"Microsoft Reverses Course on IE10 Flash Support"
BYTE 8:17 AM
"Microsoft backs away from Flash ban in IE10: Arguing that support for Adobe's browser plug-in is an advantage, Microsoft now permits Flash by default on Windows 8 and Windows RT. Tablets that can't run Flash are merely 'a companion to a PC.'"
CNET News 8:28 AM
"Huawei and ZTE mention Microsoft 42 times in joint 15-page FRAND motion in InterDigital case"
Foss Patents 8:25 AM
"Microsoft offers students three free months of Office 365"
Telecompaper 8:48 AM
"Serious Fraud Office to investigate Autonomy, says HP/The UK's Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is investigating the sale of technology firm Autonomy to Hewlett Packard, according to a filing from HP"
BBC 8:15 AM
"HP-Autonomy deal under investigation in the UK: U.S. Justice Department has already launched probe into the controversial acquisition"
Computerworld 8:19 AM
"HP's Autonomy acquisition probed by U.K. regulators: Following investigations by the U.S. government, the U.K. is also looking into alleged fraudulent accounting by Autonomy in the lead up of its sale to HP."
CNET News 8:26 AM
"AMD sells its Austin HQ for $164 million to raise some quick cash: After really rough 2012, chipmaker faces ever-increasing challenges."
Ars Technica 12:47 PM
"AMD to sell and lease back Austin, Texas, campus to raise cash"
Reuters 10:17 AM
"AMD Completes Sale, Leaseback of Texas Campus"
AllThingsD 8:40 AM
"IBM the victor after scoring 'revisited'/IBM was lagging in a tender bid for Queensland government work until a former boss of the international technology giant urged assessors to 'revisit their scoring', an inquiry into a multi-million-dollar administration debacle has heard."
The Australian 8:46 AM
"IBM not first choice: Qld payroll inquiry/Summary: A private contractor led the process that gave global technology giant IBM the job of replacing Queensland Health's payroll system, the inquiry has heard."
ZDNet 8:50 AM
"International Business Machines Corp.'s first woman CEO takes home $15.4 mln in 2012"
US Market Buzz 8:46 AM
"IBM CEO Ginni Rometty Made $16 Million Last Year—Is She Underpaid?"
Business Insider 4:09 PM
"IBM Asks Students to Choose Watson's Next Job"
Mashable 3:55 PM
"Cisco joins with Arbor Networks to fight DDoS attacks/Cisco has begun streamlining distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack defense by offering Arbor Networks technology on its carrier class routers."
Computerworld New Zealand 9:41 AM
"Cisco Equips Integrated Services Routers With Application Monitoring Capabilities"
CRN 8:41 AM
"Cisco adds app performance to branch routers"
Techworld 8:41 AM
"Cisco-funded startup unveils breakthrough router, targets SDNs: Compass-EOS router integrates photonics with electronics on a chip for large networks
Network World 8:41 AM
"Oracle Revises Social Offerings/Oracle SRM encourages customers to take platform, rather than point solution, approach to social relationship management."
InformationWeek 8:49 AM
General Interest
"Google Admits Street View Project Violated Privacy"
New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 9:25 PM
"Google Takes on Amazon and Microsoft for Cloud Computing Services"
New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 9:25 PM
"Alligator's new prosthetic tail works swimmingly: Mr. Stubbs the alligator gets a prosthetic rubber tail to replace the real one that was bitten off years ago."
CNET News 2:58 PM
"Vatican smoke signals: The science behind the smoke/White smoke indicates that a new pope has been chosen, while black smoke signifies no decision. But where does the color come from?"
CNET News 2:55 PM
"Dropbox redesigns desktop client with improved notifications and sharing"
The Verge 2:46 PM
"Pinterest edges toward monetization with new popularity analytics"
The Verge 2:19 PM
"Amazon Prime membership Reportedly soars past 10 million: Morningstar estimates that the free shipping and streaming media service has more than doubled its membership in the last year and a half, a result of offering trials to Kindle Fire buyers."
CNET News 12:53 PM
"AT&T's LTE 4G Network Speedier Than Rivals"
InformationWeek 12:51 PM
"Google Wants to Replace All Your Passwords with a Ring: The world's largest search engine is now experimenting with jewelry that would eliminate the need to remember dozens of passwords."
Technology Review 2:47 PM
"Google Confirms Glass Will Eventually Work With Prescription Lenses"
TechCrunch 12:46 PM
"Netflix arrives on ARM-powered Samsung Chromebook"
TG Daily 12:45 PM
"SoundCloud wants to be the Twitter of music: With brands and artists as partners, this could be where you encounter music and radio's biggest stars"
The Verge 12:39 PM
"Don't ask me anything: Reddit-critical panel provokes contentious Q&A/The Internet bleeds into real life at SXSW"
The Verge 10:04 AM
"BitTorrent's P2P Streaming Takes the Lag Out of Live Video"
Gizmodo 9:41 AM
"Yahoo's Mayer gets internal flak for more rigorous hiring"
Reuters 8:59 AM
"Suntech to shut Arizona solar panel making facility"
Reuters 8:35 AM
"Pinterest Web Analytics Puts Third-Party Developers And APIs Into Focus"
TechCrunch 8:35 AM
"Walgreens is building America's first 'zero energy' superstore"
The Verge 8:33 AM
"Spotify: Growing like mad, yet so far to go/The digital music service has added another 1 million subscribers since December, bringing its global total of paying customers to 6 million."
CNET News 8:28 AM
"Google Now Coming To The Desktop, Per Chromium Builds For Windows And Chrome OS"
TechCrunch 8:29 AM
"Google Now seen in Chrome Browser code, hints at impending arrival"
Engadget 8:26 AM
"3D Printers More Affordable, Simple Than Ever, But Not a Threat"
eWeek 8:22 AM
"Netflix intros a dedicated ISP speed index page to highlight streaming champions"
Engadget 8:20 AM
"Gravity-Based Link Technology Could Make It Easier Than Ever To Buy Things From Amazon"
BGR 8:17 AM
"Fox mobile apps add TV Everywhere streaming, 24-hour sports network due this fall"
Engadget 8:21 AM
"How Samsung broke away from the Android pack: The fourth version of the hit Galaxy S smartphone will debut this week at Radio City Music Hall with fanfare usually reserved for the iPhone. What a difference two years make."
CNET News 8:13 AM
"Sony PS Vita 3G seeing price cuts of $100 across US
Electronista 8:13 AM
"PS Vita 3G price drops to $199 at certain Sony outlets"
Engadget 8:20 AM
"PS Vita fire sale in Sony stores could signal plans to axe 3G model"
The Verge 8:33 AM
Press Releases
"Hewlett-Packard Company : European Commission Selects HP to ProVide Mission-critical Servers"
4-Traders 8:47 AM
"Dell Brings Live Performances from The FADER FORT Presented by Converse to Fans Around the World During the SXSW Music and Media Conference"
Business Wire 8:37 AM
Microsoft
"Hotmail, Outlook, SkyDrive hit by service disruptions"
CNET News 9:25 PM
"Microsoft's latest patches address new USB hack: The software giant discovers a Windows vulnerability that lets attackers gain access to data in locked or logged-off computers with a USB thumb drive."
CNET News 9:25 PM
"Editorial: Microsoft is singing the right tune with some wrong notes"
Engadget 4:18 PM
"Microsoft shows Surface prototypes, teases the tablets that might have been"
Engadget 3:55 PM
"Microsoft shutters its WebSiteSpark developer program/ Microsoft is discontinuing a program it launched three years ago aimed at getting more Web developers to use its Expression and other development tools."
ZDNet 12:47 PM
"A look at Microsoft's top-secret Surface prototypes/From concept to reality: how Redmond's iPad competitor came to be"
The Verge 10:17 AM
"Why cross-platform gaming is Microsoft's secret weapon"
PCWorld 8:50 AM
"RIM is on the right track, and Microsoft just isn't"
The Globe and Mail [Free Registration Required] 8:49 AM
"Where does Microsoft expect to find its next $1 billion business? Summary: Microsoft is looking at its appliance, cloud and big data products and services as its most likely to be added to its billion-dollar business club."
ZDNet 8:50 AM
"Q&A: Capturing the Windows 8 Screen"
New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 8:33 AM
"Slick trick: $5 tool runs Modern apps on the Windows 8 desktop/ModernMix goes where Microsoft fears to tread"
Computerworld 8:19 AM
Government/Law/Politics
"Web Site to Be Investigated for Posting Private Data"
New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 9:25 PM
"Is Skype a Telephone Operator? France to Investigate"
New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 9:25 PM
"France to investigate Skype over telecom operator status"
Reuters 9:23 PM
"Google pays $7 million to settle 38-state WiFi investigation"
Yahoo! News 2:45 PM
"Europe gets 1st fix from its own satnav system"
Yahoo! News 2:18 PM
"Kim Dotcom's Floating Head Speaks to SXSW via Skype"
Wired 12:47 PM
"Nokia inching closer to first Android patent license deal, negotiating settlement with ViewSonic"
Foss Patents 12:46 PM
"France Refers Skype to Prosecutors"
New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 8:48 AM
"Is it time for the US government to disable cellphones in cars? Researchers say current laws don't do enough to combat distracted driving"
The Verge 8:34 AM
"Panic over as EU votes to reject 'porn ban' proposals: EU politicians have voted against a pan-European ban on all forms of porn, including on the web, at least for now. Such a vote has happened before, and it's worth putting the 'porn ban' into some context."
CNET News 8:29 AM
"Google Street View Privacy Breach Nears $7 Million Settlement"
eWeek 8:22 AM
"Angry judge blasts porn trolls: 'Someone has an awful lot to hide'/Ars Reports from federal court, where four Prenda affiliates failed to show."
Ars Technica 8:15 AM
Analysis/Editorial/Help/Opinion
"Why Cloud Computing Is Slowly Winning The Trust War"
Forbes 7:36 PM
"Why Tim Berners-Lee is wrong about DRM in HTML5"
Boing Boing 2:44 PM
"The New York Times Site Redesign Looks Like a Really Nice Blog"
The Atlantic Wire 12:45 PM
"How Google benefits from Priceline-Expedia rivalry"
Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 8:40 AM
"Your Facebook Likes may reveal more than you probably like: Expressions of approval on the social network can accurately predict personality traits, sexual orientation, and intelligence, researchers say."
CNET News 8:28 AM
"How Samsung broke away from the Android pack: The fourth version of the hit Galaxy S smartphone will debut this week at Radio City Music Hall with fanfare usually reserved for the iPhone. What a difference two years make."
CNET News 8:28 AM
"A touchscreen on your desktop: Three new displays/Getting Windows 8? You're going to want a touchscreen. We look at three of the latest monitors from Acer, Dell and ViewSonic."
Computerworld 8:19 AM
"Hacking the Xbox, free in honor of Aaron Swartz"
Boing Boing 8:17 AM
Acquisitions/Deals/Investments/Mergers
"Why a LinkedIn acquisition of Pulse would make sense — content requires context"
paidContent 12:46 PM
"Yandex shareholders to sell shares worth $600 million"
Reuters 8:34 AM
"Crushpath Raises $6M From The Social+Capital Partnership, CRV To Give Salespeople A Better Way To Pitch"
TechCrunch 8:29 AM
"Facebook Acquires Storytelling Storylane"
Social Barrel 8:29 AM
"Software-defined storage stays hot as SwiftStack gets $6.1M"
GigaOM 8:25 AM
"Lenovo CEO Reignites Speculation About BlackBerry Deal"
eWeek 8:24 AM
"Vimeo On Demand launches, aims to make it easy for creators to sell content to viewers"
Engadget 8:22 AM
"Vimeo on Demand launches to let creators charge for Videos"
paidContent 8:25 AM
"Vimeo Now Lets Pro Subscribers Charge For Access To Their Videos, With 'Vimeo On Demand'"
TechCrunch 8:30 AM
Tech Stocks
"Asia Markets: Asia stocks mostly retreat after gains/Most Asia stock markets retreated Wednesday, with Japanese shares pausing after a near 20% gain this year and Australian shares edging away from levels last seen in June 2008."
MarketWatch 9:27 PM
"Dow hits new record in 8-day winning streak"
CNNMoney 4:10 PM
"Futures Point to Lower Open; Traders Eye U.S. Political News"
FOXBusiness 8:53 AM
"Major glitch in Bitcoin network sparks sell-off; price temporarily falls 23%: It hit a low of $37 as developers scrambled to fix the problem."
Ars Technica 8:15 AM
"Asia Markets: Asian Shares Fall; Liquidity Concerns Hit Shanghai/Asian markets ended lower on Tuesday, with Japan breaking an eight-day winning streak, while liquidity concerns weighed on stocks in Shanghai."
MarketWatch 8:51 AM
"Europe Markets: Europe stocks struggle for direction; SBM jumps/Data shows further contraction for U.K. manufacturing output/European stock markets traded lower on Tuesday, outside of a rebound for Italy and Spanish markets. A likely lower start for Wall Street was undermining some confidence."
MarketWatch 8:52 AM
"Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks: Nasdaq's 10 most active stocks at the close of trading"
Associated Press 5:44 PM
"Final Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares mixed at the close of trading"
Associated Press 5:57 PM
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