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Wednesday, May 30, 2012
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"Hewlett-Packard Promotes Veghte To COO, Kadifa To Lead Software" Bloomberg 9:46 AM
"HP names Bill Veghte COO, George Kadifa to head software" Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal 9:46 AM
"HP shuffles deck, promotes Bill Veghte to COO gig" ZDNet 11:48 AM
"H-P Appoints Chief Operating Officer" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:39 AM
"Exclusive: Here's How Meg Whitman Told Employees About Her Latest Management Change" Business Insider 4:19 PM
"HP's Latest 'Hail Meg' Pass: Paging Jack Welch!" Forbes 9:47 AM
"HP: Net-Zero Energy Data Center cuts power usage by 30 percent" InfoWorld 10:36 AM
"NEC to buy two Australian tech companies: report" MarketWatch 9:40 AM
"Microsoft Becomes Most Interesting Stock in the World" TheStreet 10:52 AM
"Microsoft Hardware celebrates 30 years" Seattle Times 10:55 AM
"Windows 8 Preview Release expected to land tomorrow" CNET News 9:37 PM
"Windows 8 Release Preview leaks to Web: Appearance of Chinese 64-bit build may signal milestone release this week" Computerworld 10:17 AM
"Chinese Version of Windows 8 Release Preview Leaked Online" PCWorld 10:48 AM
"Yes, The Windows 8 Release Preview Has Been Leaked, And No, You Shouldn't Download/Install It" Forbes 9:50 AM
"Microsoft launches Office 365 edition for U.S. gov't customers: Microsoft offers a cloud service reserved for government agencies" IDG News Service 3:34 PM
"Microsoft makes Skype available to OEMs for preinstallation on PCs" ZDNet 11:49 AM
"Will Microsoft's Linux Gambit on Azure Pay Off?" Wired 3:34 PM
"Open-Source 'Moonlight' Project Abandoned: The open-source Moonlight project to deliver a version of Microsoft's Silverlight browser plug-in and development platform has been abandoned." eWeek 10:25 AM
"Microsoft Says Xbox 360 'Defying Gravity' at 67M Sold (This Is Why No New Xbox at E3)" Techland 11:41 AM
"Ellison: Oracle's cloud will cast a shadow over enterprise software world" CNET News 9:37 PM
"Intel, MIT bring more big data mojo to Massachusetts" GigaOM 9:23 AM
"Intel adds sleep-mode Wi-Fi connectivity feature to ultrabooks: Devicescape deal lets users update e-mail, other apps even when device isn't open" Network World 10:49 AM
"Intel inks deal to let Ultrabooks leech off Wi-Fi net" The Register 11:38 AM
"Intel Capital Sees India Deal Recovery" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:38 AM
"Cisco predicts 1.3 zettabytes of annual data movements: WiFi to account for >50% of fixed data downloads by 2016" The Register 11:39 AM
"Cisco Predicts The Rise Of The Zettabyte Era" Forbes 9:44 AM
"IP traffic to grow 29 percent per year through 2016: Cisco" Reuters 9:44 AM
"Cisco Sees 2.5 Web Connections For Every Person On Earth" Bloomberg 12:00 PM
"Cisco says Internet will quadruple in four years" CNET News 9:54 AM
"Cisco predicts Internet will quadruple in 4 years" Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal 4:19 PM
"Rick Kaplan, chief of FCC wireless bureau, to step down" Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 11:45 AM
"White House prepares to convene anti-botnet summit" CNET News 9:56 AM
"Congress to look at future of Internet control" Reuters 4:17 PM
"Court fight over Internet rules likely delayed to 2013" Reuters 9:48 PM
"NIST guide aims to explain cloud in plain language" Federal Computer Week 10:28 AM
"Images stored in box of vapor" TG Daily 11:35 AM
"IMAX in your living room: the future of TV" Sydney Morning Herald 10:57 AM

General Interest

"Super-virus Flame raises the cyberwar stakes" CNNMoney 10:28 PM
"Profits may elude mobile challengers" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 4:28 PM
"Xilinx: 3-D Chip a Route to More Complex Semiconductors" Barron's 12:01 PM
"BT's super-fast 330Mbps fibre landing in six weeks" ZDNet UK 11:51 AM
"Sony Considers—But Rejects—Online-Only Game Console" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 11:44 AM
"Nokia lights up Bat Signal for Lumia 900" Register Hardware 11:38 AM
"Another Exec Departure At Nokia: Corp Relations EVP Esko Aho Is Going To Harvard" TechCrunch 11:28 AM
"Verizon to cut 180 jobs in Folsom, Rancho Cordova" Sacramento Bee 10:50 AM
"Juniper packs 30 new features into Web security software" Network World 10:49 AM
"Facebook's Zuckerberg drops off top billionaires list" Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 11:45 AM
"Zuckerberg takes his new wife for $40 lunch ... but fails to tip" The Daily Telegraph 10:58 AM
"Billionaire cheapskate! Zuckerberg's $0 meal tip in Rome" New York Post 10:46 AM
"Billionaire Lee Fights Back Relatives Over Samsung Shares" Bloomberg 10:13 AM
"Lee family scraps over some of Samsung riches" Reuters 10:00 AM
"Verizon doubling FiOS speed to 300 megabits/second" Reuters 10:00 AM
"Google Voice update helps users screen nameless callers" CNET News 9:38 PM
"Google Voice's New Update Lets Users Manage Anonymous Calls" TechCrunch 4:26 PM
"Brin Offers Close-Up View of Google's Project Glass" PC Magazine 10:47 AM
"Sergey Brin finally lets someone else wear Google Glass" Wired 10:17 AM
"Google+ Local Does More Than Google Places: By combining local information with social networking, Google hopes to make Google+ more relevant for users and businesses." InformationWeek 9:51 PM
"Google Looks To One-Up Facebook With Google+ Local: A More Social Google Places, With A Twist Of Zagat" TechCrunch 11:27 AM
"Google+ Local Puts Zagat Acquisition to Work" PC Magazine 10:47 AM
"Google+ Local tab now features Zagat business ratings, reviews" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 10:40 AM
"Daily Report: Google to Make Zagat the 'Cornerstone' of Local Search" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 10:00 AM
"Google+ Local launches today: The search giant is rolling out the new Google+ feature to help users find restaurants around them, with recommendations from their friends." CNET News 9:56 AM
"Android 4.0.4 rolls out to Samsung Galaxy Nexus phones" CNET News 9:55 AM
"Analysts skeptical as RIM reviews strategy" Reuters 10:00 AM
"Battered BlackBerry Maker Weighs Options" Associated Press 9:52 AM
"RIM Shares Open Lower After CEO's Warning" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:31 AM

Press Releases

"Reminder: Cisco and Morningstar to Host Conference Call on Cisco Services Business" Marketwire 9:45 AM
"Cisco's VNI Forecast Projects the Internet Will Be Four Times as Large in Four Years" Marketwire 9:44 AM
"HP Unveils Architecture for First Net Zero Energy Data Center" Marketwire 12:01 PM
"Oklahoma Agency Signs Contract Renewal With HP: HP to Help Improve Healthcare Claims Processing, Administrative Services for State Workers" Marketwire 9:47 AM
"HP Appoints George Kadifa to Lead HP Software: Bill Veghte Named Chief Operating Officer" Marketwire 9:47 AM

Microsoft

"Where's Hadoop for Microsoft's Windows Server?" ZDNet 11:49 AM
"Microsoft Announces Imagine Cup Finalists 2012" Wired 11:47 AM
"Why I can't love Windows Phone 7.5: Despite a great UI and intuitive touches, Microsoft's mobile OS is marred by poor enterprise support" InfoWorld 10:34 AM
"Microsoft delivers Photosynth panorama app to Windows Phone" CNET News 9:56 AM

Government/Law/Politics

"Keep UN Out Of Internet Regulation: A United Nations agency wants to insinuate itself into the governance of the Internet. Not even the Obama administration thinks enough of the UN to take this sitting down." InformationWeek 9:50 PM
"Canada government wishes RIM well, won't speculate on takeover" Reuters 9:47 PM
"Cut-price data roaming gets all-clear for July" ZDNet UK 11:51 AM
"Government departments face possibility of open source 'spot checks'" V3 11:42 AM
"Facebook's stock plunge could drag down state budget" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 10:38 PM
"Facebook HQ expansion approved by SF Bay city" Associated Press 10:55 AM
"Menlo Park likes Facebook's expansion plan" Daily News 10:18 AM
"Kim Dotcom Gets Access To FBI's Megaupload Documents: Dotcom's defense campaign won a boost when a New Zealand judge refused to rubber-stamp U.S. prosecutors' request for extradition." InformationWeek 9:51 PM
"MegaUpload asks U.S. court to dismiss piracy charges" CNET News 4:17 PM
"US ordered to release Megaupload evidence to defence" BBC 10:11 AM
"Regulators raid Google office in Korea, issue ultimatum in Europe" CNET News 9:41 PM
"Regulators in Asia, Europe press Google on competition concerns" CNET News 4:25 PM
"Google Wins Copyright Decision" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:38 AM

Analysis/Editorial/Help/Opinion

"Review: A Mapping Contender Emerges In MapQuest" Associated Press 9:32 PM
"The tablet jinx took down Palm and RIM. Who's next?" CNET News 12:05 PM
"Mary Meeker unveils KPCB's Internet trends for 2012" CNET News 12:05 PM
"Mary Meeker Talks About How Digital Is Changing Everything" AllThingsD 12:03 PM
"Fedora 17: Mm.. this stew of beefy source tastes just right" The Register 11:38 AM
"PS3 ebook platform coming soon: rumor" TG Daily 11:35 AM
"10 Quick Tech Links for May 30" Techland 11:41 AM
"New Chromebook, Chromebox; Galaxy S III Hits Europe; New iPhone Images?" PC Magazine 10:47 AM
"Kindle vs. Nook: Which e-reader is better in bed? [Video]" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 10:40 AM
"Nearly a fifth of U.S. PCs have no virus protection" IDG News Service 10:35 AM
"Security in the Clouds: Part 2" Wired 11:46 AM
"Killing the cloud with complexity" InfoWorld 10:35 AM
"Video: Buyers queue up for the new Samsung Galaxy S3" Fortune 10:32 AM
"Small Business Security Spending to Top $5.6 Billion in 2015: IDC" eWeek 10:25 AM
"The End of the Social Age" CRM Buyer 10:23 AM
"Analysis: Even after hiring bankers, RIM running out of options" Reuters 4:17 PM
"A Valuation Rebound at RIM: The BlackBerry maker still has 78 million subscribers and is cutting costs." Barron's 11:58 AM
"Wheels coming off for RIM? BlackBerry maker issues loss warning" ZDNet UK 11:51 AM
"RIM's impending collapse: By the numbers" ZDNet 11:49 AM
"The numbers behind RIM's impending collapse" CNET News 9:55 AM
"New Google+ Local with Zagat Ratings: Better Than Yelp?" Techland 11:40 AM
"Google+ Local: Next step in search engines?" CBS News 10:16 AM
"Why Google's Chrome OS finally feels like an operating system" The Verge [Free Registration Required] 9:41 AM

Acquisitions/Deals/Investments/Mergers

"Digg founder Kevin Rose new Google Ventures partner" CNET News 9:39 PM
"Kevin Rose's Next Move: Partner at Google Ventures" AllThingsD 3:34 PM
"What's the Outlook on Tech IPOs?" [Video Report] CNBC 12:03 PM
"Here's Johnny! SkySQL Raises Another $2.5M To Give Oracle Nightmares" TechCrunch 11:28 AM
"As RIM sinks, a takeover-in-waiting?" The Globe and Mail [Free Registration Required] 10:33 AM
"MongoDB NoSQL Database Poised For Takeoff: 10Gen, the developer behind MongoDB, lands $42 million in venture money to fund development of enterprise-oriented features and upgrades." InformationWeek 10:02 AM
"Instagram deal now worth $948 million" Fortune 4:25 PM
"Should Facebook Buy Opera? Speculation swells surrounding the company." Technology Review 11:33 AM
"Facebook launches Mideast office in Dubai" Associated Press 10:19 AM
"Bears Draw Blood on Facebook's First Options Trading Day" Barron's 11:58 AM
"Facebook Contracts Top 365,000 In Fastest Start For IPO" Bloomberg 10:13 AM
"Here's the chart that explains Facebook's IPO mess" CNET News 9:42 PM
"Facebook IPO fiasco: Blame Zuckerberg" MarketWatch 9:39 AM
"Satyam Opens Software Center in France" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:38 AM
"Playfish co-founders take on more VC to fund learning games" GigaOM 9:25 AM

Tech Stocks

"Asia Markets: Asia stocks tumble, with weak euro hitting Tokyo/Asia markets sank Thursday, as fresh worries about Spain and Italy sparked fears of a deteriorating situation in Europe, and rising global uncertainty saw investors dump risk assets." MarketWatch 9:53 PM
"Facebook dips below IPO range; RIM falls: Salesforce.com falls on reported Buddy Media deal" MarketWatch 4:20 PM
"U.S. Stocks Fall On Europe Woes As Home Data Disappoint" Bloomberg 4:21 PM
"Stocks Sell Off as Spain Fears Grip Wall Street" FOXBusiness 10:32 AM
"U.S. stocks retreat 1% on Greece, Spain fears: Treasury yields hit record low; oil falls below $88/barrel" MarketWatch 4:21 PM
"Stocks Crushed by Europe Debt Concerns" TheStreet 4:21 PM
"Stocks tossed in European economic storm" CNNMoney 11:54 AM
"May Again Bites Stock Investors" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:53 PM
"Stocks to get hit by more European woes" CNNMoney 9:23 AM
"Asia Markets Slip as China Stimulus Hopes Fade" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:38 AM
"Asian Stocks Drop as China Damps Stimulus Bets, Spain Downgraded" Bloomberg 9:42 AM
"European Stocks Decline Amid Concern Debt Crisis Is Deepening" Bloomberg 9:41 AM
"Europe Markets: Europe stocks slump on Spain downgrade, euro woes/Bankia swoons amid recap-plan questions; selling hits Athens" MarketWatch 11:54 AM
"Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks: Nasdaq's 10 most active stocks at the close of trading" Associated Press 9:54 PM
"Midday Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares mixed at 1 p.m." Associated Press 2:19 PM
"Finding Love in Tech Stocks" [Video Report] CNBC 9:51 AM

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Associated Press (Updated 9:30 PM CDT)

"RIM Sinks, But Patents, Network Have Value"
"Review: A Mapping Contender Emerges In MapQuest"
"HP Taps Software Exec As Chief Operating Officer"
"Facebook Launches Mideast Office In Dubai"
"Battered BlackBerry Maker Weighs Options"
"Sex Offenders Fight For Right To Use Facebook"
"Iran: 'Flame' Virus Fight Began With Oil Attack"
"Google, Samsung Unveil New Version Of Chromebook"
"Olympus, Whistleblower Reach Settlement In Britain"
"Google Giving Away Zagat Ratings In Search Results"

CNET News (Updated 9:35 PM CDT)

"Windows 8 Preview Release expected to land tomorrow"
"New Jersey residents to pay sales tax on Amazon purchases"
"Kindle Fire deal: Get 47 children's classic e-books for 99 cents each"
"Ellison: Oracle's cloud will cast a shadow over enterprise software world"
"Toshiba Excite 10 review: Monstrous expandable storage potential"
"Google Voice update helps users screen nameless callers"
"Pixar President Catmull: Technology makes better art"
"AT&T: Telecom consolidation 'logical,' inevitable"
"Apple wants to make products in U.S., but that's not so easy"
"Huawei Ascend P1 review: A step in the right direction" ...

New York Times (Updated 9:40 PM CDT)

"Daddy, What Were Compact Discs?"
"Researchers Find Clues in Malware"
"2 Publishers Deny Claim of E-Book Price Fixing"
"Technical Trading Issues to Blame for Facebook's Fall, Meeker Says"
"RIM Shares Drop, and Analysts Warn of Further Trouble"
"Pushing All Our Buttons"
"Mike Daisey Returns to the Apple Story, With Journalists as Targets"
"Wasting Time Is New Divide in Digital Era"
"Research in Motion Projects a Quarterly Loss"
"WikiLeaks Founder Loses Another Bid to Halt His Extradition to Sweden" ...

Reuters (Updated 9:45 PM CDT)

"Renesas to approach shareholders for support Thursday: Nikkei"
"Apple may have tried to block Spotify in U.S.: Parker"
"Rising legal costs push TiVo into the red"
"Romney's campaign misspells 'America' in new app"
"Court fight over Internet rules likely delayed to 2013"
"F5 says sales boss resigns; shares fall"
"Analysis: Even after hiring bankers, RIM running out of options"
"Congress to look at future of Internet control"
"Canada government wishes RIM well, won't speculate on takeover"
"Analysts skeptical as RIM reviews strategy" ...

TechWeb (Updated 9:50 PM CDT)

"Keep UN Out Of Internet Regulation"
"Google+ Local Does More Than Google Places"
"Google Chromebook, Chromebox: Visual Tour"
"Kim Dotcom Gets Access To FBI's Megaupload Documents"
"Middle Managers Must Play Game Of Risk"
"Slumping RIM Explores Options | Flame FAQ: Inside Complex Malware"
"Latest Leaks: What Next iPhone Might Look Like"
"Vodafone Leads Open Global App Store Push"
"Diet Coda: The iPad Text Editor That Satisfies"
"Diet Coda: Visual Tour Of An iPad Code Editor"

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