"Bye-Bye, PCs. As the PC era wanes, Dell and HP will fade from view. Tablets, smartphones, and big data will drive Apple, Google, and EMC."
Barron's 6:46 AM
"Will Microsoft's new tablet merely scratch the surface of iPad sales? The decline of the PC means Windows 8 is the firm's most critical new product in 17 years"
The Guardian 9:33 PM
"Making sense of the confusing world of Windows 8: Ready to jump into Windows 8? As if the switch from the Windows 7 interface to the Windows 8 way of doing things wasn't bad enough, deciding what type of Windows 8 or Windows RT device to purchase is another challenge."
CNET News 9:03 PM
"Microsoft takes a riskier approach with Windows 8 operating system"
USA Today 9:09 PM
"Will Windows 8 entice or turn off consumers? New look aims to workwith PCs, tablets, phones"
Associated Press 5:27 PM
"4 Reasons To Buy Microsoft On The Recent Dip"
Seeking Alpha 6:54 AM
"Microsoft Surface Pre-Orders Sell Out in U.S."
Yahoo! News 12:00 PM
"Microsoft's Touch Mouse updated with support for Windows 8 multitouch gestures"
The Verge 2:26 PM
"HP ends deal with Violin Memory ahead of IPO"
Electronista 6:20 AM
"HP to end storage resale deal with Violin Memory : Bloomberg"
Reuters 6:48 AM
"Intel, Hewlett-Packard and others feels PC pinch, but economic diversity has eased Silicon Valley's pain"
San Jose Mercury News 9:06 PM
"Dell introduces Active System 800/SAN FRANCISCO: The way data centres work is up for a significant change. Dell has introduced a new bread of product family, branded Active System, that promises a combination of networking, storage and computing support."
Hindu Business Line 6:47 AM
"Capsize will cost Oracle testing time"
Times of Malta 6:53 AM
"IBM and Intel's Profits Take Lumps"
Avauncer 6:52 AM
"Microsoft's benefit of the doubt is done: Software giant won't get another free pass from investors"
MarketWatch 10/19
"iPad Killer? With Microsoft poised to release not only Windows 8, but the new Surface tablet on Oct. 26, it is time to consider if the new device will have the disruptive force to change computing forever."
The Motley Fool 10/19
"Windows RT Is Having an Identity Crisis"
Techland 10/19
"Cisco: Listen up, partners – we need to close the skills gap"
Channel Register 10/19
General Interest
"Google: NFC Payments Growing, Still Three to Five Years Out"
PC Magazine 9:08 PM
"Sony to lay off more than 2,800 employees in Japan as restructuring continues"
The Verge 5:54 PM
"The new Google Samsung Chromebook is really a wireless $280 laptop (Video)"
Examiner 4:26 PM
"'Live-fire' cyberwar-in-a-box tests mettle of military, IT pros: Military, corporate cyberwarriors train against exploits with net war simulator."
Ars Technica 3:52 PM
"CEA officially brands 4K as Ultra HD, gets ready for a flood of new displays at CES"
Engadget 1:51 PM
"Enthusiasm for solar panels is contagious: If your neighbors have solar panels, you're more likely to want them too."
Ars Technica 11:03 AM
"The parody Twitter account that got game designer Peter Molyneux back on track"
The Verge 11:02 AM
"Nintendo's Wii U voice chat mess: Console might not support wireless headsets"
BGR 10:02 AM
"Google allows Indian developers to sell apps on Android"
The Times of India 6:49 AM
"Yelp Adds Message Alerts To Protect Consumers Against Fake, Purchased Reviews"
Social Barrel 6:32 AM
"Housecleaning, Then Dinner? Silicon Valley Perks Come Home"
New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 6:32 AM
"Yahoo Closes Shop In South Korea By Year's End"
Social Barrel 6:27 AM
"Motorola reveals which phones will get Jelly Bean"
Electronista 6:23 AM
"In Wi-Fi Intoxicated Manhattan, a Generation of Teetotalers"
New York Times 10/19
"Mobile revolution, economy trip up tech giants"
Reuters 10/19
"Kim DotCom defies Feds; builds new secure data warehouse"
Electronista 10/19
"Now showing: The future of tablet and car displays"
CNET News 10/19
"The lights over your head are about to get smart"
CNET News 10/19
"Analysts cut Google price targets but see mobile ad growth"
Reuters 10/19
"Google's Grim Earnings, After Premature Post"
InformationWeek 10/19
"Google Setting Up For Rebound: Analyst" [Video Report]
CNBC 10/19
"Google results miss; shares dive after premature report"
Reuters 10/19
"Google blames contractor for early release of data"
Boston Globe 10/19
"The truth about Google's horrible, no good, very bad day"
Fortune 10/19
"Google learns its Democratic political ties have bounds"
CNET News 10/19
"Google Maps adds 25M new building footprints"
CNET News 10/19
"A metamaterial which could stop electronics from eating the planet: A new innovation could change the amount of recycled components used in computers, tablets and smart TVs"
The Guardian 10/19
"Why Does Marissa Mayer Consider Siri The Perfect Search Engine?"
Forbes 10/19
"After 15 Years Of Trying, Yahoo Gives Up In Korea"
Bloomberg 10/19
"Yahoo confirms it will leave South Korea by the end of the year"
The Next Web 10/19
"Yahoo prepares to bow out of South Korea"
Financial Times 10/19
"Yahoo to Close South Korean Operations"
WSJ.com 10/19
Press Releases
"With Cloud, SMBs Will Lead Emerging Economies Across the Digital DiVide"
Sys-Con Media 6:50 AM
"Microsoft 'retiring' Facebook and Twitter Xbox 360 Dashboard apps"
Engadget 8:28 AM
"Microsoft Surface tablet back-ordered as new iPad looms: Do we have a Microsoft-Apple rumble on our hands? Looks that way with the Surface tablet on back order a few days before the expected iPad Mini arrives."
CNET News 5:26 PM
"Initial Surface US pre-orders sold out, some UK orders delayed to November 2nd"
The Verge 6:40 AM
"Microsoft Surface pre-orderers in Canada, UK Report release date pushed back to November 2nd"
Engadget 6:37 AM
"Microsoft already updating Office RT Preview to final version: Windows RT users will be able to update to the RTM build of Office on the 26th."
Ars Technica 6:34 AM
"As Microsoft Shifts Its Privacy Rules, an Uproar Is Absent"
New York Times 10/19
"No More Twitter & Facebook for Xbox 360"
The Next Web 10/19
"Windows RT+Office RT takes up 12GB disk space"
OSNews 10/19
"We watch, crying, as Microsoft drops a Surface for fun and science"
The Next Web 10/19
"Zune.net is dead, redirects to Xbox Music's website"
The Next Web 10/19
"Microsoft partners reportedly in despair as Surface tablet launch nears"
BGR 10/19
"Windows 8 wait prompts PC sales droop in EMEA"
Channel Register 10/19
"New Microsoft Patent – The Future of Xbox Gaming?"
Coolest Gadgets 10/19
"Windows 8: Are PC People Out Of Touch? Keyboard and mouse users have little reason to celebrate when Microsoft's new OS rolls out. Does that make me a dinosaur?"
InformationWeek 10/19
"Rogers teams with Microsoft for Canadian Windows 8 launch Add to ..."
The Globe and Mail 10/19
"Microsoft Announces Heavily Discounted Office 365 University Edition For Students, $80 For 4 Years"
TechCrunch 10/19
"Microsoft announces Office 365 University, bringing subscription-based productivity apps to students"
The Next Web 10/19
"Microsoft hopes to attract VMware users with free migration tool"
IDG News Service 10/19
"Why I won't be buying a Windows RT tablet (And why Microsoft doesn't mind)"
Digital Trends 10/19
"FBI uses Facebook to nab NY terrorist suspect"
CNET News 10/19
"Nokia withdraws one patent from ITC complaint, HTC wants another one referred to arbitration"
Foss Patents 10/19
"Regulators raise bar on US data privacy"
Financial Times 10/19
Analysis/Editorial/Help/Opinion
"Mystery Science Theater alums bring out the mutant, murderous, CGI birds: The MST3K spirit lives at RiffTrax.com, in their live screening of Birdemic."
Ars Technica 7:44 PM
"Get a Liberal Arts Education for Free on the Internet"
Gizmodo 11:37 AM
"Watch: Time-lapse Video of Endeavour's final mission/'Mission 26' is a heartfelt, and visually stunning, tribute to space shuttle Endeavour's recent trip through Los Angeles."
CNET News 10:29 AM
"The perfect-sound myth: If digital recordings were truly better than analog, they would sound more like real music, but digital just sounds different, not better."
CNET News 10:29 AM
"Google and Microsoft under threat from the march of the mobiles: People are turning to apps more and more for services, which has led to a serious decline in PC and search engine use"
The Guardian 9:57 AM
"The Upside of Google's Mobile Ad Push"
WSJ.com 10/19
"Asia Markets: Asia stocks finish lower, but up for week/Asia stock indexes traded on a softer footing Friday, finishing lower for the session but up for the week overall, with Tokyo and Hong Kong helped by optimism that China's economy had made a turn for the better."
MarketWatch 10/19
"Europe Markets: Banks lead Europe stocks lower amid earnings woes/European stock markets dropped on Friday, as investors digested the latest round of earnings on both sides of the Atlantic and also looked to developments in the euro zone after a two-day regional summit."
MarketWatch 10/19
"Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks: Nasdaq's 10 most active stocks at the close of trading"
Associated Press 10/19
"Final Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares down at the close of trading"
Associated Press 10/19
"Midday Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares down at 1 p.m."
Associated Press 10/19
"As Microsoft Shifts Its Privacy Rules, an Uproar Is Absent"
"Twitter Gives Saudi Arabia a Revolution of Its Own"
"In Wi-Fi Intoxicated Manhattan, a Generation of Teetotalers"
"High Fashion, No Airbrushing"
"Twitter Removes Anti-Semitic Postings, French Jewish Group Says"
"Airtime, a Pedigreed Start-Up, Is Tested"
"What Happens in Brooklyn Moves to Vegas"
Reuters
(Checked 9:15 PM CDT; no changes since Friday)
"Thiel could invest $150 million in AirBnb"
"Mobile revolution, economy trip up tech giants"
"Defense chief calls cyberspace battlefront of the future"
"Google mulls FTC settlement over patents : WSJ"
"Activision hopes new Skylanders game is a holiday hit"
"HP to end storage resale deal with Violin Memory : Bloomberg"
"Apple drops Java after experts warn Mac users on its security"
"Russia's Yandex targets Google with expansion abroad"
"AT&T will boost pension fund with $9.5 billion equity stake"
"Yahoo to exit South Korea in first Asian pullout" ...
TechWeb
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