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MacSurfer's Archive: Saturday, December 8, 2012
 

 

Computer Industry
  • "Windows 8 Sales Plagued By Tablet Delays: Windows 8 tablets powered by Intel's Atom 'Clover Trail' chip were supposed to hit the price-performance sweet spot: but just try finding one." InformationWeek 9:42 AM
  • "Microsoft Surface Pro has only 4 to 5 hours battery life" PC-Tablet 7:54 AM
  • "Is Microsoft Taking a Bite of Apple's Chinese Success?" The Motley Fool 7:48 AM
  • "Bringing the start menu back to Windows 8 is bad news" The Next Web 7:56 AM
  • "Dell founder 'turned down Autonomy': Billionaire entrepreneur Michael Dell has revealed that Autonomy was offered to him before it was bought by Hewlett-Packard, but that he rejected the British software firm because it was 'overwhelmingly obvious' that it was overpriced." Telegraph 8:53 PM
  • "HP, RIM take flak from nervous financial industry customers" Reuters 7:59 AM
  • "HP to Apple: We already make PCs in the US, thank you very much" Neowin 9:41 AM
  • "Can HP and Dell Duplicate IBM's Success?" TheStreet 12/7
  • "IBM Draws Flak for Change to 401(k) Plan" Bloomberg 12/7
  • "IBM Shakes-Up 401(k) Benefit Policy Payment Terms" [Video Report] Bloomberg 12/7
  • "IBM Launches Cloud Docs; Eyes Google, Microsoft: IBM gets serious about becoming a player in end-user cloud services for the enterprise." InformationWeek 12/7
  • "IBM adds collaboration tools to SmartCloud" V3 12/7
  • "Goldman Sachs: Microsoft has gone from 97% of computing market to 20%" Seattle Times 12/7
  • "China Unicom, Microsoft Forge Alliance To Boost Windows Phone Sales In China" TechCrunch 12/7
  • "Microsoft to release 'critical' Windows 8, IE10 patches" ZDNet 12/7
  • "Windows 8, RT to receive more critical patches next Tuesday" CNET News 12/7
  • "Microsoft to push Surface tablets through retailers in two-phase rollout?" ZDNet 12/7
  • "Surface tablets may be heading to retailers soon: Redmond is set to begin selling its Surface RT devices through non-Microsoft retail stores in two phases, a source tells one Windows watcher." CNET News 12/7
  • "Microsoft pulls the plug on its Silverlight.Net site" ZDNet 12/7
  • "Xbox 360 outshines Wii U in November, NPD says" CNET News 12/7
  • "2 Emerging Markets HP Should Enter to Turn Itself Around" CIO 12/7
  • "Dell storage boss Topgun Thomas leaves 'to pursue a new opportunity': Darren Thomas, head of Dell's Storage Group, is leaving the company, following several quarters of declining revenue and an influx of new executive blood into Dell." The Register 12/7
  • "AMD Cuts Chip Orders From Globalfoundries Amid PC Slump" Bloomberg 12/7
  • "AMD slashes chip orders as PC market slumps: The company has reduced orders to contract chip maker GlobalFoundries in the current quarter from $500 million down to $115 million" IDG News Service 12/7
  • "Intel upping Atom ante" EE Times 12/7
  • "Intel releases open source GraphBuilder for big data" V3 12/7
  • "Intel says it remains committed to user-replaceable CPUs for 'foreseeable future'" ZDNet 12/7
  • "Cisco's Chambers Affirms Revenue Target Amid Expansion" Bloomberg 12/7
  • "Cisco's Chambers: Here's How We've Outgunned Our Competitors" CRN 12/7
  • "Cisco's mid-term growth strategy betting on IT software, security" ZDNet 12/7
  • "Cisco bets on software and services for mid-term growth" Reuters 12/7
  • "Cisco CEO sees tech services driving steady growth" MarketWatch 12/7
  • "Cisco to 'Bring Sex' to Marketing Campaign" TheStreet 12/7
  • "FAA urged to allow portable devices during takeoff" TG Daily 12/7
  • "The UN's Internet power grab: An FAQ/What it is, what it isn't, and how it will affect you." PCWorld 12/7
  • "Silicon Valley Needs To Get Out More: The next great technology problems to solve are out there in rail yards, power plants and farm fields. If Silicon Valley is going to drive this 'Internet of things,' it needs to build closer ties with companies in established industries." InformationWeek 12/7
  • "The grinch who stole IT's Christmas: Bad news about IT wages and bonuses, as well as job pressures from offshoring and shift to the cloud, dampen holiday cheer" InfoWorld 12/7
  • "Why the desktop PC may see a comeback in the mobile era" InfoWorld 12/7