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MacSurfer's Archive: Wednesday, October 31, 2012
 

 

Computer Industry
  • "Microsoft sued over Windows Live Tiles: A smaller operating system technology designer is accusing Microsoft of ripping off its technology for use in Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8." CNET News 9:58 AM
  • "Microsoft sued over live tile interface in Windows 8 software" V3 11:31 AM
  • "Microsoft goes with 'Windows 8 Store apps' as replacement for 'Metro': Subs lengthy label for catchy brand name dropped in August" Computerworld 10:27 AM
  • "Microsoft now calling Metro apps Windows 8 Store apps" CNET Reviews 9:59 AM
  • "Microsoft Uses Office To Push Windows Phone 8" BYTE 10:06 AM
  • "Microsoft adds NFC Wallet API to new Windows Phone SDK 8.0 development kit: Long-anticipated development kit includes new testing tools, Wallet integration, and tools for added speech and VOIP support" InfoWorld 11:21 AM
  • "Surface preorder debacle: Sinofsky steps up" ZDNet 11:41 AM
  • "Acer delays Windows RT tablets over Surface concerns" BBC 10:16 AM
  • "With the Surface, Microsoft beats Google, not Apple" InfoWorld 10:41 AM
  • "Microsoft's meaningless RT license could sink Surface: Microsoft's boneheaded Office RT licensing strategy holds an essential lesson for improving IT decision making" InfoWorld 10:41 AM
  • "Microsoft sponsors a hacking contest - the coding kind: Participants use competition as a way to learn about Windows 8, Windows Phone 8 development" Network World 10:56 AM
  • "Microsoft Windows 8: No Effect On Tablet Market" Seeking Alpha 3:31 PM
  • "PC builder Lenovo to pump iron, invade hefty biz systems sector" Channel Register 11:28 AM
  • "Intel Paves A Path Into The Post PC Era" Forbes 11:53 AM
  • "Intel puts its fingerprints on McAfee, but trouble could loom" V3 11:31 AM
  • "Cisco's Next Big Challenge/In this Valley View interview, CEO John Chambers discusses Cisco's long record of wins, and its biggest challenge yet: the move to software-defined networks." InformationWeek 10:38 AM
  • "4G World: The Need For More Spectrum/The wireless industry may run out of spectrum in three years, and it needs government help to find more to realize the promise of mobile broadband." InformationWeek 10:05 AM
  • "Senate likely to revisit cyber bill when Congress returns" Reuters 8:49 PM
  • "FCC: Sandy Took Down 25% Of Cell Towers In 10 States" TechCrunch 11:15 AM
  • "Phone outages to continue, warns FCC" TG Daily 11:23 AM
  • "Hurricane Sandy Knocks 25 Percent of Cell Sites Offline" PC Magazine 10:52 AM
  • "Hurricane Sandy Tests Consolidating Telecom Sector" TheStreet 9:29 AM
  • "Storm Sandy: Data hubs damage concerns/As Americans assess the aftermath of storm Sandy, regulators warn that the situation for communication networks could get worse before it gets better." BBC 10:17 AM
  • "Taiwan boosted by electronics exports" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 10:33 AM
  • "Taiwan Laptop Makers See Tepid Growth" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:41 AM
  • "Efficiency Breakthrough Promises Smartphones that Use Half the Power: A startup says it's cracked a decades-old efficiency problem dogging wireless communications." Technology Review 11:26 AM
  • "Torvalds on laptops: Make higher-def resolution standard" Network World 10:56 AM
  • "IT industry now in 'post-Windows' era/Summary: Slew of Android and iOS tablets and smartphones, coupled with the little impact Microsoft made in these markets prior to Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8, means a post-Windows era is now a reality." ZDNet 11:41 AM