"The EU's Microsoft Vendetta: The mandarins try to soak a 'monopoly' with 25% market share."
WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:45 AM
"Microsoft is risking an $18 billion empire on Windows 8"
CNNMoney 9:32 AM
"Microsoft's Steve Ballmer has plans for more hardware"
BBC 10:42 AM
"Microsoft's Ballmer Hints at More Hardware"
PC Magazine 11:38 AM
"Microsoft boss confirms more hardware on the way"
CNET News 10:22 AM
"Ballmer and Dell Talk Windows 8 and Surface Tablet in Joint Interview"
New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 10:04 AM
"Windows 8 recasts PC industry: CEO Ballmer"
Reuters 10:04 AM
"Windows 8: Make-or-break moment for Microsoft CEO"
CBS News 10:56 AM
"Windows 8: 10 Questions For Microsoft's Enterprise Chief/Erwin Visser, Microsoft's senior director for Windows Commercial, says enterprises can expect immediate benefits from Windows 8 in key areas like mobility, security, and virtualization."
InformationWeek 11:22 AM
"Microsoft kicks off Windows 8, Surface"
Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 1:52 PM
"Microsoft's New Look: Windows 8" [Video Report]
CNBC 10:16 AM
"Microsoft makes risky bet with Windows 8 release"
Silicon Valley 8:14 PM
"Microsoft Launches Windows 8 After 1.24B Hours Of Public Testing, Available On Over 1,000 Certified Devices"
TechCrunch 1:34 PM
"Windows 8 to officially kick off at 12:01 a.m. Friday"
CNET News 2:57 PM
"Microsoft officially launches Windows 8"
NBC News 11:31 AM
"Microsoft kicks off Windows 8 campaign"
Associated Press 10:16 AM
"Can Windows 8 Save Microsoft?" [Video Report]
Breakout 10:14 AM
"The Apple-ization Of Microsoft: As Microsoft prepares to launch Windows 8, the hardware world faces a big question. Is going it alone exactly what Microsoft wants?"
InformationWeek 10:28 AM
"Windows 8 aims at Apple's core"
Boston Herald 10:47 AM
"Microsoft Looks to Future 3D Tiles for Next-Gen Windows"
Patent Bolt 10:41 AM
"Here's Why Surface Beats Apple's iPad: Ballmer"
CNBC 10:12 AM
"Ballmer: Microsoft Surface 'Literally a Full PC'" [Video Report]
Bloomberg 10:14 AM
"Steven Sinofsky On Surface: 'Everything Microsoft Has Done Is Coming Together'"
TechCrunch 1:32 PM
"Ballmer: We Have Great Facebook Integration" [Video Report]
Bloomberg 10:13 AM
"Microsoft's Arm embrace could be awkward"
Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 11:15 AM
"HP's 'strained' relations with Violin: Vulture-on-the-windowsill account"
The Register 1:44 PM
"IBM Received Request From SEC Over Dealings With Iran, ZTE"
Bloomberg 2:52 PM
"IBM says Commerce Department has asked it about ZTE"
Reuters 2:52 PM
"Legal woes for IBM's e-health contract"
ZDNet 2:05 PM
"Be Aware Of The Picture IBM's Sale Figures Are Painting For 2013"
Seeking Alpha 5:28 PM
"AMD Faces Looming Cash Crunch Amid Quest for New Markets"
Bloomberg 10:02 AM
"Amid Market Difficulties and Layoffs, Chipmaker AMD Faces a Cash Crunch"
AllThingsD 2:49 PM
"AMD to announce more Windows 8 tablets with Z-60 chips"
Techworld 1:37 PM
"Intel Is Ready For Windows 8, But More Importantly Ready For The Future"
Business Insider 2:53 PM
"Nanya, Inotera see losses widen in 3Q12"
DigiTimes 11:13 AM
"New Samsung Galaxy S3 ad: It's good for sharing sex tapes!"
CNET News 2:57 PM
"Kanye West helps launch Samsung's Galaxy Note II"
Computerworld 11:02 AM
"China's ZTE slumps to quarterly loss, margins bleed"
Reuters 10:25 AM
"Carphone Warehouse leaks LG's Google Nexus 4 phone"
BBC 10:41 AM
"LG rolls out 84-inch Ultra HD TV for $19,999.99"
Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 11:29 AM
"LG at work on WebOS-based HDTV, report says: The television will reportedly be unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show in January."
CNET News 10:21 AM
"NASA-style mission control centers for social media are taking off: Companies from Gatorade to Dell are building multimillion-dollar mission control centers to man their social media operations."
Fortune 10:08 AM
"Worker Dispute Halts Production at Chinese Electronics Plant"
WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 10:04 AM
"AU Optronics 3Q net loss widens on higher costs"
MarketWatch 9:46 AM
"TSMC sees six months of weaker sales after record third-quarter profit"
Reuters 10:26 AM
"TSMC profit up 62%, beats forecasts"
MarketWatch 9:46 AM
"TSMC Surprises With Record Profit"
WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:46 AM
"Sprint Building Out LTE in 200+ Cities"
Light Reading 3:01 PM
"Sprint's 3Q Red Ink Grows, Sees '12 Slightly Topping Forecasts"
FOXBusiness 11:20 AM
"Sprint Loss Is Smaller Than Estimated as Spending Ebbs"
Bloomberg 10:44 AM
"Sprint loses subscribers again in third quarter as Nextel exodus speeds up; loss widens"
Associated Press [Free Registration Required] 9:50 AM
"Sprint's Loss Widens on Nextel Shutdown Costs"
WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:39 AM
Press Releases
"AMD Powers Superior Windows 8 Experience Across More Than 125 PC Designs"
Marketwire 10:03 AM
"Dell To Hold Conference Call To Discuss Third Quarter Fiscal 2013 Results"
Business Wire 2:50 PM
"Notice to Hewlett-Packard Employees: Zamansky & Associates Investigates 401(k) Plan for ERISA Violations"
Business Wire 2:51 PM
"Snapfish by HP Expands Mobile Services With 'Prints on the Go'"
Marketwire 10:06 AM
"NORC Chooses Vertica, an HP Company, to Accelerate and Scale Healthcare Analysis Services"
Marketwire 10:06 AM
"IBM Opens Fifth Mexican Branch in City of Toluca"
PRNewswire 10:07 AM
"IBM Establishes the Smarter Energy Research Institute to Advance the Utility of the Future"
PRNewswire 10:07 AM
"ARTstor Selects Oracle's Sun ZFS Storage 7420 Appliances to Support Rapidly Growing Digital Image Library"
Marketwire 10:17 AM
Microsoft
"Ballmer: more Microsoft hardware may be on the way"
Electronista 9:38 PM
"A Windows 8 Cheat Sheet"
New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 8:14 PM
"Microsoft executive blames cybercrime for delayed mobile strategy"
The Verge 8:13 PM
"Windows 8 and Surface 'polarise' opinions"
Telegraph 7:25 PM
"Microsoft takes its 'big step' into the tablet market"
Telegraph 7:25 PM
"On Steve Ballmer's big day, a look back 11 years"
BetaNews 7:24 PM
"Microsoft's Surface tablet attracts crowd of first customers in Beijing"
PCWorld 7:23 PM
"Windows Server 2012: The road to RTM"
ZDNet 2:05 PM
"Box doesn't waste time with new app for Windows 8"
ZDNet 2:02 PM
"Parallels warns caution with Windows 8 installs"
ZDNet 2:01 PM
"Gigabyte joins Windows 8 party with tablet, ultrabook, and gaming laptops"
PCWorld 11:39 AM
"Microsoft's biggest gamble yet: risking the name 'Windows'"
NBC News 11:31 AM
"Microsoft: Never mind the cash. Look at its products"
The Globe and Mail [Free Registration Required] 11:21 AM
"Windows XP turns 11, still not dead yet: The aged OS has 18 months until retirement, but it's not going quietly into the night, say analysts"
Computerworld 11:02 AM
"Microsoft's 'official' Windows 8 Survival Guide leaks"
The Register 1:44 PM
"Windows 8 Arrives: Easy-to-download upgrades and the best range of PCs ever welcome Windows 8 to worldwide availability."
Microsoft 11:53 AM
"Microsoft is taking a huge risk with Windows 8, and that's OK"
PCWorld 11:40 AM
"Forget Windows 8: Give us Windows 7.8/A billion users don't have the right hardware to run Windows 8, even if they wanted to. Here's how Microsoft could give them the best of Win8"
InfoWorld 11:23 AM
"Cheat sheet: Windows 8 vs. Windows RT"
InfoWorld 11:24 AM
"Windows 8 review: Yes, it's that bad"
InfoWorld 11:23 AM
"Windows 8: Sleek apps for Mail, Music and Photos"
Houston Chronicle 11:22 AM
"Windows 8: 12 'charming' new looks and features" [Slideshow]
The Globe and Mail [Free Registration Required] 11:21 AM
"First look at Microsoft's Surface tablet" [Video Report]
CNNMoney 10:13 AM
"Mixed Reviews for the Surface Do Microsoft No Favors"
Forbes 10:12 AM
"Microsoft's Surface Tablet Lacks Apps to Rival IPad"
Bloomberg 10:08 AM
Government/Law/Politics
"Jailbreaking now legal under DMCA for smartphones, but not tablets"
Ars Technica 9:01 PM
"Feds uphold jailbreaking laws on DVDs, game consoles, tablets: While smartphone jailbreaking remains legal, new rules published by the U.S. Copyright Office dictate that cracking DVDs, gaming consoles, and tablets is against the law."
CNET News 9:00 PM
"UN Aims To Pull Plug On Plethora Of Power Supplies"
Associated Press 2:55 PM
"Government internet security chief promotes use of fake credentials online"
V3 1:47 PM
"What an anti-Google antitrust case by the FTC may look like"
CNET News 10:22 AM
"In Emails To UK Police, Anonymous Seeks Solidarity"
Associated Press 10:19 AM
Analysis/Editorial/Help/Opinion
"Why Amazon is within its rights to remove access to your Kindle books"
ZDNet 2:03 PM
"Hand Crank Is a Backup for Your Backup Battery"
Wired 1:53 PM
"iPad Mini, Kindle Fire HD, Nook HD and Nexus 7: The Pros and Cons of Each"
Techland 1:46 PM
"These Are the 25 Worst Passwords of 2012"
Techland 1:46 PM
"BYOD resistance loosening but security practices lacking: SANS survey of more than 650 IT and security professionals shows access control and VPNs favored for mobile"
Network World 11:42 AM
"What's the big deal with 3D printing? Does it really mark the advent of a 'new industrial revolution'? Will Dean heads to the first-ever 3D printing consumer trade show to find out if the hype is right"
The Independent 11:26 AM
"Antivirus Tool Fail: Blocking Success Varies By 58%/Only two of 13 endpoint security software scanners blocked more than 80% of known exploits, NSS Labs study reports."
InformationWeek 11:22 AM
"Facebook Overload: Just Getting Worse/The more we use Facebook, the more overwhelmed we feel, study finds. User reaction to Facebook's revamped news feed not so positive."
InformationWeek 10:28 AM
"Is Windows 8 the PC's Best Chance to Stay Relevant?"
CNBC 10:16 AM
"Will Google Release Multiple Nexus Phones Next Week?"
Minyanville 10:13 AM
"Google is moving us towards a cloud-centric future"
TG Daily 1:41 PM
"The lesson from the Amazon outage: It's time to layer the cloud"
InfoWorld 11:24 AM
"Cloud contracts: Watch those gotchas"
ZDNet 2:05 PM
"Why the Cloud Needs a Network Decongestant"
Forbes 10:03 AM
"How email, loathed but indispensable, might finally enter the future"
GigaOM 9:32 AM
Acquisitions/Deals/Investments/Mergers
"Panasonic to reduce much of mobile phone business: Nikkei"
Reuters 3:00 PM
"Yahoo acquires mobile start-up Stamped"
V3 7:25 PM
"Yahoo buys Stamped; will kill its mobile app"
TechHive 7:23 PM
"Yahoo acquires mobile recommendations startup Stamped"
ZDNet 2:00 PM
"Marissa Mayer's First M&A Deal: Yahoo Acquires Stamped As Part Of Major Mobile Push"
TechCrunch 1:33 PM
"Roseville chipmaker Telefunken to add unit, take over German plant"
Sacramento Bee 11:46 AM
"Facebook employees are now $5.2 billion richer"
CNNMoney 10:57 AM
"Facebook's final Instagram tab: $715 million in cash, stock"
CBS News 10:55 AM
"Zynga Rises as Game Maker Annouces Buyback, Gambling Deal"
Bloomberg 10:44 AM
"France Telecom Cuts Dividend Projection as Earnings Drop"
Bloomberg 10:43 AM
"Nokia to sell Salo property to drugmaker Orion"
Reuters 10:26 AM
Tech Stocks
"Asia Markets: Asia stocks dented by Apple earnings/Asia stocks edged lower Friday, with technology firms taking a hit after Apple Inc. released weaker-than-expected results overnight."
MarketWatch 8:48 PM
"Zynga, Angie's List lead gains for techs: Facebook slips as investor cuts stake; Apple down ahead of results"
MarketWatch 9:48 AM
"U.S. stock indexes tally small gains: iPhone and iPad maker Apple is due to report after the bell"
MarketWatch 2:10 PM
"U.S. Stocks Advance on Better-Than-Estimated Earnings"
Bloomberg 2:10 PM
"Ballmer: Windows Has Great Tablets 'For The First Time'"
"Sprint Builds Out LTE In 200+ Cities"
"Heroku Adds Database Service That Scales Out Easily"
"Barnes & Noble Probes PIN Keypad Hack"
"iPad Mini Display: Not Good Enough?"
"Apple, Google, Microsoft, Samsung: Battle Of The Buzz"
"Gartner's Top 10 IT Trends: Hits And Misses"
"iPad Mini Price Debate | Windows 8: 10 Key Enterprise Questions"
"Windows 8: 4 Upsides For SMBs"
Copyright 2000-2012 by Technology News Network™. All Rights Reserved.
TechNN News Staff
Publisher & Editor-in-Chief: P. Pearson
Managing & Weekday Editor: D. Mahaffy
Evening Editors: S. Siegling and
D. Mahaffy
Weekend Editors: S. Siegling and
D. Mahaffy
CEO: T. Jefferson
CFO: K. Midas
Editor Emeritus: W. Shakespeare
Writers Emeritus: W. Lewis, R. Chandler, W. Morris, G. Simenon, C.
Vallejo, F. Garcia Lorca,
P. White, R. Adams, P. Valery, C. Aiken, R. Bradbury, F. Pessoa, S.
Bellow, F. O'Connor
Art Directors: V. Van Gogh, C. Monet
Photographer & Logician: C. Dodgson
Advertising Managers: C. Chaplin, H. Marx
Public Relations Firm: Bits & Bytes
Ranters: D.Miller, R. Perot
Bomb Squad: Type 11 Errors
Chief Scientists: I. Asimov, S. Hawking
Road Crew: R. Petty, J. Cooper
Mechanics: Tom and Ray
Fishing Crew: A. Lindner, D. Stange, K. VanDam
Head Chef: Mom
Head Travel Guru: D. Pearson
Whipping Boys: S. Ballmer, S. Jobs
Mascots: Cyberdog, Clarus the Dogcow
General Counsel: #%@*$$$$!
TechNN News Staff
