"Windows Phone's Uphill Battle In The U.S."
Seeking Alpha 7:19 AM
"Microsoft to release 9 security bulletins on April 9"
Tech2.com 8:02 AM
"Microsoft Chimes in on Employee's Always-Online Tweets"
QuickJump 11:44 AM
"Microsoft Dying? I Don't Think So"
Seeking Alpha 2:05 PM
"Microsoft, Google, and Apple: Which one faces doom in 2017? Summary: Last week, Gartner released a Report that had tech bloggers falling over themselves to declare Microsoft obsolete and the PC dead. Two problems. First, it's Gartner. And second, a closer look at the data paints a surprisingly rosy picture for Microsoft."
ZDNet 5:52 PM
"Intel To Fix USB Bug In Haswell Chips"
CDR.info 7:54 AM
"Intel Starts Shipping Haswell Chips to PC Manufacturers"
UberGizmo 5:48 PM
"Haswell starts shipping to PC makers"
TechSpot 5:48 PM
"Intel to Enable High-End Small PCs with Core i 'Haswell' Chips with Improved Graphics Egine in BGA Form-Factor/ Intel to Offer Leading-Edge Core i 'Haswell' Chips with Improved Graphics in BGA Packaging"
X-bit labs 5:48 PM
"Blackstone's latest move may upset Michael Dell bid"
Reuters 4/6
"Dell now offering Ubuntu Linux OS as option for Alienware X51 gaming PC"
ZDNet 4/6
"Gartner Indicates That MSFT May Be In Some Serious Trouble"
Seeking Alpha 4/6
"Microsoft releases statement about next-gen Xbox's always-online requirement"
Moneycontrol.com 4/6
"No One Could Ever Kill Windows – Analysts"
Softpedia 4/6
"Celeron 1019Y, Intel's New ULV Ivy Bridge CPU"
Softpedia 4/6
"AMD enables Video decoding on their open source drivers"
Muktware 4/6
"City of Bunbury uses IBM for future private cloud plan/Summary: The WA regional city has spent AU$234,000 on implementing IBM's PureFlex hardware."
ZDNet 4/6
"IBM: Cyber-Security Practices Key for Electric Power Sector"
eWeek 4/6
General Interest
"Sony hits back at RED with patent lawsuit"
The Verge 9:26 PM
"Silicon Valley's Mouthwatering Tax Break: Debate Emerges Over Whether Daily Fringe-Benefit Meals Are Taxable; Issue Is Now on IRS's Radar"
WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 7:32 PM
"Study suggests patent office lowered standards to cope with backlog: The 'allowance rate' sharply increased during Obama's first term."
Ars Technica 7:03 PM
"Sony's 4K TVs Will Be Surprisingly Affordable—in That They Cost Less than a Car"
Gizmodo 6:19 PM
"Broadcasters Worry About 'Zero TV' Homes"
Associated Press 5:44 PM
"Sony unveils Anycast Touch all-in-one production system at NAB"
Engadget 5:38 PM
"British library and partners launch project to store UK web content"
Computerworld New Zealand 5:37 PM
"10 Startups That Turn Complexity Into Simplicity | TechCrunch"
TechCrunch 5:25 PM
"Mozilla pulls tracking trigger for Firefox 22, ignores ad industry attacks: Adds auto-blocking of third-party cookies to 'Aurora' preview"
Computerworld 11:45 AM
"Facebook actually sorry for banning breastfeeding pic: Facebook and those mothers who wish to post breastfeeding pictures have had a long battle. In the case of one activist, she actually gets an apology for having breastfeeding pictures removed."
CNET News 11:41 AM
"Witness the birth of 'Jurassic Park' dinosaurs: How did special-effects whiz Stan Winston create the beasts of 'Jurassic Park'? As moviegoers experience 'Jurassic Park 3D' we reveal the inner workings of the dinosaurs in the film."
CNET News 10:10 AM
"Public warned over rise in smartphone thefts: 8,000 phone stolen in Dublin in first six months of last year"
The Irish Times 9:44 AM
"This supercomputer crunches Large Hadron Collider (LHC) data"
TG Daily 9:05 AM
"Hackers target Israeli sites"
Yahoo! News 7:26 AM
"Google, BlackBerry, EarthLink and Red Hat ask DoJ and FTC to help starve patent trolls"
Engadget 7:27 AM
"Mozilla announces new web payment mechanism to debut on Firefox OS"
The Verge 7:26 AM
"Social Media Widely Used by Major League Baseball Fans"
Social Barrel 7:26 AM
"Wikipedia editor allegedly forced by French intelligence to delete 'classified' entry: A military compound becomes a lesson in obscurity on the Internet."
Ars Technica 4/6
"Online Betting Site Intrade Faces Liquidation"
New York Times 4/6
"Malware Dodging Defenses More Often on an Increasingly Dangerous Web"
eWeek 4/6
"NASA to launch planet-hunting mission with Google-backed satellite"
The Verge 4/6
"Baseball Meets Internet Of Things: Bye, Bad Umpires?"
TechWeb News 4/6
"Adobe Premiere Pro on Windows to boast OpenCL support"
Engadget 4/6
"Webkit's Chromium-specific code to be removed in effort to streamline"
Engadget 4/6
"EA executive responds to 'worst company' poll: 'We owe gamers better performance.'/COO Peter Moore steps up for company, but says: 'we've made plenty of mistakes.'"
Ars Technica 4/6
"Sony's PS Vita comeback continues as Wii U flails"
BGR News 4/5
"Facebook's Sprawling New HQ Designed by Frank Gehry"
eWeek 4/5
"Google Opens Compute Engine To Cloud Customers"
TechWeb News 4/5
"Facebook 'Home' Is 'Groundbreaking': David Kirkpatrick"
Daily Ticker 4/5
"You're Not Supposed To Want Facebook Home...Yet"
TechCrunch 4/5
"Mark Zuckerberg Lays Out His Vision For The Future And How The Next 5 Billion People Will Use Computers"
Business Insider 4/5
"Facebook Home: A Bigger Deal Than You Think"
BGR 4/5
"Apple, Google won't face poaching class action, for now"
Reuters 4/5
"No class certification yet in technology poaching lawsuit"
The Street 4/5
"QNX: The little-known company that controls your car"
Fortune 4/5
"Samsung's string of record quarterly profits ends softly at a cool $7.7 billion: But with the Galaxy S 4 just around the corner, analysts look to larger profits."
Ars Technica 4/5
"Samsung Primed for Record Profit as S4 Phone Sales Set to Start"
Bloomberg 4/5
"Samsung expects to post a massive $7.7B profit this quarter"
VentureBeat 4/5
"Samsung's operating profit up 53 percent in 1Q"
Associated Press 4/5
"AMD and Adobe Collaborate on Upcoming Version of Adobe Premiere Pro Software to Enable Breakthrough Video Editing Performance through Open Standards"
Hexus 4/5
"Rip-Off of Windows Phone's People-Centric Interface was Inevitable: Facebook Home isn't the first mobile solution to crib from Windows Phone"
Paul Thurrott's SuperSite for Windows 4/6
"Windows XP will soon fade into the distance"
TG Daily 4/5
"Windows 8 Doubt: 4 Ways To Sway PC People"
InformationWeek 4/5
"Microsoft Eyes Outlook For RT, Office For iOS?"
InformationWeek 4/5
"Microsoft applauds Facebook's people-centric Home, but 'humbly suggests' you get the real deal"
The Next Web 4/5
"Microsoft: Facebook Home presentation was 'remarkably similar' to Windows Phone launch"
The Verge 4/5
"Microsoft slams Facebook Home as a People Hub rip off"
The Inquirer 4/5
"Microsoft: Facebook Home is so 'two years ago'"
SlashGear 4/5
"Microsoft Tells Facebook It Already Made A People-First Phone, Calling The Whole Concept Into Question"
TechCrunch 4/5
"Facebook Home dubbed Windows Phone People Hub rip-off"
V3 4/5
"Why You Want The Microsoft Surface Pro (And Why You Don't)"
Forbes 4/5
"Microsoft Readies 9 Security Bulletins for Patch Tuesday"
eWeek 4/5
"April's Patch Tuesday to fix two critical flaws in Windows, IE"
ZDNet 4/5
"Microsoft Corporation - 2013 SEIF Awards Support Researchers in Software Engineering"
infoTECH 4/5
"Another Battle In The Google Vs. Microsoft Cloud War [Infographic]"
ReadWrite 4/5
"Will Steve Ballmer Giggle at Apple TV?"
The Street 4/5
"Bill Gates helps power up green battery maker Aquion Energy"
Green Biz 4/5
Government/Law/Politics
"DOJ May Apply ADA Accessibility Guidelines to Websites"
eWeek 5:38 PM
"America's 'second best' law school sues online critic, and loses on appeal: Cooley Law School goes after former student who skewered it on his blog."
Ars Technica 4/5
"FAA funded airport towers using 30-year-old data"
Boston Globe 4/5
"Gov report: Actually, evil City traders DIDN'T cause the banking crash"
The Register 4/5
"U.S. ITC ruling finds Android text selection to infringe two more claims of an Apple patent"
MacDailyNews 4/5
"Laws Can't Save Banks From DDoS Attacks"
InformationWeek 4/5
Analysis/Editorial/Help/Opinion
"Hands on with the Pebble watch: a handy device with a lot of potential/Watch faces are cool, and more apps are on the way."
Ars Technica 5:37 PM
"WD TV Play Review: An interesting device for those with Windows-based content shares on their home networks"
Paul Thurrott's SuperSite for Windows 12:43 PM
"New Tech Economy: Mayer's excellent Yahoo adventure"
USA Today 7:53 AM
"Submit your six-second Vine films to the Tribeca Film Festival by Sunday night"
The Verge 4/6
"Daggers out for Windows 8, plaudits for the iPad: Windows 8 could not escape the critical gaze of the media: and even Dell: this week. Meanwhile, the iPad's three-year mark was feted by the press."
CNET News 4/6
"High-end audio on the cheap: By carefully selecting used high-end gear, you can assemble a great hi-fi and save a bundle."
CNET News 4/6
"With Help From Dropbox, Mailbox's Reinvention Of The Inbox Has Only Just Begun"
Forbes 4/5
"Industry expert Richard (Rick) Belluzzo, former President & COO of Microsoft joins Savision as new shareholder and member of the Advisory Board"
Yahoo! News 4/5
"Blodget says 'Hell yeah!' to Bezos' investment"
MarketWatch 4/5
"Jeff Bezos Invests In Business Insider [Full Internal Memo]"
Business Insider 4/5
"Reunited! This Time, Jeff Bezos Bets on Henry Blodget"
AllThingsD 4/5
"Business Insider raises $5m, including 'a significant investment' from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos"
The Next Web 4/5
"Zynga Adds KPCB's John Doerr To Its Board Of Directors"
TechCrunch 4/5
Tech Stocks
"Stocks sink after 'cold slap' of jobs reality"
CNNMoney 4/5
"Stocks sink after dismal jobs report"
CNNMoney 4/5
"Dow Drops 100 After Jobs Data, Dragged by Techs; Vix Spikes 10%"
CNBC 4/5
"Jobs report: Hiring slows severely in March"
CNNMoney 4/5
"Stocks Plunge as Jobs Number Fans Fears"
TheStreet 4/5
"Stocks open sharply lower as job growth stalls"
Associated Press 4/5
"HP Options Traders Expect Volatility on Board Moves"
Bloomberg 4/5
"Goldman Sachs Cuts Hewlett-Packard to $16: Time To Jump Ship?"
Investopedia 4/5
"U.S. Stocks See Broad Selloff After Jobs Data"
WSJ.com 4/5
"Apple, BlackBerry, Nokia fall on latest data/Forecast from IDC sees sharp slowdown in smartphone sales growth"
MarketWatch 4/5
"Asia Markets: Japan stocks jump; Hong Kong hit by bird flu fears"
MarketWatch 4/5
"Bloodbath for Network Stocks (FFIV, JNPR, CSCO, RVBD, FTNT, CIEN, ALU)"
24/7 Wall St. 4/5
"Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks: Nasdaq's 10 most active stocks at 1 p.m."
Associated Press 4/5
"Final Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares down at the close of trading"
Associated Press 4/5
"Midday Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares down at 1 p.m."
Associated Press 4/5
"Early Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares down at 10 a.m."
Associated Press 4/5
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