"Windows Phone 8 Does Not (Currently) Support Xbox Video: This one surprises me, but there's no way to get Xbox Video content on Windows Phone 8"
Paul Thurrott's Super Site for Windows 6:45 AM
"Inside Microsoft's Cauldron Of Ideas: From Kinect, Bing And Killing The Blue Screen Of Death, To Code That Can Learn, Pixels You Can Hold And Drugs Compiled From DNA"
TechCrunch 6:50 AM
"Microsoft announces SkyDrive SDKs for .NET and Windows Phone 8, highlights web integration"
Engadget 6:51 AM
"Factbox: Potential Microsoft CEOs who never were/Departed Windows boss Steven Sinofsky was the latest in a line of high-flying Microsoft Corp executives tipped to lead the world's largest software company at some point."
Reuters 7:23 AM
"Weak results send Dell to almost 4-year low"w
MarketWatch 11/16
"Dell Drops to Three-Year Low as Forecast Misses Estimates"
Bloomberg 11/16
"Dell's Death Not Greatly Exaggerated"
TheStreet 11/16
"Dell's PC strategy leaves it stranded"
CNET News 11/16
"Dell Shifts Executives Around To Hurry Up And Fix Itself"
Business Insider 11/16
"Dell and pals mash parts together, squeeze out first 16Gb FC stack: Dell's Compellent unit has worked with Brocade, Emulex and QLogic to offer the first end-to-end 16Gbit/s Fibre Channel storage networking setup, speeding access to SAN data."
The Register 11/16
"Dell starts up 'Top Gun' for channel hotshots, leather jackets and all"
The Register 11/16
"Dell shares hit 3½-year low on weak 3Q, outlook"
Associated Press 11/16
"Despite an Ugly Quarter Dell Is a Buy"
The Motley Fool 11/16
"Facing Irrelevance, Microsoft Tries to Reinvent Everything"
Forbes 11/16
"New Microsoft mantra after Sinofsky - teamwork"
Reuters 11/16
"Windows 8 Sales Well Below Projections, Plenty of Blame to Go Around: Uncertainty could turn Windows 8 into the next Vista"
Paul Thurrott's SuperSite for Windows 11/16
"Whispers are out that early sales of Windows 8 are far below Microsoft's expectations"
The Next Web 11/16
"Windows 8 sales 'well below' projections, report claims: Windows 8 isn't flying off the shelves in the numbers Microsoft was hoping for, according to a report."
CNET News 11/16
"Surface tablet captures lion's share of Windows RT market"
PCWorld 11/16
"One Possible Explanation for Why Windows 8 Tablets Are Hard to Find"
Techland 11/16
"Microsoft serves up 60-day trial version of Office 2013"
CNET News 11/16
"Seven Reasons Windows 8 Adoption In The Enterprise Is At Risk"
Forrester 11/16
"Forrester finds mixed prospects for Windows 8 in the enterprise"
ZDNet 11/16
"Windows 8 Compatibility Plagues Antivirus Tools: Don't try installing free tools from popular antivirus developer Avira on Windows 8 systems yet."
InformationWeek 11/16
"Selective sync, other updates come to SkyDrive"
Seattle Times 11/16
"Microsoft adds selective sync to SkyDrive cloud storage"
PCWorld 11/16
"HP big cheese: Is the cloud even proper IT? Whoops, I said it"
Channel Register 11/16
"HP crams massively multi-core chips into Big Data servers"
ZDNet 11/16
"Oracle Spotlights Its Database Memory Gap: Oracle takes Microsoft to task for its SQL Server Project Hekaton announcement, but in doing so it underscores what's missing from Oracle DB and Exadata."
InformationWeek 11/16
"IBM Stops Work at Lithuanian Research Center, Verslo Says"
Bloomberg 11/16
"AMD Prepares for January Reorganization, Including More Job Cuts"
AllThingsD 11/16
"Post-Election Congressional Shuffling Could Impact Feds' IT, Cybersecurity Plans"
E-Commerce Times 11/16
"Wearable computers: The next generation" [Slideshow]
Computerworld 11/16
"IT at the crossroads: Lead or fade away/The consumerization, mobile, and big data trends all point to old-style IT's diminishing stature"
InfoWorld 11/16
General Interest
"Facebook offers user purchase tracking tool for e-retailers"
Electronista 7:36 PM
"Cazzette becomes first band to release a Spotify-exclusive album"
The Verge 6:05 PM
"Your Online Attention, Bought in an Instant"
New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 5:33 PM
"Rounding Up Volunteers, via New Apps"
New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 4:50 PM
"Redefining the art of self-portraits with a CT scanner and 3D printer"
The Verge 4:16 PM
"Gravitational lens magnifies earliest galaxy yet seen: Small galaxy was producing stars only 425 million years after the Big Bang."
Ars Technica 3:31 PM
"Into the vault: the operation to rescue Manhattan's drowned internet/Hurricane Sandy's storm surge flooded Verizon's downtown office, rendering miles of copper wiring useless"
The Verge 2:42 PM
"Nintendo's Wii U Puts Hardware Strategy to the Test"
WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 6:53 AM
"'Tis the season: Amazon now offering customizable Video gift cards from JibJab"
Engadget 6:44 AM
"Netflix finally comes to Linux! (Sort of...)"
Engadget 6:44 AM
"Yahoo underperformers may see pay cuts, pink slips"
CNET News 11/16
"Netflix: Amazon Is Losing Up To $1 Billion A Year Trying To Keep Up With Us"
Business Insider 11/16
"Samba 4 now planned for release on Dec 11"
ZDNet 11/16
"Eugene Kaspersky: There's 'no neutral' on his secure industrial OS concept"
ZDNet 11/16
"SAP shines at Sapphire as bold leadership changes pay off"
V3 11/16
"Samsung touts advanced storage for slim smartphones and tablets"
TG Daily 11/16
"Tech Museum Awards celebrates innovators for the poor"
Silicon Valley 11/16
"Sony confesses: we can't beat iPhone... yet"
The Register 11/16
"Sony Mobile Chief Acknowledges Its Smartphones Suck, Promises An iPhone, Galaxy S III Competitor Soon"
TechCrunch 11/16
"Sony PlayStation 3 Sales Hit 70 Million Worldwide After ~Six Years, Move Controller Clocks Up 15 Million In ~Two Years"
TechCrunch 11/16
"Sony sells 70 million PlayStation 3 consoles over six rollercoaster years: The PS3 has survived delays, deep losses, software bugs, and a major hack to become a hit product for Sony"
IDG News Service 11/16
"PlayStation 3 Sales Hit 70 Million Worldwide"
PC Magazine 11/16
"11.6-inch becomes niche-market size for notebooks, say Taiwan makers"
DigiTimes 11/16
"AT&T's LTE service expands to 103 cities, ahead of schedule"
Computerworld 11/16
"Scientists print out 'walking' biological machines"
TG Daily 11/16
"Rat heart cells help create walking 'bio-bots'"
BBC 11/16
"Misfit Shine: A Fitness Gadget Backed by Former Apple CEO Aims to be Different"
ABCNews 11/16
"Google Turns Vacuum Cleaner Into Book Scanner"
Wired Magazine 11/16
"Google Reveals Mysterious Niantic Project: Get ready for Ingress, a multiplayer, augmented reality game from Google's Niantic Labs."
InformationWeek 11/16
"Wordpress to accept Bitcoin without confirmations"
The Register 11/16
"WordPress begins accepting Bitcoin for service upgrades"
CNET News 11/16
"Behold the $30,000 high-tech Scrabble board"
CNET News 11/16
"'Call of Duty' Game Rings Up $500 Million in Retail Sales"
Bloomberg 11/16
"New 'Call of Duty' game has 1st-day sales of $500 million"
Reuters 11/16
"Audio: Fugitive John McAfee on His Fifth Day in Hiding"
Wired 11/16
"Girls, guns and yoga: John McAfee's odd life in 'pirate haven'"
Reuters 11/16
"Twitter Adds Ability to Email Tweets From the Web"
PC Magazine 11/16
"Wii U to ship incomplete, missing Nintendo TVii service and more"
CNET Reviews 11/16
"Nintendo Faces Wii U Shortage After Debut in U.S. This Weekend"
Bloomberg 11/16
"Here we go again: Expect Wii U shortages to last months -- analyst"
CNET News 11/16
"WiiU Game Preorders Double Those of the Wii"
Forbes 11/16
"Wii U emerges to a changed gaming world"
Financial Times 11/16
"Nintendo seeks to shake up gaming again with Wii U"
Associated Press 11/16
"Nintendo launches Wii U in uncertain market: Analysts expect strong initial sales, but more skeptical long term"
MarketWatch 11/16
Press Releases
"AMD Powers Brilliant HD Game and Video Performance for Nintendo's Wii U: Next-Generation Console Joins Growing List of AMD Powered Consumer Electronic Devices This Holiday Season"
Marketwire 11/16
"Dell Acquires Gale Technologies, a Leading Provider of Infrastructure Automation Solutions"
Business Wire 11/16
"Veterans Affairs Selects HP to Continue Support of VistA System: Software Applications Provide Fully Automated Health Information System"
Marketwire 11/16
"IBM Helps Senegalese City of Thies Plan for Economic Growth"
PRNewswire 11/16
"IBM Study: Investments in Social Technologies Climb, While Management Struggles with Uptick"
PRNewswire 11/16
"Intel Selects eXalt Solutions Cloud-Powered Channel Sales Empowerment Platform to Expand and Strengthen Reseller Relationships Worldwide"
PRNewswire 11/16
Microsoft
"New alleged Nokia document hints at post Windows Phone 7.8 update and more"
Windows Phone Central 7:33 PM
"First permanent Microsoft Store in Canada opens in Toronto"
Neowin 9:20 AM
"Xbox Live experiences service outage (update)"
The Verge 6:53 AM
"It's Too Early to Judge Early Windows 8 Sales"
Techland 6:50 AM
"Hands on with the Microsoft Wedge Touch Mouse"
Electronista 6:44 AM
"Microsoft Is Winning The App Search Wars"
Seeking Alpha 11/16
"Windows 8 demand: Reading the tea leaves"
ZDNet 11/16
"So what will tomorrow's Microsoft look like?"
ZDNet 11/16
"Should Microsoft merge Office into Windows - or snap it off?"
The Register 11/16
"Microsoft completes acquisition of cloud-storage company StorSimple"
Seattle Times 11/16
"Five reasons Microsoft Lync 2013 matters"
PCWorld 11/16
"10 top Windows 8 peripherals for tablets and PCs: Need a mouse for your Windows 8 laptop or a keyboard for your Windows RT tablet? Give these devices a look" [Slideshow]
CIO 11/16
Government/Law/Politics
"Former Google attorney is the head of the US Patent Office's Silicon Valley branch"
The Verge 6:53 AM
"Anonymous Destroys Israel By Taking Down Hundreds of Websites and Leaking Emails and Passwords"
Gizmodo 6:34 AM
"eBay hit with antitrust suit over hiring practices: No-poaching pact with Intuit a no-no"
The Register 11/16
"Google's former head of patents moves to U.S. Patent Office"
CNET News 11/16
"U.S. judge in MegaUpload case partially unseals search warrant"
CNET News 11/16
"EBay to fight DOJ suit over non-hiring pact with Intuit"
Reuters 11/16
"Google India slapped with £8.7 MILLION tax penalty"
The Register 11/16
"UK heading for 4G mobile 'capacity crunch', says Ofcom report: TV spectrum needed for '5G'"
Techworld 11/16
"Looking Beyond 4G: U.K. Telecoms Regulator Prepping Spectrum Release Plan for 5G, Sees 'Untapped Opportunity' For Wi-Fi Hotspots"
TechCrunch 11/16
"Data jam threat to UK mobile networks: Steps need to be taken now to head off a looming 'capacity crunch' on the UK's mobile networks, says regulator Ofcom."
BBC 11/16
Analysis/Editorial/Help/Opinion
"BlackBerry 10 devices are almost here - but how will you manage them?"
ZDNet 7:48 PM
"Before you buy a sound bar speaker, read this: Sound bars are an attractive solution for lots of buyers, but are there better-sounding alternatives?"
CNET News 2:00 PM
"VistaQuest VQ10 disposable digital camera review: The price is right, but what about picture quality and usability?"
Ars Technica 11:05 AM
"Something Someday Will Kill Facebook, But We're Not There Yet"
TechCrunch 8:47 AM
"The Meaning in a Drawer Full of Old Family Snapshots"
New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 6:45 AM
"Will.I.Am swaps music for tech" [Video]
BBC 6:28 AM
"What Fortune Didn't Tell You In Its Jeff Bezos Cover Story"
Forbes 11/16
"A year in cybersecurity and cybercrime: 2012 review"
ZDNet 11/16
"Russian Roulette — An Excerpt From the Wired E-Book John McAfee's Last Stand"
Wired 11/16
"Nintendo Wii U: 15 Points to Consider Before Buying One"
Techland 11/16
"Thought you'd escaped Twitter? Think again as Twits get email button"
The Register 11/16
"Dell's PC strategy: Damned if it does, damned if it doesn't"
ZDNet 11/16
"Living with the Dell/Current Motor's SuperScooter: What would the world be like if PC companies designed and manufactured vehicles?"
TG Daily 11/16
"Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX HD Review"
HotHardware 11/16
"First hands-on impressions of the Verizon HTC Droid DNA"
ZDNet 11/16
"Dazzling Screen In Supersized HTC Droid DNA"
BYTE 11/16
"What Google Should Do With the Nexus Q (Hint: Give It Google TV)"
Wired 11/16
"Dear Google And Nokia: To Build An Accessory Ecosystem, You Have To Ship"
TechCrunch 11/16
"The Silver Lining To Google Maps Being Kicked Off The iPhone - Money"
Forbes 11/16
"Inside Ingress, Google's new augmented reality game"
CNET News 11/16
"Here's Why 'Old Tech' Is Losing Today"
The Motley Fool 11/16
"Microsoft Should Go Private; HP Should Shut Up"
TheStreet 11/16
"VMware and Microsoft are missing the boat on private PaaS, consultant says: VMware's Cloud Foundry and Microsoft's Azure public cloud offerings do not have private cloud equivalents, which one cloud consultant says is a major hole for customers"
Network World 11/16
"VMware's Success Is its Own Worst Enemy"
TheStreet 11/16
Acquisitions/Deals/Investments/Mergers
"A Telling Gesture: Qualcomm Acquires Assets Of Digital Ultrasound Company, EPOS, To 'Differentiate' Next-Gen Snapdragon Chips"
TechCrunch 11/16
"Foxconn purchases land in Brazil"
DigiTimes 11/16
"T-Mobile USA Open to Deals to Increase Sale, Ray Says"
Bloomberg 11/16
"STMicroelectronics Said to Cool on Splitup Amid Discord"
Bloomberg 11/16
"Sunnyvale's Ruckus brings its IPO to Wall Street, takes in $126 million"
Silicon Valley 11/16
"Ruckus Wireless Set to Debut After Pricing at $15"
WSJ Blogs 11/16
"Ruckus Wireless shares fall in market debut"
Reuters 11/16
"Proposed T-Mobile deal heralds more consolidation"
MarketWatch 11/16
"Google seen sniffing over a Dish of mobile spectrum"
The Register 11/16
"Google, Dish Held Talks to Launch Wireless Service"
WSJ.com 11/16
Tech Stocks
"Tech Stocks: Aside from Dell, most tech stocks close with gains"
MarketWatch 11/16
"U.S. stocks gain on hopeful budget talk: Dow industrials down for a fourth consecutive week"
MarketWatch 11/16
"U.S. Stocks Rise as Boehner Says Talks Were Constructive"
Bloomberg 11/16
"Markets Turn Around After Fiscal Cliff Comments"
FOXBusiness 11/16
"Stocks End Higher, but Dow Logs 4-Week Loss"
CNBC 11/16
"Stocks slip on Wall Street; Dell slumps"
Associated Press 11/16
"Stocks Finish Week on Positive Note"
TheStreet 11/16
"Stocks end week on high note on hopes for fiscal cliff deal"
CNNMoney 11/16
"Dow's Gain Is Biggest Since Election"
WSJ.com 11/16
"Ruckus Wireless shares fall in debut on higher pricing"
"New 'Call of Duty' game has first-day sales of $500 million"
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