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Computer Industry

"Apple plus IBM — Microsoft's worst nightmare? It would be a fearsome combination, says Don Tennant" Computerworld New Zealand 8:58 AM
"Microsoft opens up — just a little" Computerworld New Zealand 9:11 AM
"Logitech says any Microsoft bid 'without sense'" Reuters 9:03 AM
"OpenXML not ready to become an ISO standard" Philippine Inquirer 9:17 AM
"IT is set for another revolution: Ballmer: This one's about user-friendliness, Microsoft CEO says" Computerworld New Zealand 9:12 AM
"New Microsoft OS aimed at researchers: It's a 'concept-car OS' says official" Computerworld New Zealand 9:16 AM
"Best 100 Companies: 47. Microsoft UK" Times Online, UK 9:14 AM
"They Criticized Vista. And They Should Know.: One year after the birth of Windows Vista, why do so many Windows XP users still decline to 'upgrade'?" New York Times [Free Registration Required] 8:37 AM
"New IBM mainframe faces challenges: The latest version of the z series has arrived" Computerworld New Zealand 9:10 AM
"H-P looking for a transformation: Restructured research labs to focus on fewer projects with bigger, broader payoffs" Austin American-Statesman [Free Registration Required] 2:57 PM
"HP Middle East celebrates spring with sleek, stylish surprise" AME Info 2:53 PM
"Cisco overhauls edge routers after 5 years: Better support for converged applications between corporate HQs and branch offices targeted" Computerworld New Zealand 9:12 AM
"AMD Introduces ATI Catalyst 8.3" IT News Online 2:53 PM
"Notebook Sales Get a Boost from Retailers" IDG News Service 3:08 PM
"Cyber Storm II challenges banks, telcos and government: A series of security incidents will culminate in a large-scale attack simulation" Computerworld New Zealand 9:12 AM
"Microsoft Takes Another Step Toward Software As A Service: At MIX conference, Ray Ozzie introduces hosted versions of Exchange and SQL Server." InformationWeek 3/8
"Mix: Steve Ballmer intends to catch up with Google" heise online 3/8
"Microsoft urges users to check Windows DST: Guide walks users through daylight-savings double-check" Computerworld 3/8
"Microsoft Talking About Blu-ray with Sony" Gaming Today 3/8
"Microsoft will support Blu-ray" Totally360 3/8
"Novell Exec Gripes About Patent Deal with Microsoft" IDG News Service 3/8
"HP to concentrate its research efforts" Houston Chronicle 3/8
"HP to launch VMWare-ready servers" Philippine Inquirer 3/8
"Why Intel Should Dump: Its Flash-Memory Business" Barron's 3/8
"Intel talks mobile toys" The Inquirer 3/8
"Intel vs. Nvidia vs. AMD, at home" The Inquirer 3/8
"Desktop and server news from Intel" The Inquirer 3/8
"Sun seeks patent protection for OpenOffice with LGPLv3" CNET Blogs 3/8
"Motorola's Mobile Division Loses Another Exec" IDG News Service 3/8
"Is WiMax Still in the Cards?" TechNewsWorld 3/8
"Brave New IT World Emerges: This time around, Europe is setting the pace for the rest of the world." eWeek 3/8

General Interest

"Millions 'dump unwanted computers'" The Press Association 9:42 PM
"Safety 'assured' Web sites not always safe" Associated Press 9:41 PM
"Struggling Circuit City works for turnaround" Associated Press 9:41 PM
"SXSW: Zuckerberg Keynote Descends Into Chaos As the Audience Takes Over" Wired 8:39 PM
"Meet the Whiz Kids: 10 Overachievers Under 21: They're the next generation of entrepreneurs, inventors, and innovators--and not one of them is old enough to buy beer." PC World 6:54 PM
"Facebook App Lets Users Send Movie Clips" Associated Press 6:53 PM
"Coming Soon: Nothing Between You and Your Machine" New York Times [Free Registration Required] 9:08 AM
"The Faculty Is Remote, but Not Detached" New York Times [Free Registration Required] 9:09 AM
"High-tech thieves steal PINs" Melbourne Age 8:40 AM
"Yahoo Dethroned in Taiwan: Yahoo's portal lost the top ranking in Taiwan, after over seven years on top, to Wretch." IDG News Service 8:39 AM
"A new way to watch TV: Watch out YouTube. Two old-media dinosaurs, Fox and NBC Universal, have created one cool venue for their hottest shows." Fortune 3/8
"Volcanic View of the Internet" PCWorld.com 3/8
"Retooling for a Changing Telecom Landscape" New York Times 3/8
"Concern in Europe on Cellphone Ads for Children" New York Times 3/8
"2 top Yahoo execs get bigger bonuses" Associated Press 3/8
"Greener cell power presents challenges" Associated Press 3/8

Press Releases

"Cisco CSO to Discuss Spending Implications of Security's 'Human Side'" Market Wire 3/7
"Dell Scores Record Number of Product Awards in 2007" Business Wire 3/7
"HP Sharpens HP Labs to Drive High-impact Research: New Approach Calls for Bigger Bets and Accelerates Transfer of Technology Breakthroughs to Customers" Business Wire 3/7
"Lotus Sametime Celebrates 10th Anniversary With Industry Accolades" Market Wire 3/7
"IBM Recognized Leader in 2008 CRN Channel Champions Survey" Market Wire 3/7

Microsoft

"Microsoft tries to stop more 'Vista-capable' e-mails from going public" ZDNet Blogs 4:18 PM
"Will it always be about Microsoft?" ZDNet Blogs 3:08 PM
"Building a DIY 'low-end' Vista system doesn't save money" Vista.Blorge 2:53 PM
"Microsoft Windows and Office patches recommended" Bangkok Post 9:14 AM
"Silverlight for iPhone next? Not quite, says Ballmer: Microsoft CEO calls the idea of putting Silverlight technology on the iPhone 'interesting,' but suggested that Apple might charge Microsoft" InfoWorld 3/7
"Microsoft Competes for the Web 2.0 Backbone" Web Worker Daily 3/7
"Microsoft: No Delay for Windows Vista" ChannelWeb 3/7
"Is Microsoft Losing Ground With Portable Computer Users?" InformationWeek 3/7
"DST arrives this weekend: Are your Microsoft systems ready?" ZDNet 3/7
"Sony chews the Blu-ray fat with Microsoft" Reg Hardware 3/7
"Thumbs-up for Windows Media Player: At CeBIT, Dr Frank Klefenz from the Fraunhofer Institute demonstrates how finger gesture filmed on a webcam can control Windows Media Player." ZDNet UK 3/7
"Michael Schultz From Microsoft and Marcus Galindo From Diskeeper Corporation to Be Featured on Let's Talk Computers (R)" Market Wire 3/7
"Microsoft, Costco CEOs Vie for Sonics" Associated Press 3/7

Government/Law/Politics

"FCC's Martin Faults Comcast" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:34 PM
"Software Companies Want Patent Reform by Congress" IDG News Service 6:55 PM
"Chinese Hackers Worry Pentagon: A recent report expresses concerns about technological advances in both cyberspace and space." Reuters 9:28 AM
"Former HP CEO takes bigger role in John McCain campaign" Associated Press 3/8
"Chiefs' Pay Under Fire at Capitol" New York Times 3/8
"Software Piracy Conviction Sends Two to Jail" IDG News Service 3/8
"Report: U.S. likely to maintain 'yes' vote for OOXML in ISO" Computerworld 3/7
"US seizes domain name of Spanish company selling Cuba trips" Ars Technica 3/7
"Observers await result of Nacchio appeal: The decision of a three-judge panel could come any day. The ex-Qwest CEO was found guilty last April." Denver Post 3/7
"Dish case in jury's hands: Final arguments focus on effects of profane yelling" Denver Rocky Mountain News 3/7
"SFLC to Dismiss GPL Lawsuit: High-Gain Antennas agrees to conform to the GPL regarding BusyBox code in response to a suit from the Software Freedom Law Center." eWeek 3/7
"India Plans Huge WiMax Deployment" eWeek 3/7
"Army reopens online library to public" Federal Computer Week 3/7
"Washington Prepares for Cyber War Games: Week-Long Simulation Tests Agencies', Companies' Response to Online Attacks" Washington Post 3/7
"Hackers attack Oz govt computers: Spies or hackers have tried to infiltrate Australian government computer networks." Stuff 3/7
"Cops Raid 51 CeBIT Booths in Patent Crackdown" E-Commerce Times 3/7
"Police raid CeBIT stands" The Register 3/7
"Yahoo! wins sponsored links ruling in High Court" The Register 3/7
"Rookie robot joins shuttle crew" USA Today 3/7
"Quest Options Come Under Scrutiny" WSJ.com 3/7
"Coast Guard Hates the Internet, Maybe" Wired Blogs 3/7
"ID cards may be postponed until 2015: In a U-turn, the government has ditched plans to force people to get a biometric ID card when they renew or apply for a passport." Silicon.com 3/7
"Tories get tough on cyber-crime: Proposals include new post of cyber-security minister" vnunet.com 3/7
"Tories attack government policy on cybercrime: The Conservatives have criticised the government's response to the growing threat from cybercrime, unveiling plans for a national e-crime unit and a dedicated e-crime minister if they win the next election." Silicon.com 3/7
"Pentagon bans Google map-makers" BBC 3/7
"Google pulls some map images at Pentagon's request" Reuters 3/7

Analysis/Editorial/Help/Opinion

"Britain makes camera that 'sees' under clothes" Reuters 9:09 AM
"Text Generation Gap: U R 2 Old (JK)" New York Times [Free Registration Required] 9:09 AM
"How are your wrists feeling? Experts debate reasons for drop in office injuries" Associated Press 8:56 AM
"User revolts on social networks: They're here to stay" CNET News.com 3/8
"Why we should care about the spectrum debate" CNET News.com 3/8
"A message for The Computer Guy" Wicked Local: Brockton, MA 3/8
"Why Facebook's Growth is Slowing" Silicon Alley Insider 3/8
"CIOs Uncensored: Big Transition, Big Role, Big Thinker/MIT IT researcher Jeanne Ross sees an opportunity opening up for CIOs to step into a bigger role." InformationWeek 3/8
"Build a Vista-compatible office PC for $305" ZDNet Blogs: Hardware 2.0 3/8
"Daylight Saving Time and Your Gadgets - What You Need to Know" Retrevo 3/8
"Antisocial: Social Networking is Just Another CB Radio" I, Cringely 3/7
"Tech review: Speech recognition software improves but isn't flawless" Dallas Morning News 3/7
"Survey: SMBs Plagued by Spyware" eWeek 3/7
"The Security Threat in Your Pocket: Researchers are clamoring that this is the year you must deal with mobile security or get hit by phishing and malware attacks on the devices in your employee's pocket." eWeek 3/7
"700 MHz Spectrum Initially A Bummer, Business Schools Conclude" InformationWeek 3/7
"Product review: Brocade's big, fat datacenter fabric" InfoWorld 3/7
"Sprint and T-Mobile: A disaster in waiting" ZDNet 3/7
"YouLose.com: Web Upstarts Can't Gain Ground On YouTube" New York Post 3/7
"How Geeks Said 'I Love You' This Valentine's Day" PC Magazine 3/7
"Top 10 Clocks for Geeks" PC Magazine 3/7
"Head-Turning Tech: 20 recently reviewed, drool-worthy devices that deliver." PC Magazine 3/7
"Could robots become the open source hardware target?" ZDNet 3/7
"How this nearly barenaked lady has been brought to you courtesy of a Skype SPIM-mer" ZDNet 3/7
"Just what is 'desktop virtualization' anyway?" ZDNet 3/7
"GSM Standard Gains Subscribers In The Americas: There will be more than 500 million GSM mobile phone subscribers in the Western Hemisphere by the end of 2008, according to the trade association of GSM service providers." InformationWeek 3/7
"Google Should Hit 90% Search Market Share" SeekingAlpha 3/7

Acquisitions/Deals/Investments/Mergers

"Sony Stock May Be Due for a Restart" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:35 PM
"Take-Two Sets Plan In Case of Buyout" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:35 PM
"Google's Doubleclick Bid Expected to Proceed Soon" IDG News Service 3/8
"Motorola not ready to hang up on phone business" Fortune 3/7
"Motorola's Former Chief of Mobile Devices Resigns" WSJ.com 3/7
"Sprint Nextel Becomes Grist for the Rumor Mill" New York Times 3/7
"Motorola and Icahn Gird for Second Round" New York Times 3/7
"AccuRev, Electric Cloud Team for Agility" eWeek 3/7
"Audible Shareholder Objects to Amazon Offer" Reuters 3/7
"Juniper to buy back up to $1 billion in stock" Bloomberg News 3/7
"Samsung blasts Hynix' tech transfer deal" EE Times 3/7
"Firm assumes control of Negevtech" EE Times 3/7
"AOL, CBS Radio Team Up To Offer Online Radio Streaming" Associated Press 3/7
"Infogrames Offers to Buy Atari" Wired Blogs 3/7
"Citi and SK Telecom Enter Mobile Banking Partnership" Bank Systems & Technology 3/7
"Pioneer to post loss, exit plasma display production" Reuters 3/7
"Pioneer to Exit Plasma Display Production" Associated Press 3/7
"Samsung and Adidas Take on iPod and Nike" IDG News Service 3/7
"Nokia and China Postel Announce $2 Billion Deal" Associated Press 3/7
"Google, Microsoft Bidding for Digg" SeekingAlpha 3/7

Tech Stocks

"Sector Snap: Handset Stocks Decline" Associated Press 3/7
"Friday's Tech Winners & Losers" TheStreet.com 3/7
"U.S. Stocks Drop on Unexpected Loss of Jobs; Energy Shares Fall" Bloomberg 3/7
"Stocks hit multi-month lows: Wall Street tumbles to 2006 levels as investors eye the biggest job losses in 5 years and more financial sector problems." CNNMoney 3/7
"Stocks drop as job data deepens economic woe" Reuters 3/7
"Nasdaq Sinks, but Earnings Lift Ciena and National Semiconductor: Economic Jitters Push Index 2.6% Lower for Week" WSJ.com 3/7
"Markets End Week With a Slide" WSJ.com 3/7
"Tech Stocks: National Semi rises as tech sector retreats" MarketWatch 3/7
"Telecom Stocks: Ciena soars above other telecoms/Ciena Corp. stock jumped as much as 11% in Friday morning trading after a strong quarterly profit, offering a bright spot in an otherwise lackluster session for telecommunications." MarketWatch 3/7
"Asia Markets: Financials suffer big losses on Wall Street slide/Asian markets suffered heavy losses Friday on concerns about the state of the U.S. economy and the global credit markets." MarketWatch 3/7
"Europe Markets: European shares decline, paced by mining sector/Disappointing U.S. employment data sparks afternoon selling" MarketWatch 3/7

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Associated Press (Checked 1:05 PM CST; no changes since Saturday)

"2 Top Yahoo Execs Get Bigger Bonuses"
"Greener Cell Power Presents Challenges"

CNET News.com (Checked 1:05 PM CST; no changes since Saturday)

"Concern in Europe on cell phone ads for children"

New York Times (Checked 1:05 PM; no changes since 9:05 AM CST)

"Text Generation Gap: U R 2 Old (JK)"
"They Criticized Vista. And They Should Know"
"Coming Soon: Nothing Between You and Your Machine"
"The Faculty Is Remote, but Not Detached"

Reuters (Checked 1:05 PM; no changes since 9:10 AM CST)

"Britain makes camera that 'sees' under clothes"
"Logitech says any Microsoft bid 'without sense'"

TechWeb (Checked 1:05 PM CST; no changes since Saturday)

"Apple Mods: How To Make Mac OS X Rock"
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"What's Next For India"
"Top 7 Tips On How To Navigate An Overseas MPLS Contract"
"Apple Shows App Dev Energy Turning To Smartphones"
"CIO Values: Frank Yang, CTO, Recycle Bank"
"Down To Business: Rhetoric Can't Stop The Reality Of Global Business"
"CIOs Uncensored: Big Transition, Big Role, Big Thinker"
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