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MacSurfer's Archive: Saturday, April 21, 2012
 

 

Computer Industry
  • "Microsoft Surprises Business Pundits by Posting Strong Q1 Performance" Social Barrel 7:12 AM
  • "Did Microsoft run out of time with Windows RT? Analyst argues that Windows RT is all Microsoft could create before it fell further behind in tablet race" ITworld 7:54 AM
  • "Microsoft Windows RT tablets will be more security friendly than iPad, Android devices" ITworld 7:58 AM
  • "Microsoft Benefits From a Raft of Products" Barron's 7:54 AM
  • "Microsoft Files Patent for Kinect-Powered 3D Audio" Gizmodo UK 7:58 AM
  • "Windows 8 Consumer Preview usage twice as high as Windows 7 Beta" The Verge 8:39 PM
  • "Motorola told judge its $4 billion royalty demand from Microsoft 'was in fact reasonable RAND'" FOSS Patents 6:39 PM
  • "Xolo X900: India Gets First Intel-Powered Smartphone on April 23" Social Barrel 7:13 AM
  • "Intel Launches Smartphone Xolo X900 in Asia" Technorati 7:53 AM
  • "Intel Shark Bay Platform Roadmap Leaked, Haswell Engineering Samples already out – Mass Production beings in Q4 2012" WCCF Tech 7:54 AM
  • "Hewlett Packard fined for warranty goof-up" DNA 7:50 AM
  • "PeopleSoft: The Cloud Years" Barron's 7:59 AM
  • "IBM's Creek Watch app joins others in letting citizen scientists protect environment, waterways" The Journal News 7:52 AM
  • "Cisco unapologetic on spin-in model: By any means possible is the rationale for plundering morale" Network World 7:47 AM
  • "The Rumor That Won't Die: Facebook To Buy Bing From Microsoft" Business Insider 4/20
  • "Microsoft rises as better PC sales boost profit" Reuters 4/20
  • "Microsoft Over PC Market Blues" Zacks 4/20
  • "Microsoft Looks To Stall iPad With New Windows 8 VDI License" CRN 4/20
  • "Why Windows 8 Is a Huge Gamble for Microsoft" PC Magazine 4/20
  • "Microsoft Exchange 15 to include offline OWA access: Sources" ZDNet 4/20
  • "Microsoft Working On Web Version Of Skype To Expand Its Reach" Forbes 4/20
  • "Microsoft job ad hints at Skype for Xbox" TG Daily 4/20
  • "The real reason behind Microsoft's leap into open source" InfoWorld 4/20
  • "Verizon backs Microsoft in mobile war with Apple, Android" New York Post 4/20
  • "Oracle, Google Struggle To Explain APIs To Jury: Day four of Oracle's copyright and patent lawsuit against Google's Android OS brings a lesson in API design and programming that even the judge declares 'confusing.'" InformationWeek 4/20
  • "Oracle and Google find common denominator for telling jury about use of Java APIs in Android" Foss Patents 4/20
  • "Android, Java, and the tech behind Oracle v. Google (FAQ)" CNET News 4/20
  • "Google's defence against Oracle in pictures" ZDNet UK 4/20
  • "Three things are clear in Oracle vs. Google/Three things are clear about Oracle's Java patent infringement suit against Google's Android: It will likely drag on for years, it poses a great but remote risk to Android and Java developers and it will make for lots of fascinating reading." EE Times 4/20
  • "No sign of Sun in Oracle conference rooms: Oracle's plan to dump unique room names at former Sun campus draws ire of current and former employees" InfoWorld 4/20
  • "Feds Banish Oracle From Popular Contract Vehicle: Federal government cancels Oracle's services contract on the General Services Administration's IT Schedule 70. Feds spent $388 million on Oracle products and services through Schedule 70 in fiscal 2011." InformationWeek 4/20
  • "IBM speeds push for 500-mile EV battery: Big Blue signs on partners for its Battery 500 Project to design an 'air-breathing' lithium air battery that would create a leap in energy density." CNET News 4/20
  • "IBM electric vehicle battery project adds two materials partners" ZDNet 4/20
  • "HP: Printed images can 'come alive' with Autonomy tech" ZDNet UK 4/20
  • "HP: Fewer security vulnerabilities reported, but risk escalating" ZDNet 4/20
  • "Intel supports China-based makers to promote ultrabooks" DigiTimes 4/20
  • "Why Intel Cove Point Ultrabook Is No iPad Killer" BYTE 4/20
  • "Chambers: 90% of Acquisitions in Hi-Tech Fail" [Video Report] Bloomberg 4/20
  • "Cisco Outlines Insieme Software Networking Venture" eWeek 4/20
  • "Security, privacy ideas emerge at Demo conference: Amid the companies presenting are startups doing two-factor authentication, Facebook profile-cleaning, and clearer terms of service" IDG News Service 4/20
  • "New process promises cheap, flexible electronics: Televisions as thin and flexible as a sheet of paper could be on the way, thanks to a new technique for printing electronics." TG Daily 4/20
  • "IT Administrators Experience High Stress Levels" eWeek 4/20