"IDC: Windows 8 a factor in lower 2012 PC sales/The final numbers are in showing that PC makers shipped fewer machines last year than in 2011, and Windows 8 is among several factors being blamed by IDC for the decline, which is expected to continue this year."
Computerworld New Zealand 7:35 PM
"Microsoft grabs MetricsHub in cloud push: Vendor acquires cloud monitoring and automation specialist for an undisclosed sum"
CRN 8:19 AM
"Microsoft acquires cloud monitoring startup MetricsHub: MetricsHub is focused on technology for automating cloud performance management"
Computerworld 8:21 AM
"Microsoft Office 365 to get fresh updates every 90 days"
NVO News 8:19 AM
"Microsoft ad executive Stephen Edwards joins Hearst Magazines UK as group digital sales director"
The Drum 8:21 AM
"Leading proxy firms seek ouster of HP chairman, directors"
Reuters 4:09 PM
"Lynch: HP Culture Drove Out Autonomy Talent"
ChannelNomics 7:34 AM
"HP's Project Moonshot Servers to Get ARM Chips from Texas Instruments.: HP's Microservers Based on ARM Architecture to Use TI KeyStone II SoCs"
X-bit labs 7:35 AM
"HP launches Ubuntu-based Pavilion 20 all-in-one"
bit-tech 7:35 AM
"HP gets a hand from Texas Instruments"
TechEye 7:34 AM
"Top outside shareholder demands Dell open its books"
Reuters 8:30 AM
"Dell Receives 'Hold' Rating from TheStreet (DELL)"
Jags Report 7:18 AM
"Dell XPS 12 convertible Ultrabook review/The swivel-screen XPS 12 offers clever design, solid build quality and a high-quality (if reflective) screen. Battery life is not great, though, and this system is severely lacking in connectivity — even by ultrabook standards."
ZDNet 7:32 AM
"Dell B3465dnf Multifunction Laser Printer review"
ITProPortal 7:32 AM
"Intel honored for encouraging women in tech positions"
San Jose Mercury News [Free Registration Required] 7:46 AM
"Productivity gains spur Intel to expand BYOD program: Intel has 23,500 devices and 41 applications and services in its BYOD program"
Computerworld 1:26 PM
"Intel touts multiscreen flexibility with 'display as a service': By hooking displays to a network, users can send Video from their devices to any available screen."
CNET News 4:13 PM
"Intel cuts March motherboard orders by 80%"
DigiTimes 7:47 AM
"Intel lays out wireless roadmap: LTE is new focus with plans to integrate modem inside an Atom processor"
Techworld 7:46 AM
"Intel adds Rohm PMIC to Atom processor support"
EE Times 7:45 AM
"Intel Rolls-Out Atom CE5300 Processor for NAS Devices.: Intel Introduces New Atom Chips for NAS"
X-bit labs 7:46 AM
"ROHM pmic wins spot in Intel's new 'Bay Trail' processor"
New Electronics 7:46 AM
"AMD Gains 20 Percent Market Share in Q42012 - IDC"
CRN 7:37 AM
"AMD PS4 Chip Rumours Confirmed: AMD will be making a cut-down consumer edition"
CCL Computers 7:37 AM
"AMD Temash APU Unleashed: New processor officially detailed"
CCL Computers 7:38 AM
"IBM to develop cloud services, software to be based on open-source architecture"
Computer Business Review 7:56 AM
"IBM Embraces OpenStack For Cloud Offerings: At its Pulse conference in Las Vegas IBM announced it will shift all its future cloud products to code based on open standards and open source"
TechWeekEurope 7:56 AM
"IBM Cooks Up OpenStack Cloud Platform With Chef"
eWeek 7:12 PM
"IBM to make its cloud services and software open sourced-based"
Phys.org 7:53 AM
"IBM Announces OpenStack Cloud, Boosting Open Cloud Momentum"
Data Center Knowledge 8:24 AM
"Big Blue, Big Bang, big data: Telescope funds computing R&D/IBM is trying to advance the supercomputing state of the art in memory, optical links, and processing with research stemming from a massive radio telescope project."
CNET News 1:39 PM
"IBM Systems Chief: 16 Reasons for Partners to Roll With IBM"
eWeek 1:38 PM
"IBM to move cloud software to open source platforms"
Sourcing Focus 7:56 AM
"IBM on energy cybersecurity: Keep calm and carry on"
SmartGrid 7:53 AM
"Oracle adds virtualization, boosts speed of Database Appliance: Systems for small, mid-size businesses now offer 512GB of RAM and 32 processor cores"
Computerworld 1:26 PM
"Oracle releases emergency patch to fix exploited Java flaw"
Help Net Security 8:22 AM
"Five new flaws found in the latest version of Java: This latest vulnerability Report follows a week after the same company Reported two other holes in Oracle's plug-in"
Network World 8:22 AM
"Jury told Cisco should pay $258M for patent infringement"
Bloomberg 7:41 AM
"Cisco wins first European order for Videoscape Unity"
IP&TV News 7:43 AM
"SAP, Cisco and HP join push to plug Europe's digital skills gap: 900,000 European ICT vancancies estimated by 2015"
CIO 7:34 AM
"Top tech companies plug into renewable power: Microsoft, Google and Apple are among those tapping solar, wind and hydroelectric power sources"
Computerworld UK 8:20 AM
"Why Moore's Law, not mobility, is killing the PC"
PCWorld 7:37 AM
"San Francisco's Bay Bridge becomes a glowing network of Ethernet-enabled LEDs: 25,000 LEDs will blaze along 1.8-mile-long section every night for 2 years."
Ars Technica 8:25 PM
"Valve will hand out Steam Box prototypes 'in the next three to four months'"
The Verge 5:32 PM
"Samsung to Release 8-Inch Smartphone in Q2 2013"
Yahoo! News 5:16 PM
"Tardis soda machine: Matt Smith is Sprite/A comic book store puts a unique soda machine into service, serving up cold carbonated cans of cola from the inside of a Tardis."
CNET News 4:12 PM
"E-book porn flourishes on Amazon's Kindle: Platforms for e-book self-publishing like Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing let amateur porn producers slap together adult picture books and sell them online with ease."
CNET News 4:12 PM
"VMware will hate this: Amazon slashes cloud prices up to 28 percent/Amazon prices continue downward trajectory, while VMware searches for answers"
Ars Technica 3:53 PM
"Google exec: users will not be forced to use real names"
Electronista 1:41 PM
"Nikon Intros Coolpix A, P330, S3500 and L320 Compact Cameras"
Gadgetell 1:39 PM
"Raspberry Pi makers unveil camera, issue challenge to photographers: 10 free Pi cameras will be awarded to creative minds—like the Pi TARDIS dude."
Ars Technica 1:28 PM
"Google must drop ivory adverts say campaigners"
BBC 1:21 PM
"Google at work on Amazon Prime competitor: The new service, known as Google Shopping Express, could cost $10 to $15 less than Amazon's Prime."
CNET News 12:41 PM
"YouTube to launch its own music streaming service, says Report: The online Video site will compete with the likes of Pandora and Spotify by kicking off its own online music service later this year, says Fortune."
CNET News 12:41 PM
"App developers challenged by number of different devices: Creating apps for 90 percent of all active devices would mean supporting 331 different models, says mobile-app analytics firm Flurry."
CNET News 12:40 PM
"Android To Dominate 2013 Mobile App Downloads"
TechWeb News 12:38 PM
"E-tailers embrace same-day delivery, but U.S. shoppers shrug: survey"
Reuters 12:38 PM
"Hybrid technology degrees emerging/As demand for college graduates with technical degrees soars, new majors are emerging that are hybrids of computer science, information systems and computer engineering."
Computerworld New Zealand 12:12 PM
"NASA conducts Martian tech support to repair Curiosity/A computer problem onboard the Mars rover Curiosity has forced NASA scientists to put the rover into safe mode while they try to bring a backup system online and try to figure out what is wrong with the main computer.
Computerworld New Zealand 8:54 AM
"Qualcomm raises dividend, increases share repurchase"
Yahoo! News 8:54 AM
"Study finds Twitter polls are poor representation of public opinion"
The Verge 8:47 AM
"Seagate makes momentous move to expand and rebrand: 'Momentus XT' hybrid drives are out, 'solid state hybrid drives' are in."
Ars Technica 1:28 PM
"Seagate ships 3rd-gen hybrid drive, now called SSHD: Seagate announces the availability of its latest hybrid drive, the SSHD for laptop and desktop."
CNET Reviews 8:46 AM
"Tablets Are Eating Into Smartphones' Share Of Mobile Content Usage, While Android Remains In Lead Overall, Finds Jumptap"
TechCrunch 8:46 AM
"Samsung Galaxy S4 to feature eye-tracking tech, though we're not entirely sure how"
ExtremeTech 8:46 AM
"The Hadoop ecosystem: the (welcome) elephant in the room (infographic)"
GigaOM 8:46 AM
"Amazingly, This Lamp Isn't Made By Google"
Gizmodo 8:46 AM
"Is This The Galaxy S IV? No – Just An Expansys Web Designer's Mock-Up"
TechCrunch 8:43 AM
"Kepler in the Workstation: NVidia Rolls Out New Quadros"
Tom's Hardware 8:43 AM
"Microsoft continues to struggle with Windows 8: Adoption rate slows further..."
TechWatch UK 8:23 AM
"Microsoft shows displays with built-in Kinect, predicts future laptop integration"
The Verge 8:21 AM
"Microsoft starts sending cut-off notices to Office 365 preview users: Jumps 60-day grace period gun by about two weeks with expiration warnings"
Computerworld UK 8:20 AM
"BBC develops iPlayer app for Windows Phone: The BBC is developing an iPlayer app for Microsoft's Windows Phone smartphone operating system, it has announced."
Telegraph 8:21 AM
"iPlayer Shortcut (Not App) Heading To Windows Phone 7.5 & 8 In 'Next Few Months' After Microsoft Inks Deal With BBC"
TechCrunch 7:05 AM
"BBC iPlayer coming to UK Windows Phone 7.5 and 8 handsets in 'next few months'"
Engadget 7:03 AM
"BBC iPlayer finally coming to Windows Phone"
The Verge 7:03 AM
Government/Law/Politics
"Why are telcos upset Google isn't subject to Obama's new cybersecurity rules? Verizon and AT&T cry foul that tech firms are off the hook for new regulations designed to aid cybersecurity intelligence"
The Verge 8:14 PM
"Google begins offering vague estimates on secret FBI surveillance"
The Verge 6:14 PM
"Minnesota senator plans bill to make cellphone unlocking legal again"
Yahoo! News 6:02 PM
"How Sequestration Impacts Federal IT Spending"
TechWeb News 4:09 PM
"Chief economists of EU Commission and FTC make proposals for FRAND dispute resolution"
Foss Patents 1:38 PM
"Rich California town considers license plate readers for entire city limits: With a nearly 50 percent rise in burglaries, Piedmont police are concerned."
Ars Technica 1:22 PM
"White House Agrees: Laws Around Unlocking Phones Lack Sense"
eWeek 1:38 PM
"White House Backs Phone 'Unlocking'"
WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:44 AM
"German government approves BlackBerry Z10 purchase"
ZDNet 8:43 AM
"Facebook served new lawsuit over bungled IPO: An early investor files a new case against the social network saying, 'The defendants were unjustly enriched because they realized enormous profits and financial benefits from the IPO.'"
CNET News 6:48 AM
"The Pirate Bay is relocating to North Korea? It appears the bittorrent tracker is up to some of its old hijinks: saying that it moved from its home in Europe to cozy up with supreme leader Kim Jong-un."
CNET News 6:47 AM
"The Pirate Bay claims 'virtual asylum' in North Korea: In a fight to stay online, The Pirate Bay claims North Korea will lend a hand"
Computerworld 6:38 AM
Analysis/Editorial/Help/Opinion
"Gnome cofounder: Desktop Linux is a CHERNOBYL of FAIL"
The Register 9:03 PM
"Google's Management Presents at dbAccess Media & Telecom Conference (Transcript)"
Seeking Alpha 6:46 PM
"Raising the Bar for Better TV Sound"
WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 5:43 PM
"Wikipedia and libraries: a match made in heaven"
Boing Boing 1:27 PM
"Why the Galaxy S4 won't be shedding its plastic roots: Samsung will likely stick to a design aesthetic that has worked in the past, despite its rivals opting to use metal and other premium-feeling materials."
CNET News 12:41 PM
"How 'Indie' Capitalism Will Replace Our Stagnant Economic System"
Indie Research 8:48 AM
"Artist brews piping-hot geeky art from lattes: Some artists paint on a canvas or tablet, but one creative coffee addict makes geeky art with cream and a latte."
CNET News 8:27 AM
"Why Google Has More Room To Run"
Seeking Alpha 7:14 AM
"Return of the Borg: How Twitter Rebuilt Google's Secret Weapon"
Wired Magazine 7:04 AM
"Facebook Is Over, Teenagers Say So"
Social Barrel 6:48 AM
"What the DMCA cell phone unlock ban means to you (FAQ): CNET's Marguerite Reardon has put together this FAQ to help you understand how the anti-piracy Digital Mellennium Copyright Act law is being applied to the unlock software used on cell phones. And what a recent update to the law means to consumers looking to unlock their phones."
CNET News 6:48 AM
"Report: Twitter Is an Awful Predictor of Public Opinion"
Gizmodo 6:47 AM
"Transferwise's 'peer-to-peer' international money transfer system just got easier to use"
GigaOM 6:47 AM
"Epoxy Raises $2 Million From GRP Partners And Others To Help YouTubers Grow And Engage With Their Audiences"
TechCrunch 8:47 AM
"VMware Exits Collaboration Market With Sale of SlideRocket To Clearslide, A Sales Engagement Platform"
TechCrunch 7:04 AM
"Mark Pearson's Markco Media Invests $225K In Customer Loyalty Platform Stamp.it"
TechCrunch 6:49 AM
Tech Stocks
"Dow Industrials Set Record"
WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:14 PM
"Dow Poised to Pass All-Time High"
TheStreet 8:33 AM
"Economic Optimism Boosts Futures; Dow Eyes Record High"
FOXBusiness 8:33 AM
"Google shares gallop to new highs, stock up 700 pc"
Financial Express 7:36 AM
"Europe Markets: Europe stocks rise with retail sales, PMI in focus/European stocks rallied on Tuesday, as investors cheered stronger-than-expected euro-zone retail sales for the euro zone and took inspiration from gains a day earlier in the U.S., where the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at its second-highest level ever."
MarketWatch 8:32 AM
"Asia Markets: China stocks stage strong bounce, lead Asia gains/Shanghai stocks end 2.3% higher, but developers underperform/Asian markets rebounded Tuesday as a higher finish on Wall Street attracted buyers a day after most regional equities suffered a sell-off, with Japanese stocks extending gains on hopes for further monetary easing under a new central bank chief."
MarketWatch 8:32 AM
"Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks: Nasdaq's 10 most active stocks at 1 p.m."
Associated Press 12:43 PM
"Final Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares up at the close of trading"
Associated Press 8:25 PM
"Midday Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares up at 1 p.m."
Associated Press 1:17 PM
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