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MacSurfer's Archive: Saturday, November 10, 2012
 

 

Computer Industry
  • "Greed Will Be the End of Microsoft's Surface" ["Just $284 in components and manufacturing costs go into making the $599 tablet with its attachable keyboard cover. By IHS iSuppli's math, that makes the Surface more profitable -- with a 53% profit margin -- than Apple's industry-leading iPad."] The Motley Fool 3:10 PM
  • "Gadget fans' outrage as screens of new Microsoft tablets break within days of use" Daily Mail (UK) 8:52 AM
  • "Does the Microsoft Surface Really Fall Apart?" Forbes 12:44 PM
  • "Windows 8 security patches to be released" PCWorld 11:12 AM
  • "Windows 8, RT Get First Security Fixes: Microsoft's first set of Windows 8 and Windows RT patches for critical vulnerabilities hits next week." InformationWeek 8:50 AM
  • "Microsoft's Marketing Malfeasance: Microsoft is almost a month into actively marketing its Surface tablet, its first branded smartphone, and a radically new and unique Windows 8, and the brand has settled into a comfortably routine communications strategy. I expected more for a rumored $1.5 billion price tag. Microsoft should have, too." Forbes 8:54 AM
  • "Windows Phone 8 offers relief from carrier bloatware" ZDNet 7:01 PM
  • "Microsoft Software Provides Instant Chinese Translation In User's Own Voice" redOrbit 8:54 AM
  • "Microsoft Corp. Investing in Brazil for Research Center" eStocksDaily [Free Registration Required] 8:54 AM
  • "How Microsoft Lit Up London's Night Sky to Launch Halo 4Wired 8:54 AM
  • "Intel, HP tout newest Itanium server technology" Reuters 8:56 AM
  • "Manufacturer sues IBM over SAP project 'disaster': An IBM worker allegedly called the project the worst SAP implementation they'd ever seen" PC Advisor 8:57 AM
  • "IBM surprised by Avantor lawsuit, calls claims exaggerated" Reuters 12:44 PM
  • "IBM Delivers New Software to Help Organizations Build Smarter Products" The Financial 8:57 AM
  • "Intel NUC to show Raspberry Pi how DIY PCs are done" Stuff Magazine 8:58 AM
  • "Intel's Irish Staff Insecure about Jobs" TopNews 8:58 AM
  • "Intel stock hits another 52-week low, then rallies" Associated Press 8:58 AM
  • "The post-PC era already is over" BetaNews 6:57 PM
  • "China PC Maker Lenovo Takes Top Spot From HP" Forbes 11/9
  • "Lenovo 3Q12 global PC market share rises to 15.6%" DigiTimes 11/9
  • "Bulls Go Bottom-Fishing in Dell" CNBC 11/9
  • "Here comes the Windows Phone Hail Mary" CNNMoney 11/9
  • "Wintel to help leading vendors promote sales of Windows 8 touch notebooks in US, say Taiwan makers: Microsoft and Intel will offer assistance to first-tier vendors to promote sales of Windows 8 touch-controlled notebooks in the US during the year-end peak sales period, with retail prices for 11.6-inch models possibly to be lowered to US$399, according to Taiwan-based supply chain makers." DigiTimes 11/9
  • "Windows 8 gets first critical Patch Tuesday security bulletins: The new OS faces threats of remote code execution" Network World 11/9
  • "Windows 8, RT to get first critical security patches next Tuesday" CNET Reviews 11/9
  • "Microsoft forced to ready critical Windows 8 patch" V3 11/9
  • "Windows 8, Surface slabs ALREADY need critical security patch" The Register 11/9
  • "Microsoft's IE 10 for Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8: What's different" ZDNet 11/9
  • "Some Surface covers are splitting seams: Microsoft is replacing some covers for the Surface tablet, Priceline names its price for Kayak, and GameFly adds PC games for download." CNET News 11/9
  • "Microsoft Responds To Surface RT Touch Cover Tearing Issues" Forbes 11/9
  • "Windows RT may struggle to win enterprise adoption" Techworld 11/9
  • "Microsoft details its strategy for compiling Windows Phone apps in the cloud" ZDNet 11/9
  • "Microsoft demos instant English-Chinese translation" BBC 11/9
  • "Microsoft's translation breakthrough: Speak, and hear your voice in Chinese" ZDNet 11/9
  • "Microsoft shows off real-time translation" TG Daily 11/9
  • "Xbox 360 still one bright spot in weak video game market" CNET News 11/9
  • "Do not downgrade new PCs to Windows 7, HP urges customers: Will not support Windows 8-to-Windows 7 moves with drivers, company-provided apps" Computerworld 11/9
  • "HP: Look to the East, admins! Lo, it is Project Dawn/Dawn is approaching for HP storage, and the sun will rise on two new low-end 3PAR storage arrays providing a future for legacy EVA array users." The Register 11/9
  • "HP gives mission-critical Integrity systems a new lease of life with Itanium 9500" V3 11/9
  • "HP revs up Integrity, Superdomes for Itanium 9500s" The Register 11/9
  • "HP unveils made-in-Singapore Itanium servers" ZDNet 11/9
  • "The Pressure's on for Intel: Intel missed out on the shift to mobile computing. Now it finds itself in a precarious position." Technology Review 11/9
  • "AMD Adds Second Board Member From Abu Dhabi" Bloomberg 11/9
  • "AMD slashes prices of budget A-series and Athlon II processors" ZDNet 11/9
  • "Can Cisco make a comeback?" CNNMoney 11/9
  • "Cisco VP Mike Quinn Threatens to Stalk Memo Leaker" Opposing Vies 11/9
  • "Cisco recommends McAfee switch for IronPort customers hit by Sophos flaws" IDG News Service 11/9
  • "NASA Testing Interplanetary Internet System" PC Magazine 11/9
  • "Top 10 technology priorities for president Obama" V3 11/9
  • "Tablets beat out PCs on holiday shopping lists" TechHive 11/9
  • "Mainstream and value PCs rule over high-end performance models, says IHS" DigiTimes 11/9
  • "2013 IT salaries: 15 titles getting the biggest pay raises/Mobile application developers and wireless network engineers can expect a 9 percent and 7.9 percent increase in starting salaries" Network World 11/9
  • "ARM chief tosses Moore's Law out with the trash, says efficiency rules all" Engadget 11/9