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Computer Industry

"Dell Plans to Sell Factories In Effort to Cut Costs" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 6:45 AM
"Dell Plans to Sell Computer Factories: Report" Reuters 8:04 AM
"Report: Dell in Talks to Sell PC Factories" IDG News Service 8:29 AM
"Dell plots worldwide factory sell-off" Channel Register 8:29 AM
"Dell Plans to Sell Its Computer Factories Worldwide, WSJ Says" Bloomberg 9:24 AM
"Dell looks to sell factories worldwide" Fortune 8:53 AM
"Dell may sell manufacturing business at its own peril" BloggingStocks 7:57 AM
"Dell Shrinks Computers and Operations" GigaOM 9:23 AM
"Dell joins netbook fray" Sydney Morning Herald 8:55 AM
"Vodafone to resell Dell netbooks: Dell's Inspiron Mini 9 will be sold with built-in mobile broadband by Vodafone" IDG News Service 8:14 AM
"Seinfeld-Windows TV commercial premieres to baffled audience: Like Seinfeld's show, it was basically about nothing" Computerworld 7:57 AM
"Microsoft Launches Latest Windows Advertising Push" DailyTech 7:13 AM
"Seinfeld-Gates ad debuts, and it's no showstopper" Seattle Times 8:47 AM
"Microsoft spends big bucks to improve Vista image" The Inquirer 7:57 AM
"Microsoft's Office in the cloud hits one million users" ZDNet UK 8:47 AM
"Microsoft's Ozzie to head another new Microsoft lab" ZDNet 11:45 AM
"Microsoft, Red Hat, HP, Sun boost desktop virtualization" Network World 8:01 AM
"HP's 'End Run' Around Windows: As Hewlett-Packard steps up efforts to make Microsoft's operating system easier to use, some want to devise a rival version with Linux" BusinessWeek 7:26 AM
"Intel Roadmap Shows Next-Gen Atom in Q3 2009" DailyTech 10:13 AM
"Next-gen netbook Intel Atom due Q3 2009" Reg Hardware 8:46 AM
"Intel opens China shop: First flagship store opening Sichuan capital" The Inquirer 11:24 AM
"AMD to launch two low-power desktop CPUs for low-cost PC market in November" DigiTimes 8:49 AM
"Sun Upgrades Desktop Virtual Machine, Gains Traction On Macs" InformationWeek 11:32 AM
"Sun uses open-source software to build NAS appliance" Computerworld 9:23 AM
"Sun to craft software stack into NAS appliances: Sun will ship a storage appliance based on its FISHworks platform by the end of this year" IDG News Service 7:57 AM
"Acer expected to ship two million netbooks in 3Q08" DigiTimes 8:49 AM
"New tech increases yields and performance of organic circuits" TG Daily 11:44 AM

General Interest

"National Semiconductor Net Drops" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 11:45 AM
"I'm So Totally, Digitally Close to You" New York Times [Free Registration Required] 11:16 AM
"Amazon launches video on demand service: New service lets users watch movies and TV shows on Macs or PCs" Computerworld 10:24 AM
"Nokia Sees Market Share Slipping in Third Quarter" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:23 AM
"At ESPN, Play-by-Play Goes Virtual" New York Times [Free Registration Required] 8:49 AM
"Researchers build malicious Facebook application: Experiment is meant to demonstrate the dangers of social networking apps and the ease with which they can be used for spam or to steal personal data" IDG News Service 8:44 AM
"Keeping Score in the Thin TV Battle" IDG News Service 8:30 AM
"Gartner Spells Out Changing Tech Scenarios" InternetNews.com 8:07 AM
"What to Expect From Google in The Next 10 Years" eWeek 10:25 AM
"Google Hits Double Digits" Forbes.com 8:31 AM
"Google at 10" BBC 8:30 AM
"Video: Google Apps adoption rates up" ZDNet Blogs: Between the Lines 8:03 AM
"Sony Vaio notebooks recalled due to overheating" CNET News.com 8:30 AM
"Sony shares hit 3-yr low after Vaio laptop recall" Reuters 6:59 AM
"Yahoo's 5-Year Low Draws Rebound Bets" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 6:45 AM

Press Releases

Microsoft

"Microsoft Ads: First Phase To 'Engage Consumers, Spark Conversation'" TechCrunch 10:06 AM
"Improve Vista's performance a little or a lot" CNET News.com 8:07 AM
"Microsoft gets it all together" The Inquirer 7:57 AM
"Seinfeld & Gates: Was this ad supposed to be funny?" ZDNet Blogs: Between the Lines 7:02 AM

Government/Law/Politics

"Patent Holders Cut Some DVD Licensing Rates" IDG News Service 8:30 AM
"Employee has no privacy on company computers, US court rules" OUT-LAW 8:15 AM

Analysis/Editorial/Help/Opinion

"Do AndroidGuys Dream of Google Phones?" New York Times [Free Registration Required] 11:34 AM
"Playing God, the Home Game" New York Times [Free Registration Required] 11:34 AM
"Google Chrome aims for Windows, Apple may help" TG Daily 8:43 AM
"How Chrome puts the skids under Nokia" The Register 8:31 AM
"What Netscape Founder Thinks About Google Browser" GigaOM 7:58 AM

Acquisitions/Deals/Investments/Mergers

"ISkoot Acquires Facebook Chat Tool Social.IM" InformationWeek 11:32 AM
"Red Hat snaps up Qumranet" The Inquirer 8:32 AM
"One Laptop signs up with Amazon" BBC 8:31 AM
"Amazon to sell laptops from foundation" Boston Globe [Free Registration Required] 8:14 AM
"Samsung considers buying SanDisk" FT.com 8:48 AM
"Samsung Electronics Considers SanDisk Tie-Up, Acquisition" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:48 AM
"Samsung Eyes Possible Acquisition of SanDisk" IDG News Service 7:55 AM
"Samsung mulls SanDisk buy - report: A South Korean online business newspaper reports that the consumer electronics company is considering a purchase of the computer memory card maker." Associated Press 7:03 AM
"Telefönica Seeks Telecom Foothold With China Deal" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 6:44 AM

Tech Stocks

"Tech Stocks: Tech stocks add to week-long losses/SanDisk a rare gainer as Samsung mulls acquisition" MarketWatch 10:09 AM
"Tech takes a tumble: Amid growing economic malaise, lowered expectations for earnings and sales are crushing stocks." Fortune 11:16 AM
"Jobs Data Further Dent U.S. Stock Futures" TheStreet.com 9:51 AM
"Stocks slide on jobs report: Wall Street retreats, building on previous session's meltdown, as the unemployment rate spikes to a 5-year high." CNNMoney 9:54 AM
"Growth fears hit world stocks, European FX" Reuters 8:29 AM
"Asia Markets: Indexes flirt with lows after a bad day, worse week/Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore, Taipei, Jakarta indexes set 52-week lows" MarketWatch 9:52 AM
"Europe Markets: European shares drop as economic worries grow/U.S. jobs data worse-than-expected, Nokia warns on market share" MarketWatch 9:52 AM

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Associated Press (Updated 11:30 AM CDT)

"Google reigns as world's most powerful 10-year-old"
"Nokia warns 3Q market share will fall; shares dive"
"Russia's MTS to sell Apple iPhone"
"Summary box: Google still feeling lucky at 10"
"Report: Samsung working to acquire SanDisk"

CNET News.com (Updated 11:30 AM CDT)

"Memo: Windows chief on new ads"
"Nokia market share to take a hit"
"Video: Republican convention, day 4 recap"
"Green news harvest: Stolen solar panels, hydrogen at home"
"Samsung contemplating SanDisk acquisition"
"iPhone to ingest EA's 'Spore Origins'"
"The Audacity of Hope, Ark.: The $20,000 Klipsch Palladium P-39F speaker"
"The key to making money: Charge for your product"
"Was EarthLink's failed citywide Wi-Fi a blessing in disguise?"
"Behind the prototyping of 'Spore'" ...

New York Times (Updated 11:30 AM CDT)

"At ESPN, Play-by-Play Goes Virtual"
"Samsung Considers Deal for SanDisk"
"Do AndroidGuys Dream of Google Phones?"
"I'm So Totally, Digitally Close to You"
"Playing God, the Home Game"
"Yahoo's Stock Hits 5-Year Low"

Reuters (Updated 11:30 AM CDT)

"Nokia warns on Q3 as price war bites, share drop"
"Samsung Elec mulls SanDisk buy; Toshiba shrs fall"
"Poignant lion video inspires movie project"
"Dell plans to sell computer factories: report"
"Sony shares hit 3-yr low after Vaio laptop recall"

TechWeb (Updated 11:30 AM CDT)

"ISkoot Acquires Facebook Chat Tool Social.IM"
"KBC Group Selects Ness Technologies to Standardize Reference Data"
"Advent to Acquire Research Management Solution (RMS) Provider Tamale Software"
"De La Rue Cash Systems Launches as Talaris"
"Embotics Offers Free Virtualization Insight Tool"
"Sun Upgrades Desktop Virtual Machine, Gains Traction On Macs"
"Schlage's LiNK Device Puts Locks Online"
"Sony Ericsson Releases 'Capuchin' SDK"
"Evident To Offer A More Colorful LED Technology"
"Interop New York: The Ultimate A-To- Z Guide"

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