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Wednesday, March 27, 2013
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"Massive cyber attack cripples global internet speeds" T3 12:12 PM
"Global internet slows after 'biggest attack in history'" BBC 9:18 AM
"Microsoft aids shutdown of Rustock spam net" BBC 9:19 AM
"Huge spam botnet Grum is taken out by security researchers" BBC 9:19 AM
"Millions May Be Affected in Web Disruption, Anti-Spam Group Says" Bloomberg 9:18 AM
"What will the new Dell look like?" ZDNet 10:13 AM
"Mike Dell's former lieutenant leads coup attempt" Reuters 9:02 AM
"Carl Icahn Unleashed: Wall Street's Richest Man Is On The Attack -- Just Ask Michael Dell" Forbes 9:02 AM
"Blackstone Is Open to Keeping Michael Dell as CEO" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 6:37 PM
"Ericsson Said to Discuss Buying Microsoft's TV-Software Unit" Bloomberg 9:17 AM
"Ericsson in talks to buy Microsoft's TV software unit: report" Reuters 9:07 AM
"Microsoft reportedly selling its MediaRoom IPTV unit to Ericsson" Engadget 8:51 AM
"Linux group hits Microsoft with complaint over 'Secure Boot': It's long been clear that Linux users are more than a little unhappy with the 'Secure Boot' technology implemented by default in Windows 8 hardware, but in Spain, one group has decided to do more than simply try to work around it." New Zealand PCWorld 4:25 PM
"Microsoft Endlessly Disappoints With 'New' Windows Phone Apps" Wired 4:18 PM
"Microsoft: Over 540,000 students and teachers use Windows 8 in US" Neowin 4:18 PM
"Microsoft says WinPhone outselling iPhone, BlackBerry/Things are looking bad for Apple in Ukraine and Poland" The Register 9:20 PM
"Microsoft collects 13 design patents for Surface, keyboard covers" Computerworld New Zealand 7:27 PM
"IBM Services Center: Baton Rouge will transform city, state" Business Report 4:20 PM
"IBM putting 800-job service center in Baton Rouge" Associated Press 4:20 PM
"Baton Rouge to See 800 Tech Jobs with IBM" WRKF News 4:20 PM
"New IBM Technology Center to Bring 800 Jobs to Baton Rouge" eWeek 7:28 PM
"Intel announces Haswell graphics extensions with unified memory: Goes down the unified memory access route" The Inquirer 9:19 PM
"Will D-Wave Render Intel Obsolete?" Seeking Alpha 3:23 PM
"Intel's Price Is Bound To Soar" Seeking Alpha 4:19 PM
"Oracle Shares Gains On Tekelec Deal" TheStreet 12:23 PM
"Larry Ellison shows off Oracle's faster servers in bid to boost hardware sales" Contra Costa Times 4:27 PM
"Oracle Unveils 'World's Fastest Chip' in Bid to Save Sun Biz" Bloomberg Businessweek 9:16 AM
"Oracle Smokes Out Cloud M&A Hopes" TheStreet 9:07 AM
"Oracle Putting Innovation Where Its Hardware Is" eWeek 7:28 PM
"Cisco lays off 500/The Network World story, "Cisco lays off 734 or 1% of workforce," which was posted to the wire on Wednesday, incorrectly stated the number of layoffs. It was 500." Computerworld New Zealand 7:28 PM

General Interest

"Google Maps boosts live transit in NYC, D.C., and Salt Lake City: The Web giant's mapping feature now boasts live departure times or service alerts in three new U.S. metropolitan areas." CNET News 8:30 PM
"Don't call it OUYA: hands-on with PlayJam's GameStick (Video)" Engadget 8:19 PM
"Google Street View lets former Fukushima residents see the town they left" Engadget 7:29 PM
"Mozilla partners with Epic Games to bring Unreal Engine 3 to the web" Engadget 6:29 PM
"Mozilla and Epic Games port Unreal Engine 3 to the browser, no plugins necessary" The Verge 6:31 PM
"Red Hat's Q4: Misses revenue but wins on earnings" ZDNet 4:21 PM
"FoxConn Indicator May Signal Gloom Ahead For Tech" CNBC 12:21 PM
"The Building Is the New Server" AllThingsD 12:21 PM
"Santa Clara uses smart meters to create citywide free Wi-Fi" Christian Science Monitor 9:32 AM
"Silicon Valley city flips switch on big Wi-Fi project" CBS News 9:29 AM
"Northern Calif. city installs free Wi-Fi through upgraded electric meters" Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 9:37 AM
"Amazon expands Kindle Fire X-Ray service to TV shows" The Verge 9:15 AM
"New Silicon Valley in the Andes: Promise and paradox" CNET News 9:14 AM
"Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg Starting Political Group" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 1:51 PM
"Facebook's Zuckerberg organizing political advocacy group" CNET News 9:14 AM
"Facebook says number of users who pay to play games rises 24%" Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 9:38 AM
"Portuguese media outlets demand Google pay for links, news leads" CNET News 4:17 PM
"Google Glass Will Be Made In The U.S.A., Report Claims, At An Assembly Facility In Santa Clara" TechCrunch 3:30 PM
"New Google Chrome Spell Checker Monitors Everything You Type, While FBI Secretly Watches" Forbes 9:06 AM
"Why We Shouldn't Fear Google Keep" Minyanville 9:06 AM
"A Quarter of Patents This Year Will Be Mobile-Related" AllThingsD 9:03 AM
"T-Mobile faces war of words after killing subsidies, contracts" CNET News 9:14 AM
"Questions and answers about T-Mobile's new plans" Boston Globe [Free Registration Required] 9:17 AM
"How the Maker of TurboTax Fought Free, Simple Tax Filing" Pro Publica 9:14 AM
"Wal-Mart to offer lockers for in-store pickup of online orders in 'tenacious' anti-Amazon campaign" Contra Costa Times 9:33 AM
"Wal-Mart targets online sales with lockers, mobile apps in bid to compete with Amazon" Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 9:38 AM

Press Releases

"Big Data: Big Potential, Big Priority" Marketwire 8:59 AM
"Keystone Bank Adopts IBM Smarter Computing Solution to Drive Business Transformation Agenda" PR Newswire 9:04 AM
"Oracle Enables Partners to Drive Growth and Customer Success With Oracle's SPARC Servers" Marketwire 9:07 AM

Microsoft

"Will Windows 8 be the one OS that unites us all?" Puget Sound Business Journal 4:23 PM
"Microsoft adding more content to Xbox Live this week, including Toys R Us movies and a refreshed MLB.tv app" Engadget 3:30 PM
"Microsoft Excel 2013" PC Magazine 3:23 PM
"Microsoft looking to hook public-sector CIOs on Windows 8, Office 365" Puget Sound Business Journal 12:19 PM
"Microsoft taps Unity, Marmalade, and Havok to help developers port Android and iOS games to Windows Phone" The Next Web 12:12 PM
"Microsoft's new security patching routine raises concerns: Microsoft just released its first acknowledged security update for a Metro app: and the new patching method is a disaster waiting to happen" InfoWorld 12:11 PM
"Microsoft To Debut Windows Blue Preview This Summer" BGR 7:08 PM
"Windows Blue and Microsoft's continuous upgrade strategy" Computerworld 12:11 PM
"Surprise! Microsoft really is a lovely place to work" ZDNet 10:13 AM
"Microsoft's Data Explorer: Picking Up Where Bing Leaves Off" ReadWrite 10:17 AM
"Three reasons Microsoft wants to kill the Windows Desktop" Computerworld Blogs 10:17 AM
"Microsoft's Office 'Gemini': Windows Blue's twin" ZDNet 10:13 AM
"Microsoft acknowledges Windows Blue, plans Build conference for June 26 in SF" Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 9:38 AM
"With Windows Blue comes fear of desktop's demise" CNET News 9:14 AM
"Microsoft Endlessly Disappoints With 'New' Windows Phone Apps" Wired 10:43 AM
"Looking Back and Springing Ahead" TechNet 9:11 AM
"Ukraine Slump Hurts Microsoft Sales Growth, Shymkiv Says" Bloomberg 9:05 AM

Government/Law/Politics

"Egypt arrests as undersea internet cable cut off Alexandria" BBC 7:07 PM
"Educators Across the U.S. Adopt Windows 8 to Help Make Students College-Ready and Career-Ready" PR Newswire 12:20 PM
"State and Local Governments Adopt Microsoft Dynamics CRM to Improve Citizen Service Delivery" PR Newswire 12:20 PM
"New Group of Government and Education Organizations Move to the Cloud With Microsoft Office 365" PR Newswire 12:19 PM
"US government free to probe where it wants" TG Daily 10:11 AM
"Fed IT Funds Circle Drain Due to Poor Procurement Policies" E-Commerce Times 9:51 AM
"Anti-cyber threat centre launched" BBC 9:19 AM

Analysis/Editorial/Help/Opinion

"What 2000 Calories of Food Actually Looks Like" Gizmodo 8:12 PM
"The Problem with Silicon Valley CEO Excess, in 15 Sentences" The Atlantic Wire 6:32 PM
"The Building Is the New Server" AllThingsD 3:20 PM
"Review: Tablet-PC hybrids a study in trade-offs" Associated Press 1:51 PM
"Why Google CEO Page should friend Amazon's Bezos" MarketWatch 12:17 PM
"Dude, get a Dell, and then get a coherent model of corporate governance" Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 10:44 AM
"Crowdfunding, Micro-Patronage, And The Future Of Free Software" TechCrunch 10:09 AM
"What part of 'no spam' don't you understand?" InfoWorld 9:56 AM
"Convergence Tales" E-Commerce Times 9:51 AM

Acquisitions/Deals/Investments/Mergers

"Spanning And Mozy Team Up, A Storage Marriage With Investment Questions Galore" TechCrunch 3:30 PM
"CBS buys half of TV Guide net for $100M" Associated Press 10:02 AM
"Yahoo Is Still Dumb Money Even Under Marissa" Forbes 12:22 PM
"Medtronic: The Next Acquisition" Seeking Alpha 10:44 AM
"Brace for More Stock Splits as Markets Cruise to Record Highs" FOXBusiness 10:43 AM
"Intel Cash Flow May Improve and 4 New Opinions Investors Must Take a Peek At" Wall St. Cheat Sheet 10:43 AM
"Moovweb Raises $16M To Help Businesses Bring Their Web Content To Mobile" TechCrunch 10:10 AM
"Centzy Raises $1.6M Seed Round From Cowboy Ventures, Founder Collective, Lightbank & Others To Bring Offline Biz Data To Web & Mobile" TechCrunch 10:09 AM
"Debt is back - big deals may be close behind" Fortune 9:54 AM
"Credit Suisse buys Morgan Stanley wealth unit" Seattle Post-Intelligencer 8:50 AM

Tech Stocks

"Tech Stocks: Tech stocks recover losses; Apple stays down/T-Mobile launches un-subsidized iPhone; AOL jumps on upgrade" MarketWatch 3:29 PM
"S&P Pares Decline as U.S. Housing Shows Strength" TheStreet 10:53 AM
"Stocks slide, following European markets lower" Associated Press 10:53 AM
"S&P 500 tests all-time high again" CNNMoney 4:15 PM
"U.S. Stocks Close Lower" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:16 PM
"Asia Markets: Asia stocks rise; Sydney, Hong Kong lead/Aeon shares soar in Tokyo; Bank of China gains in Hong Kong" MarketWatch 10:20 AM
"Europe Markets: Italian political turmoil hits Europe stocks/European stock markets posted broad-based losses on Wednesday, with banks leading the charge south, following a setback in the latest attempt to form a government in Italy." MarketWatch 4:16 PM
"Stocks slump in early trading on Wall Street as traders worry about bailout plan for Cyprus" Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 9:39 AM
"Stocks fall hard as euro skids to four-month low" MarketWatch 9:36 AM
"Ignore BlackBerry Earnings; They Mean Nothing" TheStreet 9:06 AM
"BlackBerry under the gun to make its numbers" MarketWatch 9:37 AM
"Cisco In The Limelight" Seeking Alpha 9:03 AM
"All Tech Companies Go to Hades" The Motley Fool 12:11 PM
"H.J. Heinz Sets April 30 Shareholder Vote on $28B Buyout" FOXBusiness 9:01 AM
"Cyprus uncertainty keeps markets in check" Seattle Post-Intelligencer 8:50 AM
"Wal-Mart says loss likely from bribery probe" Seattle Post-Intelligencer 10:01 AM
"Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks: Nasdaq's 10 most active stocks at 1 p.m." Associated Press 12:23 PM
"Final Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares mixed at the close of trading" Associated Press 7:22 PM

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Associated Press (Updated 9:20 PM CDT)

"New Book Shares Insights From Steve Jobs' 1st Boss"
"Record-Breaking Cyberattack Hits Anti-Spam Group"
"Google Adds Street Views Inside Japan Nuclear Zone"
"Review: Tablet-PC Hybrids A Study In Trade-Offs"
"Forecast: Twitter's Ad Revenue To Double This Year"
"Court Turns Away Class Action Against Comcast"
"Egypt: Divers Caught While Cutting Internet Cable"
"Calif. City Gets Free Wi-Fi Via High Tech Meters"
"Gay Marriage Equality Box Spreads On Social Media"
"Wachowskis To Make Sci-Fi Series For Netflix"

CNET News (Checked 9:20 PM; no changes since 8:30 PM CDT)

"Google Maps boosts live transit in NYC, D.C., and Salt Lake City"
"Gmail for iOS adds more organizational tools"
"Google Glass to be made in the USA, but still by Foxconn"
"FBI prepares to defend 'Stingray' cell phone tracking"
"Amazon adds Silicon Valley startup comedy to pilot lineup"
"Phil Jackson's first tweet is a work of art"
"Egypt's military arrests divers cutting undersea Internet cables"
"Robots from outer space are somehow less terrifying"
"Facebook boy-with-gun pic: Governor wants investigation"
"Don't miss these new Grand Theft Auto V screenshots" ...

New York Times (Updated 9:20 PM CDT)

"Attacks Used the Internet Against Itself to Clog Traffic"
"Firm Is Accused of Sending Spam, and Fight Jams Internet"
"T-Mobile Shakes Up Its Service"
"A Top Agency Expands Its Social Footprint"
"An Internet Angel for a Documentary"

Reuters (Updated 9:20 PM CDT)

"Exclusive: Clearwire expected to tap Sprint financing for April"
"U.S. law to restrict government purchases of Chinese IT equipment"
"NZ's Telecom to slash over 1,000 jobs, more cuts to come"
"Egypt catches divers cutting Internet cable amid disruptions"
"Internet slowed by cyber attack on spam blocker"
"Popularity helps buffer Apple from Chinese state-media attacks"
"Portugal media demands Google pays for news"
"Nasdaq extends deadline for Facebook IPO compensation applications"
"Mobile ads to push Twitter ad revenue near $1 billion in 2014: report"
"Video game found to help the blind navigate buildings"

TechWeb (Checked 9:20 PM; no changes since 4:15 PM CDT)

"Topol Gives Colbert a Dose of 'Destruction'"
"MS Touts Education Wins For Windows 8, Office 365"
"Flipboard Update Lets You Create Magazine"
"U.K., BT Push Broadband To Rural Scotland"
"Tougher Computer Crime Penalties Sought By U.S. Legislators"
"Orion, Caradigm Team To Offer Accountable Care Product"
"T-Mobile iPhone 5 Details | Netflix Contest Stirs Cloud Debate"
"Tell Me Again: Why Rush Into Windows 8?"
"BMW Brings iPhone Apps To Dashboards"
"Windows Blue Confirmed But Microsoft Mum On Details"

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