Another Friday the 13th and for some a reason to look both ways when crossing and to buckle that seatbelt. For the less superstitious a day to play the Lotto or Trifecta at the races.
Either way there lots going on in the realms of things tech. Here is a brief compilation of the bits I find most compelling and worthy of deeper investigation and research.
- Microsoft Office 2007 users get a 6 month support extension
- Court narrows reach of computer fraud law [Reuters]
- We collectively spend 35 billion hours on Internet. [Mashable]
- Appeals court: Terms of service violations not a crime [arstechnica]
- $$$ Monetize YouTube. Make Money with Pay-Per-View Videos
- D-Link MovieNite 1080p streamer now $59.99
- Wave of OS X malware hits Apple Mac OS users
- FCC in effort to make stolen phones useless/worthless [CNET]
- US Cell Carriers Building Database To fight Smartphone Theft
- US stolen phone blocking system in the planning stages
- DoJ antitrust suit against Apple, 5 publishers re: e-book prices [arstechnica]
- Yahoo CEO spells out new corporate structure
- Sony cutting 10,000 jobs worldwide [Appy Geek]
- AOL $1 bn patent deal with Microsoft [Appy Geek]
- Amazon in-app purchasing available to Android & Kindle Fire devs
- As anticipated, Yahoo in midst of reorganization
- Toshiba coming out with New All In One PCs w/Ivy Bridge
- Toshiba also Announces 3 New Excite Android Tablets
- Toshiba Unveiling Satellite L800 and C800 Series Laptops
- Toshiba refreshing Satellite and Qosmio laptops with Ivy Bridge
- [Rumor] LG D1L Android Smartphone With 4.7″ Display in May?
- Signs indicate Tech Startup Market Hot Again!
- $1 bn Instagram Deal = Valuation More Than New York Times
- Apple’s Market Cap Hits $600 Billion!!!
- Sony Projecting Even Deeper Loss
- Pundits weigh in: Google Tablet may Fragment Android Market
- Iran killing standard Internet to launch “clean” alternative
- Low cost Indian Aakash 2 tablet getting Android 4.0
- Utah Health Dept. discovers 750,000 additional stolen records
- D10 Speakers: Tim Cook, L. Ellison, Meeker, Myhrvold, Pixar & Visa
- AT&T’s Lumia Launch Splash sputters but device sales REDHOT
- Whoa: Best Buy CEO Brian Dunn from the ranks to the tank and Shares Jump?
- Safety Concern: Fake computer chips may put lives at risk
- 665 Million Tablets By 2016, 45% iPad Devices [Gartner]
- Microsoft building $112 Mil Wyoming data center [TheNextWeb]
- Canon Cinema EOS C500/C500 PL about to become real product
- Samsung Galaxy Player 3.6 v. iPod Touch comparisons being made
- Intel: 75 Ultrabooks w/3rd-gen HD 2500 & 4000 GPUs [Engadget]
- FREE: OS X Flashback removal script from F-secure
- Canon announces 4K video digital cinema camera [Appy Geek]
- Samsung announces Galaxy Tab 2 7- & 10″ models [Appy Geek]
- Samsung Galaxy Note hitting market sweetspot (Phone+tablet)
- Samsung 3.6- and 4.2-inch Players in the pipeline
- Facebook rolling out Groups for Schools
- HTC Titan II getting decent reviews so far
- Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 (USA) $400 tablet
- Adidas deploying smart sports uniforms’ for MLS All-Star Game
- Sony ambitious $926 million restructuring, 10,000 Layoffs
- Intel working with 10 vendors on Windows 8 tablets
- $150 Sony Xperia SmartWatch now shipping now
- T-Mobile optomistic about HTC One’s potential
- Yelp starting to fall out of favor, weak reviews
- Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 Tablet getting strong reviews
- Apple reputation damaged by Doj price fixing suit
- Unauthorized Android apps see your data without permission
Thats only a portion of all the news from this past week. Be sure to tune back in on Fridays for more Bits and Briefs aggregating all the week’s news thats fit to print.
As KSAN’s Scoop Nitsker usd to say “if you don’t like the news go out and make some of your own!”