4:26 PM
"U.S. Stocks Advance as S&P 500 Approaches Record High"
Bloomberg 12:38 PM
"Dow Sets Another Record as Stocks Rise"
TheStreet 4:27 PM
"Dow ends at record high for fifth day"
CNNMoney 3:24 PM
"Stocks Move Higher, Again: Stocks started the week by chugging higher again, as the Dow Jones Industrial Average recorded its seventh straight advance."
WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:27 PM
"Stocks set to back off record highs"
CNNMoney 9:39 AM
"Asia Markets: Japan, Australia stocks up; China data weigh"
MarketWatch 9:49 AM
"Nikkei Rises on Weaker Yen"
WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 10:03 AM
"Europe Markets: Europe stocks lower on Italy downgrade, China data"
MarketWatch 9:53 AM
"Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks: Nasdaq's 10 most active stocks at 1 p.m."
Associated Press 12:41 PM
"Final Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares mixed at the close of trading"
Yahoo! News 9:08 PM
"Oracle, Montclair State University Settle Bitter Contract Dispute"
"How One University Puts Big Data Into Curriculum"
"9 Must-Know Java Security Facts | The CIO's New Job No. 1"
"Windows 8 Sales Stall: 3 Strategies"
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