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Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Updated 9:25 PM CDT; 02:25 GMT
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Computer Industry

"Analysts, PC industry cool on Windows 8" Associated Press 5:07 PM
"Microsoft Fate Tied to More Than Earnings" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 7:29 PM
"Windows Pushes Into the Tablet Age: New-Style Apps and Touch Interface Modernize Old-School Operating System" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:22 AM
"Flip, Slide and Touch: New Machines for a New OS" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:22 AM
"$499 Microsoft Surface preorders slip to three weeks: The least expensive Surface tablet has raked in enough preorders to push shipments back a few weeks." CNET News 8:29 AM
"Microsoft runs out of $499 Surface RT for pre-orders" Computerworld 1:52 PM
"Microsoft Tablet Attack: Mimic Oracle, Yap at Apple" Forbes 9:08 AM
"Microsoft buys marketing-automation firm MarketingPilot" ZDNet 11:34 AM
"Microsoft Shares Fading Ahead Of 1Q 2013 Earnings" Seeking Alpha 1:46 PM
"Lower Your Expectations for Microsoft" Barron's 8:15 AM
"Internet Explorer 10 preview for Windows 7 due in mid-November" The Verge 1:42 PM
"Internet Explorer 10 preview coming to Windows 7 semi-Luddites in mid-November" Engadget 1:42 PM
"Internet Explorer 10 preview coming to Windows 7 in November" Seattle Times 1:43 PM
"IBM's Limited Margin for Error" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:00 PM
"IBM sees $1bn quarterly sales drop due to tough market conditions" V3 8:49 AM
"IBM - Investors Should Be Cautious On Weakening Operational Performance" Seeking Alpha 8:15 AM
"IBM doesn't even pretend to comply with H-1B immigration law" BetaNews 11:35 AM
"IBM stock falls on signs of slowdown in demand" Associated Press 4:14 PM
"Why IBM's 3Q Results Were Terrible" Seeking Alpha 1:42 PM
"IBM, Intel Outlook Worse Than Feared?" [Video Report] CNBC 12:35 PM
"IBM And The Cloud: Danger And Opportunity" WSJ Blogs 5:44 PM
"IBM Falls 5%: Trouble Ahead in Tech?" The Motley Fool 6:25 PM
"Intel Q3 2012 Earnings: $3 Billion Net Income On Weakening Market; Intel To Idle Some Fab Capacity" AnandTech 8:56 AM
"Intel must fend off trouble from sluggish PC market" Computerworld 9:20 AM
"Intel beats Q3 earnings, revenue expectations" The Business Review 8:14 AM
"Intel Slumps With IBM on Weak Businesses-Consumer Demand" Bloomberg 9:36 AM
"Intel & IBM Disappoint Investors" [Video Report] Bloomberg 8:14 AM
"Intel Beats Expectations, Posts $3B USD Profit" DailyTech 11:37 AM
"Intel Earnings Review: More Doubts Over PC Growth" Seeking Alpha 1:53 PM
"Intel needs to be more like Apple" [Video Report] CNNMoney 9:44 AM
"Intel's Future In A Changing World Order" Seeking Alpha 9:06 AM
"Intel Drops 3% Post-Earnings: Is the PC in Trouble?" The Motley Fool 6:25 PM
"Don't Be Concerned: We've Seen This Intel Movie Before" The Motley Fool 2:03 PM
"Has Intel Put A Chip On Your Shoulder?" Seeking Alpha 12:33 PM
"7 Reasons Intel Could Be the Next BlackBerry" Wireless Design & Development 2:56 PM
"Oracle squashes 109 bugs in quarterly patch batch" The Register 9:13 AM
"Here's Why Cisco and Citrix Are Finally Tying the Knot" Wall St. Cheat Sheet 9:24 AM

General Interest

"Square's Jack Dorsey reconsiders the term 'user'" CNET News 9:23 PM
"Google Schedules Oct. 29 Android Event in New York" AllThingsD 7:51 PM
"Google Hosting Android Event October 29, Likely To Announce A New Smartphone" Business Insider 7:48 PM
"Google Issues Invites To October 29th NYC Android Event, Says 'The Playground Is Open'" TechCrunch 7:48 PM
"Wearable tech pioneers aim to track and augment our lives" BBC 6:21 PM
"Reddit CEO: We Won't Ban 'Distasteful' Content" Yahoo! News 4:10 PM
"Yahoo Might Not Have Anyone In Charge Of Sales For The Next Three Months" Business Insider 1:41 PM
"Business spends b-b-b-big on Big Data" BetaNews 12:38 PM
"MasterCard mines data for marketers" Wired [Paid Membership Required] 9:20 AM
"MasterCard Selling Your Data Just in Time for the Holidays | Wired Business | Wired.com" Wired 9:20 AM
"Japanese hackers prey on innocent computer users" Telegraph 8:57 AM
"The Pirate Bay Moves to the Cloud to Be Untouchable" Mashable 12:31 PM
"The Pirate Bay ditches servers and moves to the cloud to make it almost untouchable" The Next Web 9:01 AM
"Pirate Bay Moves to The Cloud, Becomes Raid-Proof" TorrentFreak 8:56 AM
"Besy Buy's 'Insignia Flex' Android tablet will be priced around $250" Digital Trends 8:44 AM
"Target plans to price match Amazon, online retailers during holidays" Digital Trends 8:44 AM
"Amazon makes big Kindle push in U.S. schools" Reuters 9:32 AM
"Amazon Introduces Whispercast to Manage Large Fleets of Kindles" AllThingsD 8:41 AM
"Taiwan market: PC peripheral, DIY retail channels hike inventories in expectations of increased sales due to Windows 8" DigiTimes 8:29 AM
"Report: $99 Google tablet on the way" TG Daily 1:52 PM
"Is Google readying a 32 GB Nexus 7?" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 11:37 AM
"Watch: Google's Larry Page speaks for first time since losing voice" New York Post 11:36 AM
"Google to debut US$99 Nexus tablet in 4Q12, say Taiwan makers" DigiTimes 8:29 AM
"Google's data center guarded by stormtroopers, warns these aren't the droids you're looking for" The Next Web 1:41 PM
"Where the: Take a look inside Google's high-tech data centers." Google 8:28 AM
"Where the Internet Lives: Inside Google's Data Centers" The Next Web 8:26 AM

Press Releases

"Top Tech Analyst Issues Investor Updates and Earnings Previews for Google, Advanced Micro Devices, Fairchild Semiconductor, Lattice Semiconductor, and Flextronics" PRNewswire 9:38 AM
"Dell Extends Cloud Client Computing Portfolio with New Solutions Validated by Citrix" Business Wire 9:37 AM
"Belfius Reduces Risk and Increases Back-office Trade Flexibility with Autonomy, an HP Company" PRNewswire 9:36 AM
"Cisco at SCTE Cable-Tec Expo 2012: Creating Video Experiences Together With Service Providers" Marketwire 9:39 AM
"Media Alert: Cisco, Tavistock Group and Lake Nona to Unveil Important New Smart+Connected Communities Initiatives at Lake Nona Impact Forum" Marketwire 9:39 AM
"SurfStitch Extends Oracle ATG Web Commerce to Support Business Growth and International Expansion" Marketwire 9:37 AM
"Oracle and Deloitte Launch Financial Services SolutionPrint(TM) for Risk & Finance" Marketwire 8:12 AM

Microsoft

"New Surface video shows more cool features, less oddball choreography [Video]" BGR 7:48 PM
"Microsoft Office 365: More new packages and prices coming in November" ZDNet 7:00 PM
"1 Good Sign for Microsoft's Surface" The Motley Fool 5:41 PM
"How to move from Gmail to Outlook.com" PCWorld 2:04 PM
"Microsoft Surface Tablet Team Reveals New Info During Reddit Q&A" Mashable 7:00 PM
"Microsoft Surface Team Answers Questions on Reddit" Minyanville 1:41 PM
"Normal People Using Windows 8" Business Insider 12:39 PM
"Bite-size bits of wisdom from Bill Gates and Richard Branson" Fortune 9:35 AM
"The good, bad and ugly history of Microsoft hardware" [Slideshow] PCWorld 9:21 AM
"Build a speedy Windows 8 PC for under $500" PCWorld 9:21 AM
"Microsoft Surface Starts at 3,688 Yuan in China" M.I.C. Gadget 9:04 AM
"Surface: Here's the litmus test for Microsoft's tablet" GeekWire 9:01 AM
"Microsoft Surface priced up for Blighty" Register Hardware 8:58 AM
"Microsoft: Relax, You Can Use Office 2013 RT For Work Too" Paul Thurrott's SuperSite for Windows 8:58 AM
"Crimson Tide signs deal with Microsoft" Digital Look 8:15 AM

Government/Law/Politics

"White House-Ordered Review Finds No Evidence of Huawei Spying" AllThingsD 6:53 PM
"FCC lets cable cos encrypt signals to foil theft" Associated Press [Free Registration Required] 9:16 AM
"Google's second-tier Android-related patent issues: Vringo, TiVo, Lodsys" Foss Patents 8:55 AM
"Huawei says U.S. probe unlikely to affect other business" Reuters 8:39 AM
"US government 'disappointed' with Gary McKinnon extradition refusal" V3 8:49 AM
"UFO hacker saved from extradition" TG Daily 8:22 AM
"TiVo Says It's Owed Billions From Google Over Patents" Bloomberg 8:12 AM
"TiVo expects billions from Google patent case" Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal 8:12 AM

Analysis/Editorial/Help/Opinion

"Closing the Internet Divide" AllThingsD 6:25 PM
"How Do Computers Talk to Each Other on the Internet?" Mashable 2:57 PM
"An Ancient Chinese Relic that Looks Like an Android Robot" M.I.C. Gadget 12:31 PM
"Can BlackBerry be 'cool' again? Sure, but it needs to give its fans something to work with first" BGR 10:10 AM
"Your search results may vary -- why I switched from Google" BetaNews 10:08 AM
"Google's CIO Dilemma: CIOs torn are torn between wanting to back a company that represents the future and needing predictability. Google execs must now ask CIOs the right questions--and be prepared for stubborn answers." InformationWeek 9:31 AM
"The Most Wonderfully Ridiculous Movie Computers of All Time" Wired Magazine 9:20 AM
"Marissa Mayer Is a Woman, Hear Her Roar and Buy Yahoo!" TheStreet 9:08 AM
"Nokia's (Hidden) Value - Part 1: Restructuring" Seeking Alpha 9:06 AM
"Nokia's (Hidden) Value - Part 2: Potential" Seeking Alpha 9:06 AM
"How Touch Screens Work" BYTE 9:01 AM
"The Graphene Age isn't (quite) here yet" Ars Technica 8:48 AM

Acquisitions/Deals/Investments/Mergers

"The Sprint-Clearwire drama continues" Seattle Times 8:50 PM
"New deal allows Sprint to take full control over Clearwire, no acquisition required" The Next Web 7:51 PM
"Sprint to Take Control of Clearwire" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 7:00 PM
"The wily genius behind the Softbank-Sprint deal" Fortune 9:21 AM
"Location-Based Voice-Messaging App Startup Talkbits Raises $2 Million From Early Stage VC Firm Runa Capital" TechCrunch 9:05 AM
"PeoplePerHour Secures $3.2M From Index Ventures, New Hires, New iOS App" TechCrunch 9:05 AM
"Nubera acquires Tarpipe and launches CloudWork, automating tasks across different cloud apps" The Next Web 9:01 AM
"O2 ditches network partner Ericsson after major outages" V3 8:49 AM
"Braintree Raises $35 Million to Tackle PayPal's Core Business" AllThingsD 8:41 AM
"As mobile payments boom, Braintree raises $35 million to take on PayPal" The Verge 8:40 AM
"With $35M in new funding, Braintree wants to take payments global" GigaOM 8:38 AM
"Chip gear maker ASML buys Cymer for $2.5 billion" Reuters 8:14 AM
"ASML to Buy Cymer for $2.6 Billion to Boost Chip Technology" Bloomberg 8:14 AM

Tech Stocks

"Tech Stocks: IBM, Intel results weigh down tech stocks/Chip sector gets lift from Cymer buyout; Amazon makes gains" MarketWatch 5:46 PM
"Big earnings to watch Thursday: Microsoft, Google" MarketWatch 5:46 PM
"Stocks Manage Mild Gains on Strong Housing Data" TheStreet 4:20 PM
"Stocks barely budge as earnings roll in" CNNMoney 4:20 PM
"Dow Logs 4-Day Win Streak; IBM Falls 5%" CNBC 4:21 PM
"Apple, Intel help rev up gains for tech stocks" MarketWatch 8:35 AM
"Futures Take a Breather After Two-Day Rally" FOXBusiness 9:29 AM
"Stock futures juggle B. of A., IBM earnings: Euro rallies as Moody's keeps Spain debt at investment grade" MarketWatch 8:36 AM
"Dow Rises for Fourth Straight Day" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:22 PM
"Stock Futures Waver After Bank of America, Housing Data" TheStreet 8:56 AM
"Asian Stocks Rise on U.S. Reports, Spain Rating" Bloomberg 8:14 AM
"Asia Markets: Japan stocks lead as Asia markets march ahead/Asian markets rose Wednesday as the financial, shipping and resource sectors got a lift after a set of upbeat results boosted stocks on Wall Street overnight, with Japanese shares rallying into a third straight session." MarketWatch 9:28 AM
"Europe Markets: Spain boosts Europe stocks after Moody's rating/Spain boosted European stock markets Wednesday, with resources firms and banks driving the rally, after Moody's Investors Service affirmed the country's credit rating at Baa3, keeping it above junk status for now." MarketWatch 9:28 AM
"Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks: Nasdaq's 10 most active stocks at the close of trading" Associated Press 5:47 PM
"Final Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares mixed at the close of trading" Associated Press 5:47 PM
"Midday Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares mixed at 1 p.m." Associated Press 1:47 PM

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Associated Press (Updated 9:20 PM CDT)

"Analysts, PC Industry Cool On Windows 8"
"EBay Posts Higher 3Q Earnings, Revenue"
"FCC Clears Way For AT&T To Use Airwaves"
"Sony Redo Of PlayStation Store Links Games, Movies"
"Review: Technology Helps With Fitness Goals"
"Google Opens Window Into Secretive Data Centers"
"Aereo, TV Over Internet Service, Expands To PCs"
"Amazon Looks To Get Kindle To Schools, Workers"
"Study Shows Rapid Growth Of High-Definition TV"
"Microsoft Becomes Friend And Foe To PC Partners"

CNET News (Updated 9:20 PM CDT)

"Square's Jack Dorsey reconsiders the term 'user'"
"Google to hold October 29 event"
"Pirate Bay ditches servers and switches to the cloud"
"Alleged iPad Mini screen, battery leaked in photos"
"Google tops study of best-paid software engineers"
"Sprint in talks to take control of Clearwire without an acquisition"
"Acer eyes Intel-based smartphone"
"Sparks fly over anti-Semitic tweets in France"
"Leap over rivers with this trampoline bridge"
"White House reportedly finds no evidence of spying by Huawei" ...

New York Times (Updated 9:25 PM CDT)

"Small Players Seek an Alternative to the Expense of Pay-Per-Click"
"EBay's Focus on Mobile Apps Helps Lift Revenue 15%"
"I.B.M. Squeezes Out a Profit as Its Revenue Declines"
"Taxi-Hailing App Pulls Out of New York After 6 Weeks"
"Maker of Batteries Files for Bankruptcy"
"Britain Refuses to Extradite Computer Hacker Sought in U.S."
"Dutch Tech Firm ASML to Buy Cymer for $2.6 Billion"
"In a Slow Market, Intel Exceeds Lowered Expectations"
"Europe Presses Google to Change Privacy Policy"
"A Private Office on the Highway"

Reuters (Updated 9:25 PM CDT)

"New app from Finland takes crime fighting to phone screen"
"Analysis: How long can Google's shares stay airborne?"
"Nokia to post loss ahead of make-or-break launches"
"EBay posts strong results; cautious on holiday outlook"
"Yahoo's departing CFO to get annual salary, bonus as severance"
"Fast-growing Jumptap looks to possible IPO, sale"
"Exclusive: White House review finds no evidence of spying by Huawei - sources"
"Chip gear maker ASML buys Cymer for $2.5 billion"
"Amazon makes big Kindle push in U.S. schools"
"Foxconn says underage workers used in China plant" ...

TechWeb (Checked 9:25 PM; no changes since 4:25 PM CDT)

"New Amazon Tool Deploys, Manages Content On Kindle"
"Google Reveals Data Center Secrets"
"MyKinergy Takes Top Prize In Health IT Challenge"
"Foxconn: iPhone 5 Is Hard To Make"
"Allscripts Files Complaint Against NYC Hospital System"
"Interoperability Initiative Poised To Transform Healthcare"
"Report: Get Patient Data Out Of Silos"
"How To Turn Customers Into Brand Advocates"
"Huawei, ZTE: 4 Security Fears"
"Virtualization And The Case For Universal Grid Architectures"

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