"Microsoft Surface owners now reporting issues with the Smart Cover"
Geeky Gadgets 8:45 AM
"Microsoft sues One1 over pirate Windows: Microsoft has filed a NIS 5 million lawsuit against One1 Software for alleged unlicensed Windows 7 Operating Systems."
Globes 8:12 AM
"Windows RT patch among November security updates"
iTWire 4:33 PM
"Microsoft Surface makes a good first impression"
BetaNews 8:13 PM
"Review: Microsoft Surface shines but lacks apps [Video]"
Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 4:38 PM
"Windows 8 Convertibles: The Laptops, Laplets, Tabtops"
ABCNews 8:19 AM
"Microsoft and Nokia use celebrities to promote Windows Phone 8"
The Verge 7:52 AM
"How Obama's reelection may spur work on cybersecurity in the United States"
The Next Web 12:57 PM
"Life after silicon: How carbon nanotubes will power future gadgets"
Digital Trends 12:56 PM
"Google Outage Shows Business Risks in China"
WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:40 PM
"Greed Will Be the End of Microsoft's Surface" ["Just $284 in components and manufacturing costs go into making the $599 tablet with its attachable keyboard cover. By IHS iSuppli's math, that makes the Surface more profitable -- with a 53% profit margin -- than Apple's industry-leading iPad."]
The Motley Fool 11/10
"Gadget fans' outrage as screens of new Microsoft tablets break within days of use"
Daily Mail (UK) 11/10
"Does the Microsoft Surface Really Fall Apart?"
Forbes 11/10
"Windows 8 security patches to be released"
PCWorld 11/10
"Windows 8, RT Get First Security Fixes: Microsoft's first set of Windows 8 and Windows RT patches for critical vulnerabilities hits next week."
InformationWeek 11/10
"Microsoft's Marketing Malfeasance: Microsoft is almost a month into actively marketing its Surface tablet, its first branded smartphone, and a radically new and unique Windows 8, and the brand has settled into a comfortably routine communications strategy. I expected more for a rumored $1.5 billion price tag. Microsoft should have, too."
Forbes 11/10
"Why Microsoft Is Working Right Now"
Seeking Alpha 11/10
"Windows Phone 8 offers relief from carrier bloatware"
ZDNet 11/10
"Microsoft Software Provides Instant Chinese Translation In User's Own Voice"
redOrbit 11/10
"Microsoft Corp. Investing in Brazil for Research Center"
eStocksDaily 11/10
"How Microsoft Lit Up London's Night Sky to Launch Halo 4"
Wired 11/10
"Intel, HP tout newest Itanium server technology"
Reuters 11/10
"Manufacturer sues IBM over SAP project 'disaster': An IBM worker allegedly called the project the worst SAP implementation they'd ever seen"
PC Advisor 11/10
"IBM surprised by Avantor lawsuit, calls claims exaggerated"
Reuters 11/10
"IBM Delivers New Software to Help Organizations Build Smarter Products"
The Financial 11/10
"Intel NUC to show Raspberry Pi how DIY PCs are done"
Stuff Magazine 11/10
"Intel's Irish Staff Insecure about Jobs"
TopNews 11/10
"Intel stock hits another 52-week low, then rallies"
Associated Press 11/10
"The era of Japanese consumer electronics giants is dead: Once venerable names in consumer electronics such as Sony, Panasonic, and Sharp have been besieged by competition from rivals in the U.S., South Korea and, increasingly, China."
CNET News 11/9
"Infamous 15-Year Old Hacker Banned from Internet for Six Years"
Gizmodo 11/9
"15-year-old hacker sentenced to six years of probation with limited, supervised internet use"
The Verge 11/9
"Lawdingo Makes It Easy To Find And Instantly Consult A Lawyer Online"
TechCrunch 11/9
"'Own Your Code': Facebook's Engineering Shift Tackles the Problem of Mobile"
AllThingsD 11/9
"Facebook Calls for Servers You Can Compost Like Coffee Grounds"
Wired Magazine 11/9
"Researchers find vulnerabilities in CryEngine 3, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3/Luigi Auriemma and Donato Ferrante of ReVuln also showed a vulnerability in the CryEngine 3 gaming platform"
Techworld 11/9
"Moore's Law Is Becoming Irrelevant: The CEO of ARM says power-efficient chips for mobile devices will move into desktops, laptops, and servers."
Technology Review 11/9
"Clear as ... paper? Scientists 'see' through solid layers: Scientists have developed a method to 'see through' layers of thin, solid material in a breakthrough that holds promise for medical imaging, nanotechnology — and the spy trade."
Agence France-Presse 11/9
"NYC techies gather to build disaster-relief apps"
Associated Press 11/9
"VMware releases micro version of Cloud Foundry PaaS"
Network World 11/9
"Wireless spectrum driving new design approaches"
EE Times 11/9
"Foxconn may release 130-inch TV products in the future, says company vice president"
DigiTimes 11/9
"Google TV Gains Access To Music & Movies In The UK, Germany And France Next Week"
TechCrunch 11/9
"Google Play Music and Movies heading to Google TV in the UK next week"
The Independent 11/9
"Google expands Cloud SQL offering with increased storage and speed"
V3 11/9
"Google gives cloud-based database a performance boost"
IDG News Service 11/9
"Astronaut uses space internet to control robot on Earth"
BBC 11/9
"AT&T unveils pricing for Windows Phone 8X, Lumia 920, 820"
CNET News 11/9
"Yahoo tests new Windows 8-like home page"
CNET News 11/9
"HTC's Windows Phone 8X, Nokia Lumia 822 ship November 13"
CNET News 11/9
"Verizon to Complete 4G LTE Rollout by Mid-2013"
PC Magazine 11/9
"Verizon plans to complete its LTE rollout by mid-2013"
CNET News 11/9
"Verizon To Complete LTE Network In Mid-2013"
TheStreet 11/9
Press Releases
"IBM Helps Organizations Address Growing Mobile Computing Opportunity: New software and services enable businesses to create and enhance mobile strategies"
PRNewswire 11/9
"IBM Delivers New Software To Help Organizations Build Smarter Products"
PRNewswire 11/9
Microsoft
"The Surface Of Mars: My Date With A Microsoft Kiosk"
TechCrunch 6:59 PM
"Bill Gates On Why American Colleges Have To Change"
Forbes 1:02 PM
"How to master the Windows 8 admin tools"
TechRadar UK 8:46 AM
"Editorial: Things that suck about Windows 8 on a desktop"
Neowin 8:13 AM
"Windows Phone 8: Tips, Tricks and Hidden Features"
Wired 11/9
"Bloke flogged $1.2m of pirated Microsoft gear on eBay, say Feds"
The Register 11/9
"Photo Organizing App Woven Arrives On Windows Phone; Automatic Photo Albums Coming To All Platforms Soon"
TechCrunch 11/9
"Shops pinged for pirated software: One of the six Auckland companies that Microsoft today accused of supplying pirated software to undercover investigators says it fears reprisals if it discusses the circumstances of the 'sting'."
Fairfax NZ News 11/9
"Bing Photos Now Downloadable as Full-Screen Wallpaper"
PC Magazine 11/9
"7 things we love, 7 things we hate about Microsoft Office 2013 for Windows RT" [Slideshow]
Network World 11/9
"Microsoft Kicks Off WOWZAPP 2012: Worldwide Hackathon for Windows/More than 14,000 students in 100 locations slated to create Windows Store apps this weekend."
PRNewswire 11/9
Government/Law/Politics
"China slams 'distorted' view of copyright piracy problem"
Reuters 7:32 AM
"Teenage hacker sentenced to six years without Internet or computers"
Digital Trends 11/10
"Google access restored in China, says report"
CNET News 11/10
"Vatican computer expert convicted in leaks case"
Reuters 11/10
"Expert Witness Dinged $300,000 for Making Fake Child Porn"
Wired 11/9
"Google Is Blocked in China as Party Congress Begins"
New York Times 11/9
"Google says multiple services blocked in China"
Reuters 11/9
"Woman accuses Google of 'falsely imprisoning' her: A woman allegedly signs up for a Google Blogspot account and the company offers ads. This leads to her suggesting in a lawsuit that she has been imprisoned by the company."
CNET News 11/9
"NASA and ESA test interplanetary internet protocol using Lego robot"
ZDNet 11/9
"U.S. punishes Iran for Internet censorship practices"
ZDNet 11/9
"Lawmakers Target Operations of Data-Mining Firms"
Associated Press 11/9
"Michigan man charged with selling counterfeit Microsoft software: The Justice Department said he sold counterfeit software bought from China and Singapore"
IDG News Service 11/9
"The U.S. government's cloud mandate loses steam: Once a leader in cloud computing, the government has fallen behind much of the tech world in cloud adoption"
InfoWorld 11/9
"Navy SEALs from Bin Laden kill unit spanked for video game work"
The Register 11/9
"Navy SEALs Disciplined for Consulting on 'Warfighter' Video Game"
PC Magazine 11/9
"U.S. Navy SEALS punished for work on 'Medal of Honor' video game"
Reuters 11/9
"Surreal twist in Facebook ownership case: A strange letter to a federal court claims ties to Paul Ceglia, the man who is suing for 50% ownership of Facebook."
Fortune 11/9
"US army builds its own 3D printer: The US military is developing its own 3D printer that it can use to produce spare parts for spacecraft."
BBC 11/9
"Meet The Texas Lawyer Suing Hundreds Of Companies For Using Basic Web Encryption"
Forbes 11/9
Analysis/Editorial/Help/Opinion
"Review: Nexus 10 tablet is a solid house built on shifting sands"
Ars Technica 8:13 PM
"Is Social Media Bad For Business?"
Forbes 1:02 PM
"The two things that could doom the 'Internet of things' revolution"
GigaOM 11/10
"The great mobile technology leap forward: Sales of smart tech devices are soaring as the traditional PC declines. Observer writers look at their impact, which is already helping children to learn, spreading literacy, improving healthcare, boosting harvests in Africa – and making the web giants sit up"
The Guardian 11/10
"How mobile and IT mismanagement failed Mitt Romney"
GigaOM 11/10
"Ultrabooks – what are they and why do I want one?"
Electronic Theatre 11/10
"The Problem With Measuring Digital Influence"
TechCrunch 11/10
"If You Use Facebook Camera Or Messenger, You're One Of Zuck's Guinea Pigs"
TechCrunch 11/9
"How to decide: should you buy an iPad mini, a Kindle Fire HD, or a Nexus 7?"
ZDNet 11/9
"Seven days with Nokia's Lumia 920: The good"
ZDNet 11/9
"Welcome to the new planned obsolescence"
Washington Post 11/9
"Quarter of web users run outdated browsers, say Kaspersky"
V3 11/9
"Gadget Lab Show: Nook HD and Samsung Galaxy Note II"
Wired 11/9
"Baig: Nexus 10, Nook HD are solid tablet choices"
USA Today 11/9
"Is a Blackberry bad for your health?"
TG Daily 11/9
"Google Chrome's Sham 'Do Not Track' Feature"
PC Magazine 11/9
"VMware Does Complicated Dance With Open Source"
InformationWeek 11/9
"Asia Markets: Asia stocks mostly lower, but China advances/Chinese stocks bucked a broadly lower Asian market trend Monday, helped by trade data released over the weekend, but most other indexes fell on worry about possible U.S. tax hikes and spending cuts."
MarketWatch 9:33 PM
"A Fiscal Cliff, a Black Hole for Yield"
Barron's 11/10
"U.S. stocks edge up but post weekly losses: S&P, Dow have worst week since June in terms of percentage drop"
MarketWatch 11/9
"U.S. Stocks Rise as Data Overshadow Fiscal Cliff Concern"
Bloomberg 11/9
"Stocks Climb as Data Offset Fiscal Worries"
FOXBusiness 11/9
"Stocks Finish Tough Week With Slight Gains"
TheStreet 11/9
"'Cliff' Fears Give Stocks Worst Week Since June"
CNBC 11/9
"HTC shares jump after settles patent issues with Apple"
"China slams 'distorted' view of copyright piracy problem"
TechWeb
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