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MacSurfer's Archive: Saturday, January 19, 2013
 

 

Computer Industry
  • "Microsoft blazes trail to next PC: With its serious processor, and its guts-behind-the-glass design, Microsoft's Surface Pro may well be the template for the new PC. And device makers should pay attention." CNET Reviews 3:53 PM
  • "Microsoft to raise Windows 8 upgrade prices by 5X: When discount ends in less than two weeks, Windows 8 Pro upgrade jumps to $200" Computerworld 8:01 AM
  • "Microsoft Jacks Up Windows 8 Upgrade Prices: On the heels of 'good momentum with Windows 8,' Microsoft will start charging much higher upgrade prices effective Feb. 1." InformationWeek 8:54 AM
  • "Windows 8 Upgrades Will Get More Expensive in February" Tom's Hardware 8:55 AM
  • "Microsoft goes its own way with Web audio/video spec, despite W3C rebuff" Ars Technica 8:10 PM
  • "HP: Windows 8 Was Clearly 'A Slower Start Than Many People Expected'" Business Insider 7:52 AM
  • "Microsoft hires designer who presented bold revamp of the company's brand" The Verge 9:18 PM
  • "Labor group asks Hewlett-Packard to replace auditor E&Y" Reuters [Free Registration Required] 8:53 AM
  • "Intel's Aggressive 2013 Spending Plans Spook Investors" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 7:52 AM
  • "In spite of Reduced Earnings, Intel Played Above Expectations" French Tribune 8:53 AM
  • "A Glance At Intel's CFO Commentary And 2013 Outlook" Seeking Alpha 10:02 AM
  • "How to Give Dell's Shareholders a Fair Deal" Barron's [Subscription Required for Full Article] 7:52 AM
  • "Google ranked best company to work for, again" Crave @ CNET 8:00 AM
  • "Google Glass will have a laser keyboard, patent suggests" Crave @ CNET 8:00 AM
  • "Office 2013 now available for some home users: Office 2013 is still a few weeks away from release, but Microsoft has made it available to certain customers as part of its Home Use Program (HUP), a scheme it uses to sell cheap software to folks whose employers have a Software Assurance deal." The Register 1/18
  • "Microsoft anti-virus scores low on 'protection'" VentureBeat [Free Registration Required] 1/18
  • "Microsoft fights back on antivirus certification fail, claims malware tests aren't realistic" ZDNet 1/18
  • "Bing beefs up Facebook content in search results: Microsoft says its search engine will incorporate five-times as much Facebook content in results" Techworld 1/18
  • "Windows RT's Achilles' heel: Cloud connections" ZDNet 1/18
  • "Microsoft inches closer to delivering Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7" ZDNet 1/18
  • "Potential Winners in a Dell Buyout" Barron's 1/18
  • "HP's Converged Cloud chief to leave company" ZDNet 1/18
  • "HP pushes business benefits of converged infrastructure" V3 1/18
  • "Lenovo offers Chrome OS ThinkPad for well-heeled schools" The Register 1/18
  • "Intel Girds for Third Quarterly Sales Decline on PCs Slump" Bloomberg 1/18
  • "Intel's PC business hammered as shift to mobile intesifies" V3 1/18
  • "Inside Intel Earnings" [Video Report] CNBC 1/18
  • "Intel: Everything is absolutely fab-u-lous, particularly in servers" The Register 1/18
  • "Intel's spending plan raises more worries: Slowing prospects in PC market slump keeps investors at bay" MarketWatch 1/18
  • "Intel Investors Feeling Leery On Projected Huge Spike In Cap Ex" Forbes 1/18
  • "Cisco takes stake in virtualiser Parallels" The Register 1/18
  • "Cisco Takes Stake In VMware Competitor" CRN 1/18
  • "Cisco confirms firmware flaw in only Linksys WRT54GL router: Security vendor DefenseCode had previously said that the flaw could be in multiple Linksys models" Techworld 1/18
  • "Darpa invests $194m in low-power microelectronics" V3 1/18
  • "If You Can't Disable Java, What Can You Do?" PC Magazine 1/18
  • "Java Security Warnings: Cut Through The Confusion" InformationWeek 1/18
  • "Why the Java threat rang every alarm: The latest Java zero-day hole ascended to the level of a national security threat. Has the tipping point for Java finally come?" InfoWorld 1/18
  • "Save our Internet before we go off the digital cliff: Broadband and cellular carriers are threatening the viability of the digital services Silicon Valley keeps inventing" InfoWorld 1/18
  • "Plan Would Put a Bank in Every Browser: An open payments system built into Web standards could transform online life, if the proposal takes off." Technology Review 1/18
  • "Imprint litho firm claims 450-mm first" EE Times 1/18
  • "Asia-Pacific PC shipments fall for first time in 2012" Reuters 1/18
  • "APAC PC market shrinks in 2012" ZDNet 1/18
  • "What PC Makers Must Do Now: PC makers, licking their wounds after a poor start to the Windows 8 era and still under siege from tablets and smartphones, must re-tool for the new normal." InformationWeek 1/18