An authoritative source casts doubt on Tim Cook’s Valve visit, a story suggests Apple still has oh-so-secret plans for its cash, and the very latest in green power for data centers. The remainders for Friday, April 20, 2012 were made to suffer; it’s their lot in life.
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Remains of the Day: Release valve
Following problems with identity database corruption after installing the latest update, Microsoft has pulled the update from its automatic update service. [Read more]
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Microsoft pulls Office 2011 SP2 from AutoUpdate
Blizzard opens the gates of hell for gamers, but can the company handle the heat? [Read more]
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Diablo III free open beta this weekend
To be successful with family products, you have to design for kids, sell to parents, and convince teachers. But it’s the grandparents who have all the dough. [Read more]
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Mama Bear conference lesson: Aim for the grandparents
Hug an LP, cuddle with a CD or two, and mingle with fellow music lovers at a record store! [Read more]
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Kick the iTunes habit and celebrate Record Store Day
The buttoned-down IT industry outshone flashy consumer Internet startups at raising money in the first quarter, logging a big increase in U.S. venture capital investments, especially in enterprise software
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Venture capital poured into enterprise software in Q1
Social-networking giant opens its second green facility for storing online data for its 845 million users. [Read more]
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Facebook opens North Carolina data center, touts efficiency
Microsoft can perform a type of network access control on Windows RT devices as a way to protect corporate networks from harm these devices might inflict if put to corporate use, making them a cut above iPads and Android tablets in this regard.
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Microsoft Windows RT tablets will be more security friendly than iPad, Android devices
AT&T wants to change how mobile devices are used, and the company’s chief technology officer Krish Prabhu is looking for ways to deliver “intelligent” cloud services to consumers over its wide-ranging network.
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AT&T bringing the network closer to the cloud
Some of the biggest names in IT reported mixed results this week for the first quarter, leading to a dip in tech stocks Friday even as some major indexes showed gains for other sectors.
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Wall Street Beat: Mixed tech earnings earn tepid reaction