"'2013 is going to be ugly' for Microsoft as it shifts to Windows 8, Forrester predicts"
Computerworld 10:47 AM
"Broad Windows 8 deployment in enterprises could take years: Learning curve, satisfaction with Windows 7 cited by experts"
Network World 11:47 AM
"Corporate Migration to Windows 8: A Long, Slow Slog"
E-Commerce Times 10:56 AM
"Windows 8: The Most Confused OS Launch Ever"
Dr. Dobb's 11:15 AM
"Some Intel-Based Tablets Flunk Windows 8 Upgrade: Many Windows 7 tablet buyers who assumed they could later upgrade to Windows 8 may be disappointed."
InformationWeek 10:08 AM
"Windows 7 to Windows 8: The system's biggest improvements"
PCWorld 11:45 AM
"Windows 8: An awful lot of change for a single release"
The Register 1:51 PM
"Windows 8's Start Screen: Navigating a brave new world"
Houston Chronicle 11:14 AM
"Office 365 University Pricing Revealed: College and university students can access Microsoft's cloud apps for bargain basement price."
InformationWeek 2:42 PM
"Microsoft's Surface: Hiding in Plain Sight"
AllThingsD 9:47 AM
"Microsoft's newest weapon in China piracy fight"
Reuters 9:27 PM
"Judge 'skeptical' of FRAND position Google's Motorola will present at Microsoft trial"
Foss Patents 3:44 PM
"Microsoft Ups Xbox Ties to Web, Mobile Devices"
WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:41 AM
"Microsoft rebrands entertainment as Xbox"
Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 10:58 AM
"Microsoft's SmartGlass brings Xbox 360, tablets and phones together"
NBC News 11:37 AM
"Microsoft announces details of Xbox SmartGlass app"
VentureBeat [Free Registration Required] 2:02 PM
"Microsoft SmartGlass connects your Xbox to your mobile device"
CNET News 10:03 AM
"Microsoft expands $99 Xbox 360 deal; Xbox rebirth coming"
PCWorld 11:45 AM
"Xbox 360 discount program extends to all models"
CNET News 10:03 AM
"Dell pre-orders available for five new Windows 8 PCs"
PCWorld 11:44 AM
"Dell XPS 10 matches price of Microsoft Surface tablet: Dell's XPS 10 tablet will be priced at $499 and will ship in the coming weeks"
IDG News Service 10:45 AM
"Idaho awards school laptop contract to H-P"
Associated Press 4:03 PM
"IBM Accelerates Big Data Analysis: IBM offers prebuilt sentiment analysis on Hadoop, stream processing for telcos, marketing analysis, and predictive analytics delivered via the cloud."
InformationWeek 10:09 AM
"IBM Watson Finally Graduates Medical School"
InformationWeek 10:09 AM
"Elusive startup pits IBM Power servers against x86, ARM"
EE Times 11:55 AM
"Gartner: 2013 Tech Spending To Hit $3.7 Trillion/CIOs need to spend on finding and building a pool of big data skills, Gartner execs say."
InformationWeek 10:10 AM
"A Bandwidth Breakthrough: A dash of algebra on wireless networks promises to boost bandwidth tenfold, without new infrastructure."
Technology Review 1:45 PM
General Interest
"Hackers steal customer data from Barnes & Noble keypads"
CNET News 9:27 PM
"'Welcome,' 'Jesus,' 'mustang' among most used passwords of 2012"
Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 9:06 PM
"Facebook's mobile surprise allays growth fears"
Reuters 9:27 PM
"RadioShack reports a wider-than-expected loss, said may pull out of Target stores"
Dallas Morning News [Paid Membership Required] 10:55 AM
"Vivo Tab RT tablet priced higher than Microsoft, Dell: Entry price of the Asus Vivo Tab RT is $100 more than the $499 Microsoft Surface tablet"
IDG News Service 10:45 AM
"Amazon outage started small, snowballed into 12-hour event: Third outage in two years is mostly resolved but brought down Reddit, Imgur, other popular sites"
Network World 11:49 AM
"Amazon outage takes down Reddit, Foursquare, others"
CNN 10:42 AM
"Scientists making fishy robots for naval research"
Associated Press [Free Registration Required] 10:36 AM
"Samsung Galaxy Note II Will Hit AT&T Stores November 9 For $299, Pre-Orders Begin October 25"
TechCrunch 1:41 PM
"T-Mobile said to launch Galaxy Note 2 'phablet' on October 24"
CNET News 10:04 AM
"AT&T to take pre-orders for Galaxy Note II phone/tablet Thursday"
Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 11:30 AM
"Galaxy Note 2 arrives on AT&T on Nov. 9"
CNET News 10:03 AM
"Yahoo's Mayer says mobile will be top priority"
Silicon Valley 10:48 AM
"Yahoo's new CEO Mayer takes on the mobile challenge"
Reuters 9:57 AM
"ARM Q3 beats forecasts; profit up by 22 percent, outlook up"
ZDNet 2:08 PM
"Arm boosted by Apple's success"
Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 10:59 AM
"Smartphone royalties help ARM beat expectations"
Reuters 10:07 AM
"ARM Sees Record Order Backlog on Demand for Mobile Chips"
Bloomberg 9:51 AM
"Lexmark's adjusted quarterly profit tops consensus"
MarketWatch 9:48 AM
Press Releases
"New AMD FX Line-Up Brings Faster Speeds and Higher Performance Core Over Previous Generation to PC Enthusiasts and Gamers"
Marketwire 9:52 AM
"Cisco Global Cloud Index Forecasts Cloud Traffic to Grow Sixfold by 2016"
Marketwire 9:53 AM
"Dell's New Tablets and PCs Push the Boundaries of Computing"
Business Wire 9:54 AM
"Dell Helps MakeMusic Improve Active Sales Forecasting and Business Agility with Salesforce CRM Solution"
Business Wire 9:54 AM
"HP Simplifies Data Protection and Management for Netherlands' Croon Elektrotechniek B.V."
Marketwire 9:54 AM
"Made In IBM Labs: New IBM Analytics Software Helps Doctors Transition To Predictive Healthcare"
PRNewswire 2:32 PM
"IBM Announces Student Winners of Watson Case Competition from Cornell University"
PRNewswire 2:32 PM
"Intel and OnX Announce Social Media Hub for the Finteligent Trading Technology Community"
Business Wire 9:55 AM
"Finish Line Selects Oracle Retail Merchandising, Planning and Stores Solutions to Support Growth Strategy"
Marketwire 9:59 AM
Microsoft
"Top 10 biggest drawbacks of Windows RT"
CNET News 9:06 PM
"Microsoft Surface RT Review: This Is Technological Heartbreak" ["We're not there yet. Surface is a fantastic promise, and holds fantastic potential. But while potential is worth your attention, it's not worth your paycheck. Surface RT gets so many things right, and pulls so many good things together into one package. But it is undercooked."]
Gizmodo 9:05 PM
"Microsoft's First Tablet: David Pogue reviews Microsoft's Surface, which goes on sale on Oct. 26." [Video Report]
New York Times [Free Registration Required] 8:54 PM
"Sleek Tablet, but Clumsy Software"
New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 8:54 PM
"Hands on with the Microsoft Surface"
The Next Web 8:28 PM
"Microsoft Surface review: Microsoft takes its first, bold step into the tablet market with a unique new device — but can it compete?"
The Verge 8:27 PM
"Surface Is a Tablet Windows Users Will Love [Review]"
Mashable 8:24 PM
"VMware Snags A New CFO From Microsoft"
Business Insider 8:21 PM
"Microsoft's new Windows 8 ads out-indie Apple"
Indie Research 6:11 PM
"Microsoft debuts a slew of great Windows 8 video ads"
VentureBeat 4:00 PM
"5 productivity apps for Windows Phone"
ZDNet 2:08 PM
"Dutch government to give law agencies powers to hack foreign computers"
Techworld 1:46 PM
"UK ISPs urged to block three more BitTorrent websites: The British Phonographic Industry is calling for ISPs to prevent access to Fenopy, H33t and Kickass Torrents"
Techworld 1:46 PM
"Why We Need To Mine Government's Big Data: New efforts to share federal and state data repositories with researchers and entrepreneurs could bring medical and other advances."
InformationWeek 11:16 AM
"Rights groups wary as ISPs roll out Copyright Alert System"
Computerworld 10:47 AM
Analysis/Editorial/Help/Opinion
"Gartner: CIOs Begin 3-Year Shift In Responsibilities"
InformationWeek 2:41 PM
"Woman seeking boyfriend wants access to his server"
CNET News 2:38 PM
"5 things Mayer did right on the Yahoo call"
MarketWatch 2:25 PM
"It's a wireless world, right? Not entirely"
MarketWatch 2:24 PM
"The pre-order puzzles of BioShock Infinite"
TG Daily 1:49 PM
"Windows 8 Hybrid Laptops Face Growing Pains: Laptop/tablet hybrids are new and different, but are they ready for the big time? Not by a long shot."
PC Magazine 11:43 AM
"How big data brings BI, predictive analytics together"
CIO 11:19 AM
"Your quick guide to malware types"
InfoWorld 11:18 AM
"Holiday gadgets: Windows, iPads and more this week"
Associated Press [Free Registration Required] 10:36 AM
"Business Users Satisfied With IT? Think Again: IT has reason to worry, says InformationWeek's new IT Perception Survey that compares attitudes of technology and business pros."
InformationWeek 10:10 AM
"Samsung New Chromebook: A $250 Cloud Laptop"
TheStreet 9:55 AM
"Google's Big Nexus Event: What's at Stake"
Techland 1:52 PM
"Google's $249 Laptop: Can It Really Hurt Apple?"
TheStreet 9:33 AM
Acquisitions/Deals/Investments/Mergers
"Data Storage Company, Scale Computing, Raises $12M Series D Led By Heron Capital To Grow Its Datacenter-In-A-Box"
TechCrunch 1:42 PM
"Scale Computing Gets $12M Funding To Develop Hyperconverged Solutions"
CRN 10:43 AM
"38 Studios items hitting the auction block"
Associated Press [Free Registration Required] 10:36 AM
"Sony closes Japanese office, spurs on cost cutting"
ZDNet 2:07 PM
"Sony to close Tokyo tech center to trim costs"
Reuters 10:07 AM
"Nokia Completes Bond Offer to Raise $980 Million"
WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 2:24 PM
"Nokia To Offer €750M ($979M) In Bonds To Service Debt And Prop Up Its Cash Position"
TechCrunch 1:42 PM
"Nokia seeks $1 bln from bonds to help drive fightback"
Reuters 9:58 AM
"Nokia to offer €750M convertible bonds due 2017"
MarketWatch 9:48 AM
"Nokia Eyes Bond Launch"
WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:41 AM
"Facebook expected to show revenue gains"
MarketWatch 9:48 AM
"Facebook earnings will spotlight mobile and Zynga"
CNNMoney 9:32 AM
Tech Stocks
"Asia Markets: Asia stocks come off early lows after China data"
MarketWatch 9:24 PM
"Tech Stocks: Apple leads tech losses; Yahoo jumps/New iPad mini priced higher than expected; Zynga slumps"
MarketWatch 4:04 PM
"U.S. stocks retreat sharply on earnings: Nasdaq closes under 3,000 for the first time since early August"
MarketWatch 4:04 PM
"Dow Drops Most Since June Amid Disappointing Earnings"
Bloomberg 10:34 AM
"Gartner: CIOs Begin 3-Year Shift In Responsibilities"
"CMO, CIO Trap | Who's Hacking U.S. Banks? 8 Facts"
"Social Business Success Requires Looking Inward"
"Office 365 University Pricing Revealed"
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