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  • "Tech Talk: Microsoft would do well to look to history" Yorkshire Post 7:26 PM
  • "Windows 8 Users Are Cool to Touch Apps" eWeek 9:14 PM
  • "After a decade of hardware duds, Microsoft gets it right with the Xbox One" Digital Trends 8:00 AM
  • "Xbox One recognises your face, your voice and obeys your commands. So is this the future of home entertainment?" Daily Mail (UK) 7:27 PM
  • "Microsoft Xbox One – Next-gen console or a 1980s version of future device?" Capital Technologies 8:16 AM
  • "Xbox One cloud integration might make your games look better" WinBeta 8:17 AM
  • "Microsoft predicts 1 billion next-generation console sales" Digital Spy 8:20 AM
  • "Microsoft Won't Abandon The Xbox 360 For At Least Five Years" GameInformer 2:08 PM
  • "IBM Selling x86 Server Business, Buying SoftLayer Cloud (Again)?" The VAR Guy 8:19 AM
  • "IBM team tackled $5 million Knoxville problem: drafty homes/A million here, a million there IBM team to release report on Knoxville's $5 million utility problem" Knoxville News Sentinel 8:20 PM
  • "Intel's power-saving Haswell chips to boost laptop battery life by 50 per cent" TechRadar UK 8:15 AM
  • "Intel: Haswell Provides 50% More Battery Life in Notebooks" IDG News Service 8:21 PM
  • "Dell, HP Upgrade Thin Client for Better Security, Communications: The companies unveil new and enhanced thin client offerings aimed at improved performance in cloud and virtual environments." eWeek 8:13 PM
  • "HP's Strong Q2 Showcases the Growing Irrelevance of PCs" The Motley Fool 8:17 PM
  • "HP unveils Windows 8 tabletop PC, Envy Rove 20" Tech2 8:15 AM
  • "Cisco VCE Investment Nears $500 Million" The VAR Guy 8:25 AM
  • "Investor Icahn needs a loan of $7bn to tick off Mike Dell: I do not like it, SAM-I-am. I do not like Michael's big plan" The Register 5/24
  • "Carl Icahn Is Talking To Banks About Lining Up $7 Billion For Dell Deal" Pulse 2.0 5/24
  • "Does a Huge Earnings Miss at Dell Signal the End of the PC?" The Motley Fool 5/24
  • "Dell Helping Partners With Social Skills" Channel Buzz 5/24
  • "IBM Preps SmartCloud for Real-time Analytics" CIO 5/24
  • "IBM Impact: Mobile Strategy for Reaching Customers" Mad Mobile News 5/24
  • "Meg Whitman Isn't Worried About All That Server Market Share Dell Says It's Taking Away From HP" Business Insider 5/24
  • "The Mystery of Meg Whitman's HP" The Street 5/24
  • "Hewlett-Packard Company: Can The Free Cash Flow Improvements Sustainable?" iStockAnalyst 5/24
  • "Microsoft Xbox One 'a let down,' says Steven Butts of IGN" FOXNews 5/24
  • "Microsoft brushes off Xbox Live hack attack claim" TechHive 5/24
  • "Microsoft targets 25 million more Xbox 360 sales, 'huge announcement' planned for E3" The Verge 5/24
  • "Microsoft's Xbox won't be blocked from U.S. after patent victory over Google" Bloomberg 5/24
  • "Is the next-gen console war already One? Microsoft's new Xbox - and more" The Register 5/24
  • "Microsoft could force retailers, not players, to pay the activation fee for pre-owned Xbox One games" The Next Web 5/24
  • "Xbox One pre-owned games question answered?" MCV Online 5/24
  • "Microsoft opens up on Xbox One second hand games and licences" The Inquirer 5/24
  • "Microsoft Just Killed the Market for Used Video Games" The Motley Fool 5/24
  • "Microsoft reportedly to take cut on used Xbox One game sales" CNET News 5/24
  • "Publishers to receive cut of Xbox One pre-owned sales at retail" MCV 5/24
  • "Microsoft applies for patent on TV achievements" GamesIndustry 5/24
  • "ServiceKey, Oracle end 'grey market' code spat without bloodshed" Channel Register 5/24
  • "Source confirms Intel's big score: Samsung tablet using an Atom chip" VentureBeat 5/24
  • "Haswell chip primer: How Intel pinches power/Intel's Haswell processor is first and foremost about power savings. Here's how the chipmaker got a serious battery life boost." CNET News 5/24
  • "Intel claims Haswell will offer 50% more battery life in laptops" Computerworld 5/24
  • "With 50 percent better battery life, Intel's Haswell will drive laptops that won't burn your lap" VentureBeat 5/24
  • "Intel Corporation (INTC): Haswell To Immensely Enhance Battery Life" ValueWalk 5/24
  • "AMD's Dual Release Targets Intel's Weakness" Seeking Alpha 5/24
  • "AMD Stakes Out Mobile Territory With New Low-Power Chips" TechNewsWorld 5/24
  • "The third prong of AMD's new mobile assault: Lower power Richland APUs" ExtremeTech 5/24
  • "Is Advanced Micro Devices Inc (NYSE:AMD) Getting Ready to Rule 2013?" OTC Magic 5/24
  • "Cisco closes $310m deal for Swindon firm Ubiquisys" V3 5/24
  • "Cisco Completes Acquisition of Ubiquisys" MarketWired 5/24
  • "The Market Is Waking Up to Cisco" The Street 5/24
  • "How Dividends Change the Game for Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO) Shareholders" Insider Monkey 5/24
General Interest
  • "Geeky Americans Not Shy About Waving the Nerd Banner" eWeek 9:14 PM
  • "Smartphone chips may power servers, researchers say" IDG News Service 3:26 PM
  • "Google defends its use of proprietary tech in Hangouts" IDG News Service 2:30 PM
  • "It's a trap! Publishers crave an alternative to Google's adtech 'Death Star'" paidContent 2:23 PM
  • "Google's Schmidt: Teens' mistakes will never go away/Speaking at a festival in the U.K., Google's executive chairman offers that the things teens do now will stay with them forever, by way of the Web. He also suggested some people are sharing too much online." CNET News 2:17 PM
  • "Eric Schmidt interview: 'You have to fight for your privacy or you will lose it'" Telegraph 8:00 AM
  • "More than a year after its shutdown, Google to move all Buzz posts to its Drive service on July 17" The Next Web 8:00 AM
  • "Google moving all data to Drive before Buzz shutdown" T3 8:00 AM
  • "Astrophysicists Peer Back In Time, Measure All the Light in the Universe" Highlight Press 5/24
  • "11 Tips & Hacks for Using LinkedIn" Inc. 5/24
  • "Amazon to allow e-book fan fiction sales in US" BBC 5/24
  • "How Amazon could use ad savvy to outflank Google, Walmart" CNET News 5/24
  • "BBC shows off a radio that can comment on the weather" The Inquirer 5/24
  • "BBC abandons £100m digital project" BBC 5/24
  • "Could the Bitcoin network be used as an ultrasecure notary service?" PCWorld 5/24
  • "Digg Reader officially named, on track for June launch" CNET News 5/24
  • "Faltering Facebook phone's Europe launch delayed" BBC 5/24
  • "Another Peak Facebook Prediction" Forbes 5/24
  • "Flickr's revamped site hit by performance problems" CNET News 5/24
  • "Google pursuing broad wireless project for emerging markets, report says: The project reportedly includes South Africa, Kenya and Southeast Asia" Computerworld 5/24
  • "Internet advertising giant (Google) 'mulls' map app Waze gobble: Gonna offer anything less than $1bn? No Waze, Jose" The Register 5/24
  • "Google Drive Android App Now Scans, Stores And Searches Your Receipts And Business Cards" Digital Trends 5/24
  • "Google Glass price, release date, specs and info" T3 5/24
  • "Production version of Google Glass to use Samsung OLED displays? Maybe ..." 9 to 5 Google 5/24
  • "Bad News, Glass Fans: Google Glass Will Probably Launch With Terrible Battery Life" BGR 5/24
  • "Google releases Glass system image and rooted bootloader for hackers, but warns of voiding the warranty" The Next Web 5/24
  • "Google Hangouts App Review: A Step Forward For Video Chat... With Some Drawbacks" Digital Trends 5/24
  • "Google's latest Penguin update lets you squeal on spammy websites -- as well as anyone else" Network World 5/24
  • "Google to lengthen SSL encryption keys in August" Computerworld 5/24
  • "Google plans to beef up its SSL encryption keys" PCWorld 5/24
  • "Nature Lovers Take Note – Galapagos Islands Coming To Google Street View" Digital Trends 5/24
  • "Google to add the Galapagos to StreetView" Telegraph 5/24
  • "Gmail for Android redesign with new navigation bar revealed in Google I/O slide" The Verge 5/24
  • "Hadoop 2.0 & YARN: Get Ready For This Summer's Big Data Breakthrough" ReadWrite 5/24
  • "Error blacklists Russia's top social network VKontakte" BBC 5/24
  • "SAP revamps management to focus on cloud computing" Reuters 5/24
  • "Russia's leading social network banned by 'mistake'" Reuters 5/24
  • "PlayStation 4 out in the UK before Christmas, ad suggests" Crave @ CNET 5/24
  • "Silicon Swagger: Tech Titans Embrace Big Architecture in Staggering New HQs" Wired 5/24
  • "Sony newspaper ad reveals the PlayStation 4 will launch in the UK by the end of 2013" The Next Web 5/24
  • "US Cellular to provide home phone service over cellular network" Electronista 5/24
  • "Cyber threats force firms to spend more on protective measures" V3 5/24
  • "Internet users' privacy concerns may mean cookies start to crumble" The Guardian 5/24
  • "Marketing to the Big Data Inside Us: In your DNA are clues to your health, your ancestry, and maybe even your purchasing preferences." Technology Review 5/24
  • "Online appeal unearths historic web page" BBC 5/24
  • "A Star Trek Tricorder? 'Scanadu Scout' Health Monitor Surges Past Indiegogo Funding Goal" Techland 5/24
  • "TV and tech, learning to live together" BBC 5/24
  • "Video game aims to help young cancer patients" CNN 5/24
  • "The designer behind Google+ leaves Facebook for startup Intercom" GigaOM 5/24
  • "Facebook brand design lead departs for startup" CNET News 5/24
  • "The Guy Who Created Google+ And Then Redesigned Facebook Has A New Job" Business Insider 5/24
Press Releases
  • "BM Helps Xiu.com Analyze Big Data to Grow Daily Sales 10 Times" PR Newswire 5/24
Microsoft
  • "Why I'll probably buy an Xbox One – Reader's Feature" Metro UK 7:26 PM
  • "What Games Are: Xbox One Is Microsoft's Spruce Goose" TechCrunch 2:52 PM
  • "Microsoft Announces Sculpt Mouse Having Windows Button" iDigital Times 8:22 AM
  • "Report: Xbox One has remote play between consoles so a friend can help" Engadget 8:06 AM
  • "Microsoft works with Google on new YouTube app for Windows Phone" T3 8:00 AM
  • "Microsoft And Google Play For High Stakes over YouTube On Windows Phone" Forbes 8:11 AM
  • "Google and Microsoft make Windows Phone YouTube app worse while they write a new one: Microsoft has replaced its good YouTube app with its bad one to keep Google happy." Ars Technica 5/24
  • "Google and Microsoft Kiss and Make Up Over YouTube App" Mashable 5/24
  • "Microsoft And Google Bury The Hatchet To Work On A Windows Phone YouTube App With Ads" TechCrunch 5/24
  • "Microsoft and Google partner to bring YouTube app back to Windows Phone" BGR 5/24
  • "Microsoft Adds Visual Carousel to Bing News" Softpedia 5/24
  • "Bing news search now shows related topics and personalities" Engadget 5/24
  • "Internet Explorer Q&A: The 'browser you loved to hate' is making a comeback" BetaNews 5/24
  • "Windows 8 users snub Metro apps, stick to traditional Windows software" InfoWorld 5/24
  • "Remote desktop software Splashtop 2 launches for Windows Phone 8" Engadget 5/24
  • "The Xbox One Misses the Perfect Set-Top Box Target" Wired 5/24
  • "Report: Microsoft Won't Charge a Used Game Fee on the Xbox One" Gizmodo 5/24
  • "Microsoft vows Xbox One won't be struck by 'red ring of death'" BGR 5/24
  • "Xbox One evolution: We trace the history of the Xbox (Video)" CNET News 5/24
  • "Xbox Remains an Important Microsoft Moneymaker: 10 Reasons Why" eWeek 5/24
  • "Xbox One: 10 questions Microsoft needs to answer at E3" XBox 360 5/24
  • "Xbox One will get Turtle Beach gaming headsets" The Inquirer 5/24
  • "The More Things Change: Microsoft, Xbox One, And The Pitfalls Of The Status Quo" Digital Trends 5/24
  • "Microsoft explains the Xbox One's cloud-enhanced graphics" PCWorld 5/24
  • "Xbox One Kinect sensor will be available for PCs in 2014" The Inquirer 5/24
  • "Microsoft cloud servers to work on inessential Xbox One processing" Electronista 5/24
  • "Does The Xbox One's Windows Kernel Mean It Will Run Windows 8 Apps?" Digital Trends 5/24
  • "Is Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) Gaining Ground in The Tablet Market?" Insider Monkey 5/24
  • "Microsoft Surface Pro review: Offers the full blown version of Windows 8 but lacks in other ways" The Inquirer 5/24
  • "Why small screens won't cure Microsoft's Windows tablet blues" PCWorld 5/24
  • "Steven Snyder Says Windows 8 Firestorm Is 'Overblown'" Bloomberg 5/24
  • "Microsoft's Ballmer Deserves More Credit: Snyder" Bloomberg TV 5/24
  • "Microsoft extends Azure's reach to China, Japan, and Australia" InfoWorld 5/24
  • "Microsoft Uses Vine Video To Hint At Webgl Support Coming To Internet Explorer 11" Digital Trends 5/24
  • "Microsoft exposes green users' privates in web quiz snafu: Web design 101 guys, this is basic stuff" The Register 5/24
  • "Microsoft Claims Most Office Users Have Already Patched Their Systems" Softpedia 5/24
  • "Windows Blue hides 4K display support, tons of new features, developer says" Network World 5/24
  • "Microsoft proliferates start buttons like there's no tomorrow" TG Daily 5/24
  • "Another patent suit bites the dust: Motorola can't ban Xbox" BGR News 5/24
  • "A Google Engineer Who Loves Annoying Microsoft Says He's Found A New Windows 7 And 8 Bug" Business Insider 5/24
  • "Google Engineer on Microsoft: They're Very Hostile" Softpedia 5/24
  • "Google engineer slams Microsoft over vulnerability disclosure handling" IT PRO 5/24
  • "Microsoft Turns Siri Against Apple in Hilarious New Windows 8 Ad" CIO 5/24
  • "Microsoft Sues Ebix Over Software Licensing Violation" TMCnet 5/24
Government/Law/Politics
  • "eBay asks users to petition US House of Representatives over 'unfair' Internet sales tax legislation" The Next Web 2:30 PM
  • "The Declassification Engine: Your One-Stop Shop for Government Secrets" Wired Magazine 5/24
  • "FCC hopes to avoid 'end of world' for cell phones" CNNMoney 5/24
  • "FDA launches first inquiry into unregulated health apps" Wire 5/24
  • "Feds slam hacker-friendly backdoors in jalopy, grub factories: Kit easily violated by miscreants with 'minimal skill'" The Register 5/24
  • "Google set for fresh US antitrust probe over ad sales" V3 5/24
  • "Google could be in a display ad antitrust probe: Federal Trade Commission goes into action" The Inquirer 5/24
  • "Open wide, Google: Here comes an advertising antitrust probe/Can one ever escape the Choc Factory, FTC 'ponders'" The Register 5/24
  • "Softbank to Offer Federal Government a Seat on Sprint's Board of Directors" 24/7 Wall St. 5/24
Analysis/Editorial/Help/Opinion
  • "Wireless printer blocking laptop's wake-up call" Seattle Times 8:18 PM
  • "First Impressions Review Of The Samsung Galaxy S4" Forbes 6:51 PM
  • "For Consumers, an 'Open Data' Society Is a Misnomer" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 2:42 PM
  • "The New 'Handmade' (Part Two)" TechCrunch 12:18 PM
  • "Beware the coming of the Google Glass photographer: The folks at Grovo paint a terrifying picture of a future dominated by obnoxious, Glass-wearing photophiles." CNET News 8:14 AM
  • "The First Six Months Developing For The Computer On My Face" TechCrunch 8:00 AM
  • "Even new PCs can have problems" PCWorld 5/24
  • "Going Places? Get New Google Maps" Forbes 5/24
  • "If Google isn't trying to snatch Waze away from Facebook, it really should be" GigaOM 5/24
  • "What It's Like Using Waze, The Navigation App That's Created A $1 Billion Bidding War In Silicon Valley" Business Insider 5/24
  • "My car, my office: Essential gadgets for the road warrior" PCWorld 5/24
  • "Not all robot maids created equal: Roomba vs. Skooba" The Globe and Mail [Free Registration Required] 5/24
  • "What the 'Internet of things' really means: Get past the confusion caused by all those technologies claiming to be in the Internet of things" InfoWorld 5/24
Acquisitions/Deals/Investments/Mergers
  • "Report: Yahoo, Pay-TV Operators Among Hulu Bidders" Associated Press 5:02 PM
  • "Tiger Global invests $50 million in Automattic's WordPress.com" Reuters 5/24
  • "WordPress parent company Automattic sees $50M investment from Tiger Global" VentureBeat 5/24
  • "Automattic nears Tumblr valuation" Fortune 5/24
  • "Tech Stocks: Salesforce.com, Google hit tech stocks/Results from Salesforce hit other corporate software vendors" MarketWatch 5/24
  • "Microsoft emerges as Waze investor, as Google and Facebook weigh $1B bids" GeekWire 5/24
  • "Google looking at buying Waze traffic app, report says" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 5/24
  • "Bidding War? Google Reportedly In Talks To Buy Waze For $1 Billion Following Interest From Facebook" Digital Trends 5/24
  • "Google and Facebook $1bn 'bidding war' over Waze navigation app" Telegraph 5/24
  • "HP-Autonomy Merger Suit Should Be Put on Hold: Lawyers" Bloomberg 5/24
  • "KKR, Silver Lake Vie for Hulu With Yahoo as Bids Heat Up" Bloomberg 5/24
  • "First round of bidding for Hulu ends this week, four bids rumored" Electronista 5/24
  • "Why The Xbox One Launch Led To A Drop In GameStop's Stock" Seeking Alpha 5/24
  • "Nuance Stumbles But Has Supporters" Forbes 5/24
  • "Crowdsourced App Helps Otis Lift E-Service to Another Level" CRM Buyer 5/24
  • "Pandora's Q1 Earnings Beat Wall Street Expectations, Revenue Soars To $126 Million" Business Insider 5/24
Tech Stocks
  • "Tech Stocks: Salesforce, Google losses hit tech stocks/Corporate-software vendors in red after Salesforce reports loss" MarketWatch 5/24
  • "Futures Pare Losses on Strong Goods Data" FOXBusiness 5/24
  • "Investors consider life after Fed stimulus" CNNMoney 5/24
  • "Stocks Decline for Week on Concerns Fed Will Curb Stimulus" TheStreet 5/24
  • "Stocks Snap Four-Week Winning Streak" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 5/24
  • "Asia Markets: Japan stocks end up after roller-coaster ride/Tokyo suffers big swings after Bank of Japan chief's remarks" MarketWatch 5/24
  • "Europe Markets: Europe stocks end choppy week 1.7% lower" MarketWatch 5/24
  • "Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks: Nasdaq's 10 most active stocks at 1 p.m." Associated Press 5/24
  • "Final Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares mixed at the close of trading" Associated Press 5/24



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Associated Press (Checked 9:10 PM; no changes since 5:00 PM CDT)
  • "Report: Yahoo, Pay-TV Operators Among Hulu Bidders"
  • "Vintage Apple Computer Auctioned Off For $668,000"
  • "LA Stoplights Synchronized But Road War Endures"
  • "Netflix Looks To Hook Subscribers With 'Arrested'"
  • "Girl's Suicide After Alleged Attack Troubles Town"
  • "Schumer Urges Look At Security In Sprint Deal"
  • "Review: Google Music Plan Solid, Serendipitous"
  • "Twitter Adds Security Measure To Logins"
  • "Google To Add Galapagos Islands To Street View"
  • "First Look: New Xbox Elegant, But Much Unknown"
CNET News (Checked 9:10 PM; no changes since 7:25 PM CDT)
  • "The ugly truth: Apple vs. PC design"
  • "Moon dust gathered by Neil Armstrong discovered in warehouse after 40 years"
  • "Why DOJ didn't need a 'super search warrant' to snoop on Fox News' e-mail"
  • "Google's Schmidt: Teens' mistakes will never go away"
  • "Does Bible Belt love porn as much as the godless do?"
  • "Apple 1 breaks auction record, goes for $671,400"
  • "Meet the new champ of desktop speakers: Adam Audio F5"
  • "'Star Trek II' producer talks Ceti Eel, J.J. Abrams, and more (Q&A)"
  • "Beware the coming of the Google Glass photographer"
  • "Top-rated reviews of the week (pictures)"
New York Times (Checked 9:10 PM; no changes since 7:25 PM CDT)
  • "Bequeathing the Keys to Your Digital Afterlife
  • "If My Data Is an Open Book, Why Can't I Read It?
  • "F.T.C. Is Said to Begin a New Inquiry on Google
  • "Vintage Apple-1 Sells for Record $671,400
  • "Leaving Behind the Digital Keys to Financial Lives
  • "New Computer Attacks Traced to Iran, Officials Say"
Reuters (Checked 9:10 PM; no changes since 8:15 AM CDT)
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TechWeb (Checked 9:10 PM; no changes since 2:40 PM CDT)
  • "7 Slick Siri Alternative Apps"





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