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"H-P's Payments to Intel for Chip Detailed in Oracle Suit"
WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:35 AM
"Filing: Without Itanium Chip, HP Is 'Strategically Screwed'"
AllThingsD 9:45 AM
"Oracle handed setback in HP Itanium case: Oracle had cited fraud by HP to defend its decision not to support Itanium in its software"
IDG News Service 11:48 AM
"California Court Rejects Fraud Claim By Oracle Against HP"
Wall St. Cheat Sheet 9:53 AM
"Oracle Fraud Claim vs. HP in Itanium Case Rejected by Judge"
eWeek 12:03 PM
"HP Extends Asset Mapping Into Amazon, VMware Clouds"
IDG News Service 12:42 PM
"HP trims board in wake of controversies"
Silicon Valley 11:51 AM
"HP's WebOS Team Shrinks Further As Chief Architect Departs"
CRN 7:03 PM
"IBM to Acquire Worklight to Advance Mobile Strategy: IBM announced plans to acquire Worklight, a maker of development and management software for tablets and smartphones, in a move aimed at bolstering Big Blue's enterprise mobile strategy."
eWeek 12:12 PM
"IBM Agrees to Acquire Worklight to Enhance Its Mobile-Application Software"
Bloomberg 9:54 AM
"IBM to buy Worklight in mobile-software tech push"
MarketWatch 2:19 PM
"IBM Buys Worklight for Mobile Software Platform"
IDG News Service 12:42 PM
"IBM Buys HTML5 App Development Company WorkLight For $70M To Expand Mobile Enterprise Services"
TechCrunch 1:48 PM
"IBM Acquires Mobile Specialist Worklight: Big Blue's deal positions it to meet the growing demand for tools that let developers write cross-platform mobile apps."
InformationWeek 9:26 PM
"Microsoft's Facebook Investment Remains Profitable in Many Ways"
Wall St. Cheat Sheet 9:57 AM
"Microsoft fine-tunes Windows 8 Beta with input from users: Microsoft listens to users of Windows 8 Developer Preview"
Network World 12:45 PM
"13 Windows 8 features worth knowing about: Windows 8 will introduce a slew of interesting features, but will they benefit you?"
Computerworld 11:49 AM
"What to expect from Explorer for upcoming Windows 8 public beta in February"
The Verge [Free Registration Required] 2:04 PM
"Obama confronted on H-1B use during Google+ hangout: President is questioned by wife of laid-off Texas semiconductor engineer (See video below)"
Computerworld 11:48 AM
"IHS forecasts 3.3% chip growth in 2012"
EE Times 12:51 PM
"PC sales up by 11 percent in Asia Pacific, says IDC"
ZDNet UK 2:13 PM
"IT Salaries: Growth Reflects Positive Changes in the IT Job Market"
CIO 12:45 PM
"IT Growth Outlook Hits Record High Led by Surge in Expected Investments: CDW"
eWeek 12:02 PM
"Mobile, cloud, and big data pros in high demand for 2012: According to reports, Global 1000 companies are investing in IT this year to expand their reach globally while keeping agile"
InfoWorld 12:29 PM
General Interest
"Breakthrough in mind-reading technology"
Melbourne Age 6:57 PM
"Amazon's Revenues Disappoint"
New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 9:26 PM
"Amazon Shares Drop as Revenues Fall Short"
New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 4:20 PM
"Amazon's Profit Drops 57% as Heavy Spending Continues"
WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 3:55 PM
"Tested: Firefox 10 Can't Catch Up to Internet Explorer, Chrome"
LAPTOP Magazine 3:29 PM
"Sky promises its broadband will reach 90pc of Brits"
ZDNet UK 2:13 PM
"Red Hat extends Red Hat Enterprise Linux lifecycle to ten years"
ZDNet 2:09 PM
"Nintendo's Wii U might not be called the Wii U"
TG Daily 1:51 PM
"The man who said 'no' to co-founding Facebook with Zuckerberg, costing him millions"
Fairfax Media 12:57 PM
"Maingear Adds AMD Radeon 7950 GPUs to Desktops"
PC Magazine 12:38 PM
"Firefox 10 Arrives Today with Extended Support for Businesses"
PCWorld 12:41 PM
"Firefox 10 Now Available for Download"
PC Magazine 12:37 PM
"Firefox 10 now available for download"
MSNBC 12:34 PM
"Hackers infect WordPress 3.2.1 blogs to distribute TDSS rootkit"
IDG News Service 12:29 PM
"RIM criticized for 'Be Bold' superhero blog and graphic: Apparent try to better appeal to youth causes renewed concern about RIM's future among analysts"
Computerworld 12:45 PM
"RIM backs away from 'lame' BlackBerry superheroes"
The Canadian Press [Free Registration Required] 12:24 PM
"Google+ Name Policy Leaves Users Unsatisfied"
InformationWeek 2:32 PM
"Google Professor appointed in Paris: Google has created a sponsored academic post in France, the Google@HEC chair at the HEC Paris business school."
The Register 1:55 PM
"Google previews new privacy policy: Google's new consolidated Privacy Policy goes into effect March 1, 2012"
Network World 12:46 PM
"Report: Google Fires Kenyan Manager Over Data Poaching Scandal"
Forbes 12:19 PM
"Samsung Galaxy Note Tablet on Sale at ATandT Feb. 19, Preorders Feb. 5"
eWeek 12:12 PM
"Smartphone vendors to wait for 2Q launch to avert hot iPhone demand, say Taiwan makers"
DigiTimes 12:00 PM
"Facebook users wary of new feature as social network gears up to go public"
Boston Herald 10:35 AM
"Bang & Olufsen to debut (slightly) more affordable gadgets"
CNET News 10:06 AM
"Lexmark profit falls 21%; plans more cost cuts"
MarketWatch 9:46 AM
"Renesas Electronics' Q3 net loss narrows"
MarketWatch 9:45 AM
"Toshiba, Fujitsu Join Japanese Tech Peers in Booking Massive 3Q Losses"
IDG News Service 12:43 PM
"Toshiba cuts outlook after Q3 profit tumbles"
Reuters 10:15 AM
"Toshiba posts quarterly net loss, slashes outlook"
MarketWatch 9:45 AM
"Japan Firms Blame Floods, Strong Yen for Losses: Toshiba Corp. swung into the red in the fiscal third quarter and cut its full-year net profit outlook by more than half, blaming the strong yen, the flooding in Thailand and losses from its television business."
WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:44 AM
"Nokia Siemens to Cut 2,900 German Jobs in Profitability Push"
Bloomberg 9:50 AM
"Nokia Siemens to Cut 4,100 Jobs in Germany, Finland"
WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:36 AM
"ARM Chief Aims to Place Chips in 40 Percent of Mobile Computers"
Bloomberg 9:55 AM
"Arm's profits jump on Apple success"
Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 12:17 PM
"Smartphone, tablet demand boosts profits for ARM"
CNET News 10:05 AM
"ARM shares rally after 'exceptional' sales quarter: Fourth-quarter revenues surge past expectations"
MarketWatch 9:55 AM
"ARM's Profit Rises on Gadget Demand"
WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:36 AM
Press Releases
"AMD Radeon(TM) HD 7950 Graphics Added to Arsenal of Next Generation Graphics: The AMD Radeon(TM) HD 7950 GPU Delivers Excellence in Performance, Graphics Core Next, and AMD ZeroCore Power to an Even Wider Range of Gamers"
Marketwire 9:49 AM
"Cisco Delivers Fastest Wireless Network to Tackle World's Growing Mobility Expectations: New Cisco Aironet 3600 Series Access Point Sets Industry Firsts, Improving Wireless Experience by Increasing Performance up to 30 Percent for Any Wireless Device at an Extended Range"
Marketwire 9:50 AM
"IBM Advances Mobile Capabilities with Acquisition of Worklight: Acquisition Adds Leading Platform for Smartphones and Tablets to Comprehensive Mobile Portfolio"
PRNewswire 9:54 AM
"IBM Announces New Software to Manage and Secure the Influx of Mobile Devices to the Workplace: New York-based School System Looks to Mobile Management; New Software Secures Smartphones and Tablets for Apple iOS, Android, Symbian and Windows"
PRNewswire 9:54 AM
"Intel Promotes Two Executives to Senior Vice President"
Business Wire 2:22 PM
"Oracle Delivers New Mobile Applications for Oracle's JD Edwards EnterpriseOne"
Marketwire 2:24 PM
"Oracle's SPARC T4 Servers in High Demand in the Communications Industry"
Marketwire 2:24 PM
"Oracle's SPARC T4 Server Momentum Expands Demand for SPARC Systems"
Marketwire 10:00 AM
"Oracle Health Sciences Institute, in Partnership With Oracle Labs, Announces First Round of Research Projects"
Marketwire 10:00 AM
"San Jose Water Company Deploys Oracle Utilities Solutions to Improve Service for More Than One Million Customers Throughout Silicon Valley"
Marketwire 10:00 AM
"Oracle Beats NetApp and EMC in Storage Magazine Quality Awards for NAS"
Marketwire 10:00 AM
"Oracle's PeopleSoft Named Best in KLAS for Financials/ERP Software in Healthcare"
Marketwire 10:00 AM
"Vanderbilt University Selects Oracle's PeopleSoft Customer Relationship Management to Overhaul Its Admissions System and Enhance Strategic Assessments for Campus Programs"
Marketwire 10:00 AM
"Leading Analyst Firm Positions Oracle in Leaders Quadrant for Web Content Management"
Marketwire 9:59 AM
"Oracle Partners Worldwide Deliver Expanded Portfolio of Oracle Accelerate Solutions for Midsize Companies"
Marketwire 9:59 AM
"Oracle Ships Over 1 Exabyte of Media for StorageTek T10000C Tape Drives"
Marketwire 9:59 AM
"Customers Adopt Oracle Fusion Human Capital Management to Help Maximize Valuable Assets and Achieve Business Goals"
Marketwire 9:59 AM
Microsoft
"Why Microsoft will beat Apple's iTV in the living room"
Digital Trends 8:48 PM
"Motion promotion: Inside Microsoft's plan to equip laptops with Kinect technology"
The Daily 6:06 PM
"Use Kinect to teach anatomy? It's a 'Mirracle'!"
CNET News 2:28 PM
"It's time for Microsoft to come clean over the Metro UI"
ZDNet 2:10 PM
"Windows 8 and the death of 'rich' apps"
ZDNet 2:09 PM
"Baby Bills, Windows 8 and a Microsoft 'Zynga' stealth project?"
The Register 1:55 PM
"10 SharePoint Security Mistakes You Probably Make: Bradley Manning allegedly stole sensitive government cables destined for WikiLeaks from a SharePoint server. Are your information security controls tighter than the Army's were?"
InformationWeek 10:16 AM
"Still stuck on Microsoft's IE 6? There's an updated tool for that"
ZDNet 2:09 PM
"Ion seeks to save IE6 users from themselves"
Download 10:05 AM
"Office 15 Beta Slated for Summer, Time to Move to Office 2010"
PCWorld 12:42 PM
"Office 15: 5 Things Microsoft Should Do/Microsoft needs to better integrate Office with social networking sites and create a more useful Web version of its software suite."
Computerworld 12:41 PM
"Microsoft launches Office 15 as technical preview"
CNET News 10:04 AM
Government/Law/Politics
"Kodak employee sues company directors over stock"
Reuters 4:12 PM
"Cloud Security, Costs Concern Federal IT Pros: As White House continues to push cloud computing, federal IT managers still worry about security and costs, Ponemon survey finds."
InformationWeek 2:32 PM
"China rare earths safe from WTO ruling on export curbs"
Reuters 2:30 PM
"FCC reforms phone subsidy program for the poor"
CNET News 2:28 PM
"ICO to issue letter to councils demanding improvement on data security"
V3 2:00 PM
"US shoots down key Rambus patent"
The Register 1:55 PM
"Obama washes hands of O'Dwyer piracy extradition case"
The Register 1:53 PM
"MegaUpload ripped off YouTube, tried smearing rivals, U.S. says"
CNET News 2:28 PM
"Megaupload Users Get Reprieve, But Legal Questions Remain"
InformationWeek 12:26 PM
"Virtualization Could Save Feds $30 Billion By 2015: Government IT departments at all levels are embracing virtualization, mainly for data center consolidation, survey finds. But they'll have to jump implementation hurdles."
InformationWeek 12:26 PM
"The secret behind the SOPA defeat"
Fortune 12:22 PM
"San Jose courts feds in quest to snag regional U.S. Patent and Trademark Office"
Silicon Valley 11:50 AM
"Feds: We obtained MegaUpload conversations with search warrant"
CNET News 10:06 AM
"Google filing accuses law firm of disloyalty"
Bloomberg News 12:51 PM
"Google Tells Congress It's Changing Privacy Policies, Not Practices"
eWeek 12:12 PM
"Google responds to Congress over privacy policy inquiries"
CNET News 10:04 AM
"EU Data Rules Worse Than SOPA? European Union's proposed 'right to be forgotten' data privacy rule threatens free speech and online business, critics argue."
InformationWeek 10:17 AM
"Exclusive: Europe sets sights on deeper mobile roaming cuts"
Reuters 10:15 AM
"EU probes Samsung over possible patent rights 'abuse'"
BBC 10:29 AM
"European Commission turns antitrust lens on Samsung"
CNET News 10:05 AM
"EU Probes Samsung, Germany Blocks Its Tablets"
Associated Press 10:01 AM
"EU regulators investigate Samsung over mobile patents"
Reuters 9:57 AM
"EU Opens Antitrust Probe Against Samsung Over Patents"
WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:36 AM
Analysis/Editorial/Help/Opinion
"Mint's Cinnamon: The Future of the Linux Desktop? (Review)"
ZDNet 4:31 PM
"Five unexpected nitpicks from a new Kindle Touch owner"
CNET News 2:28 PM
"I Can Die Now: 'Dash' Converts Your Phone into a Complete Car Stereo"
Techland 1:58 PM
"Facial recognition to replace passwords?"
Fairfax NZ News 12:56 PM
"Cloud appliances: The cloud that isn't the cloud/Amazon Storage Gateway is a prime example of using an old-fashioned data center approach in the cloud -- which seems to miss the point"
InfoWorld 12:29 PM
"RIM Hits a New Embarrassing Low"
Minyanville 2:23 PM
"RIM's Silly Superheroes Won't Save Anything"
PC Magazine 12:38 PM
"RIM's Cartoon Campaign More Preschool Than Bold: RIM turns to the 'Bold' team of superheroes in its latest marketing push. But the Saturday-morning-style characters probably won't appeal to anyone other than Disney Junior fans."
InformationWeek 12:26 PM
"Facebook Timeline: 5 Facts You Need To Know"
InformationWeek 12:26 PM
"Could You Go Three Months Without A Mobile Phone, Email, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter?"
Forbes 12:20 PM
"There's No App For That, And That's Good: Developing custom apps for tablets and smartphones has become the cool thing to do. Just make sure you aren't opening a can of budget-busting worms long term."
InformationWeek 10:17 AM
"Smartphones: The New Fixture In Bathrooms/Three-quarters of cell phone owners now conduct business while conducting business in the lavatory."
InformationWeek 10:17 AM
"10 Tablet Tricks To Try" [Slideshow]
InformationWeek 10:17 AM
"AT&T gives heavy data users a not-so-subtle hint to ditch the unlimited plan"
CNET News 10:06 AM
"Consumers: Robots should clean my windows"
CNET News 10:05 AM
"Megaupload Users Reportedly Have More Time to Claim Files, But How?"
PC Magazine 12:38 PM
"Megaupload users could soon lose all their files"
Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 12:17 PM
"Today in Tech: Did the Kindle Fire sell better than expected?"
Fortune 12:21 PM
"The Circuit: Video Privacy Protection Act, Facebook IPO, Megaupload users get two-week extension"
Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 9:48 AM
"Semiconductor sales expected to rise 3.3% in 2012"
MarketWatch 9:46 AM
"The best Super Bowl seat? In front of a new TV"
MarketWatch 9:45 AM
"Verizon Crosses Web Lines: Wireless Arm Touts Comcast Even as Phone Giant Battles Cable in FiOS Fight"
WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:37 AM
"Facebook's Yahoo! Patent Problem"
TheStreet 9:33 AM
Acquisitions/Deals/Investments/Mergers
"Sharp to halve LCD panel output at Osaka"
Reuters 2:30 PM
"On The Heels Of Nabbing 7 HP Execs, Cyber Security Startup AlienVault Raises $8 Million"
TechCrunch 1:49 PM
"Log Data Management And Analytics Startup Sumo Logic Raises $15M From Greylock And Others"
TechCrunch 1:49 PM
"Qualcomm gets mirasol displays in a fourth e-reader"
UTSanDiego 12:52 PM
"Internet companies dominate EU fundraising in January"
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